(Encyclopedia) De Forest, Lee, 1873–1961, American inventor, b. Council Bluffs, Iowa, grad. Yale, 1896. He was a pioneer in the development of wireless telegraphy, sound pictures, and television. His…
(Encyclopedia) Stewart, Potter, 1915–85, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1958–81), b. Jackson, Mich. After receiving (1941) his law degree from Yale, he was admitted to the Ohio bar. He…
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Senate Years of Service: 1987-1993
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October 6, 1940; attended the public schools; graduated,…
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HARRISON, William, Jr., a Delegate from Maryland; born in Maryland, birth date unknown; member of the Continental Congress, 1786; engaged in shipbuilding at St. Michaels, Talbot County, Md.,…
PLUMER William, Jr. , a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Epping, Rockingham County, N.H.,
February 9, 1789; attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; graduated, Harvard…
Senate Years of Service: 1795-1796
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1766; received private instruction and also attended school in Charleston and
Philadelphia; studied law with…
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