Senate Years of Service: 1862-1863; 1863-1865
Party: Unionist; Unconditional Unionist HICKS Thomas Holliday , a Senator from Maryland; born near East New Market, Dorchester County,
Md., September…
Senate Years of Service: 1877-1882
Party: Democrat HILL Benjamin Harvey , a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Hillsborough, Jasper County,
Ga., September 14, 1823; pursued…
Senate Years of Service: 1951-1952
Party: Democrat MOODY Arthur Edson Blair , a Senator from Michigan; born in New Haven, Conn., February 13,
1902; attended the public schools in Providence, R.I…
Senate Years of Service: 1943-1977
Party: Democrat McCLELLAN John Little , a Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; born in Sheridan, Grant County, Ark., February 25, 1896; studied law and was…
(Encyclopedia) Martin, Steve, 1945–, American
comedian, actor, and writer, b. Waco, Tex. An Emmy-winning television comedy
writer in the late 1960s for…
(Encyclopedia) LusignanLusignanlüzēnyäNˈ [key], French noble family. The name is derived from a castle in Poitou, built, according to legend, by Mélusine. The family was powerful in the Middle Ages…
(Encyclopedia) Waterloo campaign, last action of the Napoleonic Wars, ending with the battle of Waterloo. Napoleon I, who escaped from Elba in Feb., 1815, and entered Paris on Mar. 20, soon faced a…
