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(Encyclopedia) Charles X, 1622–60, king of Sweden (1654–60), nephew of Gustavus II. The son of John Casimir, count palatine of Zweibrücken, he brought the house of Wittelsbach to the Swedish throne…
(Encyclopedia) Henry VII, c.1275–1313, Holy Roman emperor (1312–13) and German king (1308–13). A minor count of the house of Luxembourg, Henry was elected German king on the death of King Albert I…
(Encyclopedia) George of PodebradGeorge of Podebradpôdˈyĕbrät [key], 1420–71, king of Bohemia (1458–71). A Bohemian nobleman, he became leader of the Utraquists, or the moderate Hussites, in the wars…
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Senate Years of Service: 1886-1887
Party: Democrat WHITTHORNE Washington Curran , a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born near Farmington, Marshall
County, Tenn., April 19, 1825;…
BOYD Sempronius Hamilton , a Representative from Missouri; born near Nashville, Williamson County, Tenn.,
May 28, 1828; moved to Missouri in 1840 with his parents, who settled on a farm near…
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