(Encyclopedia) Nunn, Sam (Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr.), 1938–, U.S. Senator from Georgia (1973–97), b. Perry, Ga. A lawyer, he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1968–72) and won…
(Encyclopedia) Rayburn, Sam (Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn), 1882–1961, U.S. legislator, b. Roane co., Tenn. After his family moved (1887) to Fannin co., Tex., he worked at cotton picking. He worked his…
(Encyclopedia) Walton, Sam (Samuel Moore Walton), 1918–92, American retailing executive, b. Kingfisher, Okla. After 17 years of operating franchise retail stores, he opened the first Wal-Mart…
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Party: Democratic Republican; Democratic Republican WORTHINGTON Thomas , a Senator from Ohio; born in Jefferson County, Va. (now West Virginia), on…
(Encyclopedia) Kim Young Sam, 1927–2015, South Korean political leader, b. Gyeongsang prov. He was first elected to the National Assembly in 1954 and served nine terms. A long-time political…
(Encyclopedia) Shepard, Sam, 1943–2017, one of the major American playwrights and actors of his era, b. Fort Sheridan, Ill., as Samuel Shepard Rogers 3d. A product of the 1960s counterculture and an…
WORTHINGTON John Tolley Hood , a Representative from Maryland; born at ``Shewan,'' near Baltimore,
Baltimore County, Md., November 1, 1788; received a limited schooling; engaged
in agricultural…
Uncle Sam. The United States Government. Mr. Frost tells us that the inspectors of Elbert Anderson's store on the Hudson were Ebenezer Wilson and his uncle Samuel Wilson, the latter of…
WHITE Joseph Worthington , a Representative from Ohio; born in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, October
2, 1822; attended the common schools and Cambridge Academy; engaged in mercantile…
SMITH Worthington Curtis , a Representative from Vermont; born in St. Albans, Franklin County,
Vt., April 23, 1823; pursued classical studies, and was graduated from the
University of Vermont at…
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