LA FOLLETTE William Leroy , a Representative from Washington;
born in Thorntown, near Shammondale, Boone County, Ind., November 30, 1860;
attended the graded schools in Thorntown, Ind., and at the…
WALKER Felix , a Representative from North Carolina; born on the south branch of the Potomac
River, in Hampshire County, Va. (now West Virginia), July 19, 1753; attended country school on the…
HUDSON Thomas Jefferson , a Representative from Kansas;
born near Jamestown, Boone County, Ind., October 30, 1839;
attended Lebanon (Ind.) Academy and Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind.;
moved…
RICHARDSON William Emanuel , a Representative from Pennsylvania;
born on a farm (the old Daniel Boone homestead) near Stonersville, in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pa., on September 3, 1886;…
ORR Jackson , a Representative from Iowa; born at Washington Court House, Fayette County,
Ohio, September 21, 1832; moved with his parents to Benton, Elkhart County, Ind., in 1836;
attended the…
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Each presidential term begins with an inaugural ceremony in which the president swears an oath of duty as prescribed in the Constitution. Every president in the last 80 …
by Percy Bysshe Shelley To Constantia, SingingMarianne's Dream Composed at Marlow, 1817. Published in Hunt's "Literary Pocket-Book", 1819, and reprinted in "Posthumous Poems", 1824. 1.
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(Encyclopedia) Bridges, Robert Seymour, 1844–1930, English poet. In 1882 he abandoned medical practice to devote himself to writing. An excellent metrist, he wrote many beautiful lyrics and longer…
(Encyclopedia) Vittorini, ElioVittorini, Elioĕˈlyō vēt-tōrēˈnē [key], 1908–66, Italian novelist, b. Syracuse, Sicily. Between 1934 and 1941 Vittorini translated the works of D. H. Lawrence, Poe,…
(Encyclopedia) Root, John Wellborn, 1850–91, American architect, b. Lumpkin, Ga. He worked in New York City with James Renwick and became a partner of D. H. Burnham in Chicago. The firm created the…
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