VROOM Peter Dumont , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Hillsboro, Somerset
County, N.J., December 12, 1791; attended the common schools and the Somerville
(N.J.) Academy; was graduated…
BISHOP Roswell Peter , a Representative from Michigan; born in Sidney, Delaware County,
N.Y., January 6, 1843; attended Unadilla Academy, Cooperstown Seminary, and
Walton Academy, New York; taught…
Senate Years of Service: 1963-1975
Party: Republican DOMINICK Peter Hoyt , a Representative and a Senator from Colorado; born in Stamford,
Fairfield County, Conn., July 7, 1915; attended public…
Senate Years of Service: 1879-1885
Party: Republican HILL Nathaniel Peter , a Senator from Colorado; born in Montgomery, Orange County, N.Y., February
18, 1832; attended Montgomery Academy and…
(Encyclopedia) Alexis (Aleksey Petrovich)Alexisəlyĭksyāˈ pētrôˈvĭch [key], 1690–1718, Russian czarevich; son of Peter I (Peter the Great) by his first wife, and father of Peter II. Opposing his…
(Encyclopedia) Catherine I, 1683?–1727, czarina of Russia (1725–27). Of Livonian peasant origin, Martha Skavronskaya was a domestic when she was captured (1702) by Russian soldiers. As mistress of…
