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Levi HUBBARD, Congress, MA (1762-1836)

HUBBARD Levi , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Worcester, Mass., December 19, 1762; attended the common schools; moved to Paris, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts), in 1785;…

Levi PAWLING, Congress, PA (1773-1845)

PAWLING Levi , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Fatland, near Norristown, Pa., July 25, 1773; attended the common schools and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at…

Levi WOODBURY, Congress, NH (1789-1851)

Senate Years of Service: 1825-1831; 1841-1845 Party: Jacksonian; Democrat WOODBURY Levi , a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Francestown, N.H., December 22, 1789; graduated from Dartmouth…

Levi WARNER, Congress, CT (1831-1911)

WARNER Levi , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn., October 10, 1831; completed preparatory studies; attended the law department of Yale College and…

Johnson, James Weldon

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, James Weldon, 1871–1938, American author, b. Jacksonville, Fla., educated at Atlanta Univ. (B.A., 1894) and at Columbia. Johnson was the first African American to be admitted…

Aetolian League

(Encyclopedia) Aetolian League, confederation centering in the cities of Aetolia. It was formed in the 4th cent. b.c. and began to gain power in the 3d cent. in opposing the Achaean League and the…

Lowry, L. S.

(Encyclopedia) Lowry, L. S. (Laurence Stephen Lowry), 1887–1976, English painter and printmaker, b. Manchester, studied Municipal College of Art (later Manchester Metropolitan Univ.). He is…

dark energy

(Encyclopedia) dark energy, repulsive force that opposes the self-attraction of matter (see gravitation) and causes the expansion of the universe to accelerate. The search for dark energy was…

Clinton Levi MERRIAM, Congress, NY (1824-1900)

MERRIAM Clinton Levi , a Representative from New York; born in Leyden, N.Y., March 25, 1824; attended the common schools and Copenhagen Academy, Copenhagen, N.Y.; engaged in mercantile pursuits…

Levi Augustus MACKEY, Congress, PA (1819-1889)

MACKEY Levi Augustus , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Whitedeer Township, Union County, Pa., November 25, 1819; moved with his parents in 1829 to Milton, Pa.; received an academic…