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William Freeman VILAS, Congress, WI (1840-1908)

Senate Years of Service: 1891-1897 Party: Democrat VILAS William Freeman , a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Chelsea, Orange County, Vt., July 9, 1840; moved with his parents to Madison, Dane…

John RANDOLPH, Congress, VA (1773-1833)

Senate Years of Service: 1825-1827 Party: Jacksonian RANDOLPH John , a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born in Cawsons, Prince George County, Va., June 2, 1773; known as John Randolph…

U.S. Societies & Associations (U)

UFOs, National Investigations Committee on (1967): 21601 Devonshire St. #217, Chatsworth, Calif. 91311-8415. Phone: (818) 882-0052. www.nicufo.org. UNICEF, U.S. Committee for (1947): 333 E. 38th…

Hall, Stuart Henry McPhail

(Encyclopedia) Hall, Stuart, 1932–2014, Jamaican-born British sociologist and cultural theorist, b. Kingston, Jamaica. Hall attended Jamaica College…

Germain, George Sackville, 1st Viscount Sackville

(Encyclopedia) Germain, George Sackville, 1st Viscount SackvilleGermain, George Sackville, 1st Viscount Sackvillejûrˈmən, –mān [key], 1716–85, British soldier and statesman. He was known as Lord…

Angelou, Maya

(Encyclopedia) Angelou, MayaAngelou, Mayamīˈə ănˈjəl&oomacr; [key], 1928–2014, African-American writer and performer, b. St. Louis, Mo., as Marguerite Johnson. She toured Europe and Africa in the…

Nevins, Allan

(Encyclopedia) Nevins, Allan, 1890–1971, American historian, b. Camp Point, Ill. After studying at the Univ. of Illinois, he followed a career in journalism until 1927. Teaching at Columbia from 1928…