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Daniel Oren HASTINGS, Congress, DE (1874-1966)

Senate Years of Service: 1928-1937 Party: Republican HASTINGS Daniel Oren , a Senator from Delaware; born near Princess Anne, Somerset County, Md., March 5, 1874; was educated under private…

Thomas Beverley EVANS, Jr., Congress, DE (1931)

EVANS Thomas Beverley, Jr. , A Representative from Delaware; born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., November 5, 1931; attended the public schools of Old Hickory, Tenn., and Seaford, Del., 1936-…

John Wallace HOUSTON, Congress, DE (1814-1896)

HOUSTON John Wallace , a Representative from Delaware; born in Concord, Sussex County, Del., May 4, 1814; attended the country schools and Newark Academy, and was graduated from Yale College in…

James Hurd HUGHES, Congress, DE (1867-1953)

Senate Years of Service: 1937-1943 Party: Democrat HUGHES James Hurd , a Senator from Delaware; born on a farm near Felton, Kent County, Del., January 14, 1867; attended the public schools and…

2000-01 Season Recap for the Tour de France

Thrice as Nice Is there anything left for this man to do? Simply put, no conversation about the most amazing accomplishments in sports history is complete without a discussion of Lance Armstrong…

Montluc, Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur de

(Encyclopedia) Montluc or Monluc, Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur deMontluc or Monluc, Blaise de Lasseran-Massencôme, seigneur deblĕz də läsräNˈ-mäsäNkômˈ, sānyörˈ də môNlükˈ [key], c.1502–…

Ciego de Ávila

(Encyclopedia) Ciego de ÁvilaCiego de Ávilasyāˈgō dā äˈvēlä [key], city (1995 est. pop. 91,000), capital of Ciego de Ávila prov., central Cuba. An important processing center in a sugarcane region,…

Gil de Taboada y de Lemos, Francisco

(Encyclopedia) Gil de Taboada y de Lemos, FranciscoGil de Taboada y de Lemos, Franciscofränthēsˈkō hēl dā täbōäˈᵺä ē ᵺā lāˈmōs [key], d. 1809, Spanish colonial administrator. After serving as viceroy…