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Marbury v. Madison
(Encyclopedia)Marbury v. Madison, case decided in 1803 by the U.S. Supreme Court. William Marbury had been commissioned justice of the peace in the District of Columbia by President John Adams in the “midnight ap...Gibson, John Bannister
(Encyclopedia)Gibson, John Bannister, 1780–1853, American jurist, b. Westover Mills, Pa.; nephew of the American frontiersman John Gibson. He studied law, was unsuccessful in practice, and served (1810–12) with...mandamus
(Encyclopedia)mandamus măndāˈməs [key] [Lat.,=we order], in law, writ directing the performance of ministerial acts. A ministerial act is one that a person or body is obliged by law to perform under given circu...Fort Madison
(Encyclopedia)Fort Madison, city (2020 pop. 10,270), seat of Lee co., SE Iowa, on the Mississippi River; inc. 1838. Fort Madison, a U.S. trading post, was established...Madison, Dolley
(Encyclopedia)Madison, Dolley, 1768–1849, wife of President James Madison, b. Guilford co., N.C. Born Dolley Payne of Quaker parents, she was brought up in simplicity and was married (1790) to a Quaker, John Todd...Madison, James
(Encyclopedia)Madison, James, 1751–1836, 4th President of the United States (1809–17), b. Port Conway, Va. When Jefferson triumphed in the election of 1800, Madison became (1801) his secretary of state. He se...Madison Avenue
(Encyclopedia)Madison Avenue, celebrated street of Manhattan, borough of New York City. It runs from Madison Square (23d St.) to the Madison Bridge over the Harlem River (138th St.). In the 1940s and 50s, some of t...Madison Heights
(Encyclopedia)Madison Heights, city (1990 pop. 32,196), Oakland co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit; inc. 1955. With the decline of the regional auto industry, the city has become a technology center for companies f...Terman, Lewis Madison
(Encyclopedia)Terman, Lewis Madison tûrˈmən [key], 1877–1956, American psychologist, b. Johnson co., Ind., grad. Indiana Univ., 1902, Ph.D. Clark Univ., 1905. He joined the faculty of Stanford in 1910 and was ...Cheney, Lynne V.
(Encyclopedia)Cheney, Lynne V.: see under Cheney, Dick. ...Browse by Subject
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