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Methodism

(Encyclopedia) Methodism, the doctrines, polity, and worship of those Protestant Christian denominations that have developed from the movement started in England by the teaching of John Wesley.…

Coke, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Coke, ThomasCoke, Thomask&oobreve;k, kōk [key], 1747–1814, English clergyman and early bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America. After taking orders (1777) in the Church…

Kingswood

(Encyclopedia) Kingswood, city (1991 pop. 54,736), South Gloucestershire, SW England. A residential suburb of Bristol, the city of Kingswood has printing and light engineering industries. The area is…

Melvin Clark GEORGE, Congress, OR (1849-1933)

GEORGE, Melvin Clark, a Representative from Oregon; born near Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio, May 13, 1849; moved with his parents over the Old Oregon Trail in 1851 and settled on a homestead…

Clarke LEWIS, Congress, MS (1840-1896)

LEWIS, Clarke, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., November 8, 1840; moved with his mother to Noxubee County, Miss., in 1844; attended the district…

Clark MacGREGOR, Congress, MN (1922-2003)

MacGREGOR, Clark, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., July 12, 1922; graduated from Washburn High School, Minneapolis, Minn.; A.B., Dartmouth College…

Collin Clark PETERSON, Congress, MN (1944)

PETERSON, Collin Clark, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Fargo, Cass County, N.D., June 29, 1944; B.A., Moorhead State University, Moorhead, Minn., 1966; United States Army National…

Abraham CLARK, Congress, NJ (1726-1794)

CLARK, Abraham, a Delegate and a Representative from New Jersey; born near Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), N.J., February 15, 1726; attended private schools; studied law but never practiced;…