(Encyclopedia) Boswell, James, 1740–95, Scottish author, b. Edinburgh; son of a distinguished judge. At his father's insistence the young Boswell reluctantly studied law. Admitted to the bar in 1766…
Senate Years of Service: 1954-1974
Party: Democrat ERVIN Samuel James, Jr. , (brother of Joseph Wilson Ervin), a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born in Morganton, Burke County, N…
A parliamentary dodge for burking an obnoxious bill. The method is as follows:- A “question,” or bill, is before the house, an objector does not wish to commit himself by moving its…
A man of indecision; like one “on double business bound, who stands in pause where he should first begin, and both neglects.” Buridan the scholastic said: “If a hungry ass were placed…
