Senate Years of Service: 1815-1816
Party: Democratic Republican BARRY William Taylor , a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born near Lunenburg, Lunenburg County, Va., February 5, 1784;…
BARRY William Taylor Sullivan , a Representative from Mississippi; born in Columbus, Lowndes County, Miss.,
December 10, 1821; was graduated from Yale College in 1841; studied law; was admitted…
Probably a corruption of chock full or choke full —i.e. full enough to choke one. “Ayr was holding some grand market; streets and inn had been chokefull during the sunny hours.” —Carlyle…
(Encyclopedia) Montreux Jazz Festival, international music festival held in Montreux, Switzerland, founded in 1967 by Chuck Nobs. Held annually for two weeks in July, it began as a purely jazz event…
