(Encyclopedia) Deane, Silas, 1737–89, political leader and diplomat in the American Revolution, b. Groton, Conn. A lawyer and merchant at Wethersfield, Conn., he was elected (1772) to the state…
SIKES Robert Lee Fulton , a Representative from Florida; born in Isabella, near Sylvester,
Worth County, Ga., June 3, 1906; attended the public schools; B.S., University
of Georgia, Athens, Ga.,…
(Encyclopedia) Longworth, Nicholas, 1869–1931, American legislator, b. Cincinnati. A lawyer, he practiced in Cincinnati, where his family had long been prominent. He served (1899–1903) in the Ohio…
(Encyclopedia) Herschbach, Dudley RobertHerschbach, Dudley Roberthûrshˈbăk [key], 1932–, American chemist, b. San Jose, Calif., Ph.D. Harvard, 1958. In 1986, Herschbach shared the Nobel Prize in…
(Encyclopedia) Mountain Meadows, small valley in extreme SW Utah, where in 1857 a party of some 140 emigrants bound for California were massacred. It was a period when friction between Mormons and…
REEVES Albert Lee, Jr. , a Representative from Missouri;
born in Steelville, Crawford County, Mo., on May 31, 1906;
attended the public schools of Kansas City, Mo.;
was graduated from William…
BEALE Richard Lee Turberville , a Representative from Virginia; born in Hickory Hill, Westmoreland County, Va.,
May 22, 1819; attended private schools in Westmoreland County, Northumberland…
ALLEN Robert Edward Lee , a Representative from West Virginia; born in Lima, Tyler County, W.Va.,
November 28, 1865; attended the country schools, Fairmont Normal School, and Peabody College,…
BLACKBURN Robert E. Lee , a Representative from Kentucky; born on a farm near Furnace, Estill County, Ky., April 9, 1870; as an infant moved with his parents to Stanton, Powell County, Ky.; attended…
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