(Encyclopedia) Spitz, Mark Andrew, 1950–, American swimmer, b. Modesto, Calif. He held records for winning the most gold medals at one Olympic game (seven, in 1972 at Munich) and shared the record…
(Encyclopedia) McGwire, Mark DavidMcGwire, Mark Davidməgwīrˈ [key], 1963–, American baseball player, b. Pomona, Calif. A muscular first baseman who was a college and Olympic (1984) star, McGwire…
(Encyclopedia) Clark, Mark Wayne, 1896–1984, U.S. general, b. Madison Barracks, N.Y. A West Point graduate, he served as a captain in World War I and rose to become (1942) army ground forces chief of…
Senate Years of Service: 1867-1875
Party: Republican; Liberal Republican FERRY Orris Sanford , a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Bethel,
Fairfield County, Conn., August 15,…
(Encyclopedia) Warner, Mark Robert, 1954–, U.S. politician, b. Indianapolis, grad George Washington Univ. (B.A., 1977), Harvard Law School (J.D., 1980). After settling in Virginia and working as a…
(Encyclopedia) Esper, Mark Thomas, 1964–, U.S. army officer and government official, b. Uniontown, Pa., B.S West Point, 1986; M.P.A. Harvard, 1995, Ph.D. George Washington Univ., 2008. Rising to the…
SANFORD John , a Representative from New York;
born in Roxbury, Conn., June 3, 1803;
received a good education;
moved to Amsterdam, N.Y., in 1821;
taught school in Amsterdam and afterward in…
SANFORD Stephen , a Representative from New York;
born in Mayfield, Fulton County, N.Y., May 26, 1826;
attended the common schools and local academy at Amsterdam, N.Y., Georgetown College,…
SANFORD Jonah , a Representative from New York;
born in Cornwall, Vt., November 30, 1790;
attended the district schools;
moved to Hopkinton, N.Y., in 1811;
enlisted as a volunteer and…
KIRKPATRICK Sanford , a Representative from Iowa; born near London, Madison County, Ohio, February
11, 1842; moved to Iowa in 1849 with his parents, who settled on a farm in Highland Township,…
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