(Encyclopedia) Browning, Orville Hickman, 1806–81, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1866–69), b. Harrison co., Ky. One of the organizers of the Republican party in Illinois, Browning helped secure his…
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(Encyclopedia) HidatsaHidatsahēdätˈsä [key], Native North Americans, also known as the Minitari and the Gros Ventre. Their language belongs to the Siouan branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (…
(Encyclopedia) Sitting Bull, c.1831–1890, Native American chief and spiritual leader, Sioux leader in the battle of the Little Bighorn. He rose to prominence in the Sioux warfare against the whites…
Johnson county indiana dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units45,095100.0 UNITS IN STRUCTURE 1-unit, detached32,74272.6 1-…
JOHNSON Clete Donald, Jr. (Don) , a Representative from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Ga., January 30,
1948; attended the public schools of Franklin County, Ga.; B.A., University of
Georgia, 1970, J.D…
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CUMMINGS Henry Johnson Brodhead , a Representative from Iowa; born in Newton, Sussex County, N.J., May
21, 1831; attended the public schools of Muncy, Pa.; edited a newspaper in
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