Senate Years of Service: 1821-1827
Party: Democratic Republican; Jacksonian FINDLAY William , a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pa., June 20,
1768; attended the…
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Capability (Lancelot Brown), 1715–83, English landscape gardener, b. Kirkharle, Northumberland. The leading landscape gardener of his time, he is known for designing gardens…
(Encyclopedia) Brown, James, 1933–2006, African-American rhythm-and-blues singer known as the “godfather of soul,” b. Barnwell, S.C., as James Joe Brown, Jr. Abandoned by his parents, he left school…
TRIGG Connally Findlay , a Representative from Virginia;
born in Abingdon, Washington County, Va., September 18, 1847;
attended the common schools;
studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1870…
WATSON Lewis Findlay , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Crawford County, Pa., April 14, 1819;
attended the common schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits at Titusville in 1832; moved…
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Trisha, 1936–2017, American dancer and choreographer acclaimed for having revolutionized modern dance in the late 20th cent., b. Aberdeen, Wash. After studying dance at Mills…
ROGERS William Findlay , a Representative from New York;
born in Forks Township, near the borough of Easton, Pa., March 1, 1820;
moved with his parents to Philadelphia, where he attended the…
(Encyclopedia) Brown, John Carter, 1797–1874, American book collector and philanthropist, b. Providence, R.I.; son of Nicholas Brown. In about 1840 he began collecting books printed before 1800…
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Ron (Ronald Harmon Brown), 1941–96, American politician, b. Washington, D.C. Raised in New York City's Harlem, he attended Middlebury College (grad. 1962) and St. John's Law…
(Encyclopedia) Mitford, Nancy, 1904–73, English novelist and biographer, b. London. She managed a London bookshop during World War II and moved to Paris in 1945. Mitford and her five celebrated and…
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