Senate Years of Service: 1870-1871
Party: Republican REVELS Hiram Rhodes , a Senator from Mississippi; born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., on September 27, 1827; attended Beech Grove…
Senate Years of Service: 1871-1873
Party: Democrat BLAIR Francis Preston, Jr. , a Representative and a Senator from Missouri; born in Lexington, Ky., on February 19, 1821; as a child moved with…
(Encyclopedia) Wayne, Anthony, 1745–96, American Revolutionary general, b. Chester co., Pa. Impetuous and hot-headed, Wayne was sometimes known as “mad Anthony,” but he was an able general.
In 1783…
(Encyclopedia) sailing, as a sport, the art of navigating a sailboat for recreational or competitive purposes.
Although sailing as a means of transportation predates history, sport sailing—or…
(Encyclopedia) Buffalo, city (2020 pop. 278,349),
seat of Erie co., W N.Y., on Lake Erie and the Niagara and Buffalo rivers;
inc. 1832. With more than…
Secretary of State John Hay (Cont.)Elihu Root, 1905Robert Bacon, 1909Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage (Cont.)Leslie M. Shaw, 1902George B. Cortelyou, 1907Secretary of War Elihu Root (…
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