SNIDER, Samuel Prather, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Mount Gilead, Morrow County, Ohio, October 9, 1845; attended the public schools, the local high school at Mount Gilead, Ohio,…
food industry executive, art collectorBorn: 2/5/1907Birthplace: Portland, Ore. Founder of Norton Simon Inc., a conglomerate of consumer products companies, Simon amassed a huge fortune that he…
HALL, Durward Gorham, a Representative from Missouri; born in Cassville, Barry County, Mo., September 14, 1910; graduated from Greenwood High School at Southwest Missouri State University,…
KOPETSKI, Michael J., a Representative from Oregon; born in Pendleton, Umatilla County, Ore., October 27, 1949; attended public schools; B.A., American University, 1971; J.D., Northwestern…
YOST, Jacob, a Representative from Virginia; born in Staunton, Augusta County, Va., April 1, 1853; attended the public schools and Mossy Creek Academy; learned the printing trade and was…
(Encyclopedia) Superior, city (1990 pop. 27,134), seat of Douglas co., NW Wis., on Superior Bay of Lake Superior, at the mouths of the St. Louis and the Nemadji rivers; inc. 1883. It is a port of…
(Encyclopedia) limonitelimonitelīmˈənīt [key] or brown hematitebrown hematitehĕmˈətīt, hēˈ– [key], yellowish to dark brown mineral, a hydrated oxide of iron, FeO(OH)·nH2O, occurring commonly in…
(Encyclopedia) VitóriaVitóriavētôˈrēə [key], city (1996 pop. 263,708), capital of Espírito Santo state, E Brazil, on an island in Espírito Santo Bay of the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of Brazil's chief…
Senate Years of Service: 1875-1881Party: DemocratRANDOLPH, Theodore Fitz, (son of James Fitz Randolph), a Senator from New Jersey; born in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pa., June 24, 1826; attended…
BERNARD, John Toussaint, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Bastia, Island of Corsica, France, March 6, 1893; in 1907 immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in…
