Senate Years of Service: 1867-1870
Party: Republican DRAKE Charles Daniel , a Senator from Missouri; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 11, 1811; attended St.
Joseph's College, Bardstown, Ky., in…
Senate Years of Service: 1953-1957
Party: Democrat DANIEL Marion Price , a Senator from Texas; born in Dayton, Liberty County, Tex., October 10, 1910; attended the public schools of Liberty and…
Senate Years of Service: 1977-2001
Party: Democrat MOYNIHAN Daniel Patrick , a Senator from New York; born in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla., March 16, 1927; attended the public and parochial schools…
(Encyclopedia) Bel and the Dragon, customary name for chapter 14 of the Book of Daniel, a passage included in the Septuagint and the Apocrypha. It was written possibly in the 1st cent. b.c. as a…
(Encyclopedia) Peninsular campaign, in the American Civil War, the unsuccessful Union attempt (Apr.–July, 1862) to capture Richmond, Va., by way of the peninsula between the York and James rivers…
(Encyclopedia) Bragg, Braxton, 1817–76, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War, b. Warrenton, N.C. A graduate of West Point, he fought the Seminole and in the Mexican War was promoted to…
(Encyclopedia) Beauregard, Pierre Gustave ToutantBeauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutantbōˈrĭgärd [key], 1818–93, Confederate general, b. St. Bernard parish, La., grad. West Point, 1838. As engineer on…
REED Daniel Alden , a Representative from New York; born in Sheridan, Chautauqua County,
N.Y., September 15, 1875; attended the public schools in Sheridan and in Silver
Creek, N.Y.; was graduated…
RUSSELL Daniel Lindsay , a Representative from North Carolina;
born on Winnabow plantation, Brunswick County, near Wilmington, N.C., on August 7, 1845;
received his early education from private…
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