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James Bradley SPENCER, Congress, NY (1781-1848)
SPENCER James Bradley , a Representative from New York; born in Salisbury, Conn., April 26, 1781; received a limited education; moved to Franklin County, N.Y., and settled in Fort Covington;…Hezekiah Bradley SMITH, Congress, NJ (1816-1887)
SMITH Hezekiah Bradley , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Bridgewater, Windsor County, Vt., July 24, 1816; attended the common schools; learned the trade of cabinetmaker; settled in…Hendrick Bradley WRIGHT, Congress, PA (1808-1881)
WRIGHT Hendrick Bradley , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pa., April 24, 1808; attended the Wilkes-Barre Grammar School and was graduated from Dickinson…William Bradley UMSTEAD, Congress, NC (1895-1954)
Senate Years of Service: 1946-1948 Party: Democrat UMSTEAD William Bradley , a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born on a farm in Mangum Township, Durham County, N.C., May 13,…Joseph Bradley VARNUM, Congress, MA (17501751-1821)
Senate Years of Service: 1811-1817 Party: Democratic Republican VARNUM Joseph Bradley , a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Dracut, Middlesex County, Mass., January 29, 1750…Ellison, Ralph
(Encyclopedia) Ellison, Ralph (Ralph Waldo Ellison), 1914–94, African-American author, b. Oklahoma City, studied Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee Univ.). Originally a trumpet player and aspiring…Peoria
(Encyclopedia) PeoriaPeoriapēôrˈēə [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 50,618), Maricopa co., central Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix; settled 1897, inc. 1954. With the completion of the Arizona Canal in 1885, the…Gris, Juan
(Encyclopedia) Gris, JuanGris, Juanhwän grēs [key], 1887–1927, Spanish cubist painter, whose original name was José Victoriano González. After studying in Madrid he settled in Paris in 1906, where he…Bird, Robert Montgomery
(Encyclopedia) Bird, Robert Montgomery, 1806–54, American playwright and novelist, b. New Castle, Del., M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1827. He wrote several prizewinning verse plays for the actor Edwin…Schrieffer, John Robert
(Encyclopedia) Schrieffer, John Robert, 1931–2019, American physicist, b., Oak Park, Ill., Ph.D. Univ. of Illinois, 1957. Schrieffer was a professor at the Univ. of Chicago (1957–60), the Univ. of…Trending
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