HAMILTON James, Jr. , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., May 8, 1786;
completed academic studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in…
Senate Years of Service: 1833-1844
Party: Jacksonian; Democrat WRIGHT Silas, Jr. , a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Amherst, Mass., May 24, 1795; moved with his father to…
Senate Years of Service: 1913-1919
Party: Democrat SAULSBURY Willard, Jr. , (son of Willard Saulsbury, Sr., nephew of Eli Saulsbury), a Senator
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June 14, 1943; graduated from Milwaukee Country Day School, 1961; A.B.,
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(Encyclopedia) Barry, Philip, 1896–1949, American dramatist, b. Rochester, N.Y., grad. Yale, 1919, and studied under George Pierce Baker at Harvard. He is primarily known for his satirical, somewhat…
(Encyclopedia) Camp, Walter Chauncey, 1859–1925, American athlete, football coach, administrator, b. New Britain, Conn. In his three years as captain at Yale Univ. in the 1880s, Camp shaped the rules…
(Encyclopedia) Day, Clarence Shepard, 1874–1935, American essayist, b. New York City, grad. Yale, 1896. His biographical sketches of his parents, God and My Father (1932), Life with Father (1935),…
(Encyclopedia) Oldenburg, ClaesOldenburg, Claesklăs [key], 1929–, Swedish-American artist, b. Stockholm, raised Chicago, studied at Yale, moved to New York 1956. Usually considered part of the pop…
(Encyclopedia) Fenn, John Bennett, 1917–2010, American chemist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Yale, 1940. Fenn spent the early years of his career working in industry (1940–52) and then for the U.S. Navy (…
Senate Years of Service: 1966-1973
Party: Democrat SPONG William Belser, Jr. , a Senator from Virginia; born in Portsmouth, Va., September 29, 1920; attended
the public schools of Portsmouth, Va…
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