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Harry REID, Congress, NV (1939)

Senate Years of Service: 1987-Party: DemocratREID, Harry, a Senator and a Representative from Nevada; born in Searchlight, Nev., December 2, 1939; graduated, Southern Utah State College 1959,…

Benjamin HAWKINS, Congress, NC (1754-1818)

Senate Years of Service: 1789-1791; 1791-1795Party: Pro-Administration; Anti-AdministrationHAWKINS, Benjamin, (uncle of Micajah Thomas Hawkins), a Delegate and a Senator from North Carolina;…

Arlen SPECTER, Congress, PA (1930)

Senate Years of Service: 1981-2011Party: Republican; DemocratSPECTER, Arlen, a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kans., February 12, 1930; attended the public…

Jacob Dolson COX, Congress, OH (1828-1900)

COX, Jacob Dolson, a Representative from Ohio; born in Montreal, Canada, October 27, 1828; moved with his parents to New York City in 1829; attended private schools; moved to Lorain, Ohio, in…

William Lowndes YANCEY, Congress, AL (1814-1863)

YANCEY, William Lowndes, (uncle of Joseph Haynsworth Earle), a Representative from Alabama; born at the Falls of the Ogeechee, Warren County, Ga., August 10, 1814; attended preparatory school…

The Supreme Court: Great Minds of the Court

Great Minds of the CourtThe Supreme CourtGreat Minds of the CourtJoseph Story (1811-1845)Oliver Wendell Holmes (1902-1932)Louis Brandeis (1916-1939)Benjamin Cardozo (1932-1938)Hugo Black (…

Vicksburg

(Encyclopedia) Vicksburg, city (1990 pop. 20,908), seat of Warren co., W Miss., on bluffs above the Mississippi River at the mouth of the Yazoo; inc. 1825. An important port, it is the commercial,…

Dean, John Wesley III

(Encyclopedia) Dean, John Wesley III, 1938- , American lawyer and government official, b. Akron, Oh., College of Wooster, Ohio (B.A., 1961),…

Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery occupies 612 acres in Virginia on the Potomac River, directly opposite Washington. This land was part of the estate of John Parke Custis, Martha Washington's son. His…