(Encyclopedia) Keats, Ezra Jack, 1916–83, American author and illustrator of children's books, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Jacob Ezra Katz. During the Great Depression, he painted murals for the Works…
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Henry, Lord Clifford, first Earl of Cumberland, and Lady Margaret Percy, his wife, are the originals of this ballad. Lord Clifford had a miserly father and ill-natured step-mother, so he…
BROWN John , a Representative from Rhode Island; born in Providence, R.I., January 27, 1736;
engaged in mercantile pursuits; one of the party which destroyed the British sloop of war in…
Senate Years of Service: 1792-1805
Party: Anti-Administration; (Democratic) Republican BROWN John , a Delegate and a Representative from Virginia and a Senator from
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BROWN John , a Representative from Maryland; birth date unknown; member of the
State house of delegates, 1807-1808; elected as a Republican to the Eleventh
and served until his resignation in 1810…
BROWN Corrine , a Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, St. John
County, Fla., November 11, 1946; B.S., Florida Agricultural and Mechanical
University, Tallahassee, Fla., 1969; M.A.,…
Senate Years of Service: 2007-
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BROWN John , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Kishacoquillas Valley, near Lewistown,
Mifflin County, Pa., August 12, 1772; attended the common schools; moved to Lewistown, Pa., in…
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