WILLETT William Forte, Jr. , a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., November 27,
1869; attended the public schools of his native city and was graduated from the
law department of…
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LEFFERTS John , a Representative from New York;
born in Brooklyn, N.Y., December 17, 1785;
attended the public schools;
elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3,…
(Encyclopedia) Borglum, Gutzon (John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum)Borglum, Gutzongŭtˈsən dĕ lˈə mät bôrˈgləm [key], 1867–1941, American sculptor, b. Idaho; son of a Danish immigrant physician and…
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(Encyclopedia) Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 1933–2020, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1993–2020), b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Joan Ruth Bader. A graduate (1954) of Cornell, she attended Harvard Law…
Barbara Boxersenator from CaliforniaBorn: 1940Birthplace: Brooklyn, N.Y. Boxer was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1993, after serving 10 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. A liberal…
HOWE James Robinson , a Representative from New York; born in New York City January 27,
1839; attended the common schools; employed as a clerk in a dry-goods store;
moved to Brooklyn in 1870 and…
National League 1953—Boston Braves move to Milwaukee; 1958—Brooklyn Dodgers move to Los Angeles and New York Giants move to San Francisco; 1965—Houston Colt .45s renamed Astros; 1966—…
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