Senate Years of Service: 1917-1923
Party: Republican CALDER William Musgrave , a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Brooklyn,
N.Y., March 3, 1869; attended the public schools of…
BLISS Archibald Meserole , a Representative from New York;
born in Brooklyn, N.Y., January 25, 1838;
attended the common schools;
alderman of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1864-1867, serving as president of…
BOERUM, Simon, a Delegate from New York; born in New Lots (now Brooklyn), Long Island, N.Y., February 29, 1724; attended the Dutch school at Flatbush, N.Y., from which he was graduated;…
BOODY David Augustus , a Representative from New York; born in Jackson, Waldo County, Maine, August
13, 1837; attended the common schools and Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; studied law; was…
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(Encyclopedia) Styron, William, 1925–2006, American novelist, b. Newport News, Va., grad. Duke, 1947. His fiction is often powerful, deeply felt, poetic, and elegiac. He became well known for his…
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