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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore RooseveltBorn: 10/27/1858Birthplace: New York City, N.Y. Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City on Oct. 27, 1858. A Harvard graduate, he was early interested in ranching, in…Hughes, Charles Evans
(Encyclopedia) Hughes, Charles EvansHughes, Charles Evanshy&oomacr;z [key], 1862–1948, American statesman and jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1910–16), U.S. secretary of…Brandeis, Louis Dembitz
(Encyclopedia) Brandeis, Louis DembitzBrandeis, Louis Dembitzbrănˈdīs [key], 1856–1941, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1916–39), b. Louisville, Ky., grad. Harvard law school, 1877. As a…Pulitzer Prize for History of United States
1917 With Americans of Past and Present Days, J. J. Jusserand, Ambassador of France to United States…National Recovery Administration
(Encyclopedia) National Recovery Administration (NRA), in U.S. history, administrative bureau established under the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933. In response to President Franklin Delano…NCAA Final Four Results
From the Spotlight Archive: This feature appeared in March 1998 Tournament Result: Kentucky - 78 Utah - 69Quiz Winner: Shelby Riggs The madness is over. Tubbyball ruled the day. While Utah put…Edgar Franklin FOREMAN, Congress, TX (1933)
FOREMAN Edgar Franklin , a Representative from Texas and New Mexico; born in Portales, Roosevelt County, N.Mex., December 22, 1933; attended the public schools of Portales and Eastern New Mexico…Reconstruction Finance Corporation
(Encyclopedia) Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), former U.S. government agency, created in 1932 by the administration of Herbert Hoover. Its purpose was to facilitate economic activity by…Moses, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Moses, Robert, 1888–1981, U.S. public official, b. New Haven, Conn. He was appointed (1919) by Alfred E. Smith to the committee to study and revamp New York state government machinery…Great Depression
(Encyclopedia) Great Depression, in U.S. history, the severe economic crisis generally considered to have been precipitated by the U.S. stock-market crash of 1929. Although it shared the basic…Trending
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