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Gus SAVAGE, Congress, IL (1925)
SAVAGE Gus , a Representative from Illinois; born in Detroit, Mich., October 30, 1925; attended the public schools of Chicago; graduated from Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago, Ill., 1943; B.A…Augusta Christine Fells Savage Biography
Augusta Christine Fells Savage sculptorBorn: 1892Birthplace: Green Cove Springs, Florida A major Harlem Renaissance figure, Savage began creating clay figures as a child, but she did not begin…Spalding, Gilbert R.
(Encyclopedia) Spalding, Gilbert R., 1811?–1880, American showman, b. Albany co., N.Y. Known as “Doc” because he owned a drug and paint store in the early 1840s, he acquired a circus in the mid-1840s…Doc HASTINGS, Congress, WA (1941)
HASTINGS, Doc, a Representative from Washington; born in Spokane, Spokane County, Wash., February 7, 1941; graduated from Pasco High School, Pasco, Wash., 1959; attended Columbia Basin College…Booker, Corey Anthony
(Encyclopedia) Booker, Corey Anthony, 1969- , African American politician, b. Washington, D.C., Stanford University (B.A., 1991; M.A., 1992),…Tombstone
(Encyclopedia) Tombstone, city (1990 pop. 1,220), Cochise co., SE Ariz.; inc. 1881. With its pleasant climate and legendary past, Tombstone is a well-known tourist attraction. The city became a…Landor, Walter Savage
(Encyclopedia) Landor, Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and essayist, educated at Oxford. After a quarrel with his father, he went to live in Wales, where he wrote the epic poem Gebir (1798).…Kenneth II
(Encyclopedia) Kenneth II, d. 995, Scottish king (971–995). The son of Malcolm I (reigned 943–54), he became king of the united Picts and Scots in 971 and immediately led a savage raid on the British…John SAVAGE, Congress, NY (1779-1863)
SAVAGE John , a Representative from New York; born in Salem, Washington County, N.Y., February 22, 1779; attended the common schools; was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1799;…Earp, Wyatt Berry Stapp
(Encyclopedia) Earp, Wyatt Berry StappEarp, Wyatt Berry Stappûrp [key], 1848–1929, law officer, gambler, and gunfighter of the American West, b. Monmouth, Ill. After serving as police officer in…