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William CUMMING, Congress, NC

CUMMING, William, a Delegate from North Carolina; born in Edenton, N.C., birth date unknown; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the North Carolina Provincial…

Adelaide Hawley Cumming 1998 Deaths

Adelaide Hawley CummingAge: 93 radio and television personality who was the first woman hired by General Mills to assume the persona of homemaker and cook Betty Crocker. Died: Dec. 21, 1998.…

Brewer's: O'tium cum Dig

[dignitate ]. Retirement after a person has given up business and has saved enough to live upon in comfort. The words are Latin, and mean “retirement with honour.” They are more frequently…

Brewer's: Cum Hoc, Propter Hoc

Because two or more events occur consecutively or simultaneously, one is not necessarily the outcome of the other. Sequence of events is not always the result of cause and effect. The…

Elijah Eugene CUMMINGS, Congress, MD (1951)

CUMMINGS Elijah Eugene , a Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., January 18, 1951; graduated from Baltimore City College High School, Baltimore, Md., 1969; B.S., Howard University,…

Chapman, George

(Encyclopedia) Chapman, George, 1559?–1634, English dramatist, translator, and poet. He is as famous for his plays as for his poetic translations of Homer's Iliad (1612) and Odyssey (1614–15).…

Rhode, Deborah Lynn

(Encyclopedia) Rhode, Deborah Lynn, 1952-2021, American legal ethicist and educator, b. Evanston, IL, Yale (BA, 1974), Yale Law (JD, 1977). Raised in…

John Leonard PILCHER, Congress, GA (1898-1981)

PILCHER John Leonard , a Representative from Georgia; born on a farm near Meigs, Thomas County, Ga., August 27, 1898; attended the public schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits for thirty-five…

Amos Jay CUMMINGS, Congress, NY (1841-1902)

CUMMINGS Amos Jay , a Representative from New York; born in Conkling, Broome County, N.Y., May 15, 1841; attended the common schools; apprenticed to the printing trade when twelve years of age;…