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HOW DID GANDHI FIGHT FOR FREEDOM? WHEN DID JAPAN BECOME POWERFUL? FIND OUT MOREThe first half of the 20th century saw Great Britain, France, and the Netherlands being challenged by the peoples they…
Senate Years of Service: 1820-1829Party: Democratic Republican; Crawford Republican; JacksonianCHANDLER, John, (brother of Thomas Chandler and uncle of Zachariah Chandler), a Representative…
Senate Years of Service: 1789-1790Party: Anti-AdministrationGRAYSON, William, (uncle of Alexander Dalrymple Orr), a Delegate and a Senator from Virginia; born in Prince William County, Va.,…
HAMPTON, Wade, (grandfather of Wade Hampton [1818-1902]), a Representative from South Carolina; born in Virginia in 1752; received a thorough education; engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved…
Senate Years of Service: 1789-1795Party: Pro-AdministrationIZARD, Ralph, a Delegate and a Senator from South Carolina; born at âThe Elms,â near Charleston, S.C., January 23, in 1741 or…
(Encyclopedia) Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733–1810, American Revolutionary soldier, b. Hingham, Mass. He served under Horatio Gates in the Saratoga campaign before becoming (1778) commander in the South. In…
(Encyclopedia) van Loon, Hendrik Willemvan Loon, Hendrik Willemvăn lōn [key], 1882–1944, American author and journalist, b. Rotterdam, Netherlands. He emigrated to the United States in 1903 and…
(Encyclopedia) Bellegarde, Heinrich, Count vonBellegarde, Heinrich, Count vonhīnˈrĭkh, fən bĕlgärdˈ [key], 1756–1845, Austrian soldier and statesman. He fought against the French in the French…
(Encyclopedia) Herkimer, Nicholas, 1728–77, American Revolutionary general. He was born in a German colony near the present town of Herkimer, N.Y. He served in the French and Indian War and was…
