Senate Years of Service: 1853-1855; 1855-1857; 1857-1861
Party: Whig; Opposition; Democrat BENJAMIN Judah Philip , a Senator from Louisiana; born on the Island of St. Croix, Danish West Indies (…
(Encyclopedia) Snowden, Philip Snowden, 1st ViscountSnowden, Philip Snowden, 1st Viscountsnōˈdən [key], 1864–1937, British statesman. Born to poverty, he was a civil service clerk until crippled by a…
THOMPSON Philip Burton, Jr. , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Harrodsburg, Mercer County,
Ky., October 15, 1845; attended the common schools and the University of
Kentucky at Lexington;…
McCULLOCH Philip Doddridge, Jr. , a Representative from Arkansas; born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., June 23, 1851; moved with his parents to Trenton, Gibson County,
Tenn.; attended…
MUHLENBERG Henry Augustus Philip , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Lancaster, Pa., May 13, 1782; pursued
classical studies; studied theology and was ordained to the Lutheran ministry…
(Encyclopedia) Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, 1st earl of, 1690–1764, English jurist. As lord chancellor (1737–56) he did much to systematize the laws of equity and established the principle that equity…
(Encyclopedia) Lothian, Philip Henry Kerr, 11th marquess ofLothian, Philip Henry Kerr, 11th marquess ofkär, lōˈᵺēən [key], 1882–1940, British statesman. He served (1905–10) on various government…
(Encyclopedia) Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl, 1805–75, English historian. He was undersecretary for foreign affairs (1834–35) in Sir Robert Peel's first ministry and secretary of the…
HILL John Boynton Philip Clayton , a Representative from Maryland;
born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., May 2, 1879;
attended the common schools;
was graduated from Johns Hopkins…
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