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James Joseph BUTLER, Congress, MO (1862-1917)
BUTLER James Joseph , a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Mo., August 29, 1862; attended the public schools; served an apprenticeship as a blacksmith, and worked at that trade for…Richard Milhous Nixon
Richard Milhous NixonBorn: 1/9/1913Birthplace: Yorba Linda, Calif. Richard Milhous Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, Calif., on Jan. 9, 1913, to Midwestern-bred parents, Francis A. and Hannah…Carter, Nick
(Encyclopedia) Carter, Nick, fictional detective character in dime novels said to have been created by J. R. Coryell in the 1880s. The firm of Street & Smith, New York City, published over 1,000…Juliet Virginia Humphreys Strauss Biography
Juliet Virginia Humphreys StrausswriterBorn: 1/7/1863Birthplace: Rockville, Ind. Juliet Humphreys was the second of four daughters of William and Susan King Humphreys. Following her father's…MANNING, Vannoy Hartrog (Van), Congress, MS (1839-1892)
MANNING, Vannoy Hartrog (Van), a Representative from Mississippi; born near Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., July 26, 1839; moved with his parents to Mississippi in 1841; attended Horn Lake Male…Part IX. The Address and Reasons of Dissent of the Minority of the Convention of Pennsylvania To Their Constituents
AbstractBy July, 1787, two New York delegates to the Federal Convention, Robert Yates and John Lansing, had departed because they objected to the shape being taken by the Constitution being…Ralph Hunter DAUGHTON, Congress, VA (1885-1958)
DAUGHTON Ralph Hunter , a Representative from Virginia; born in Washington, D.C., September 23, 1885; attended public and private schools in Washington, D.C., and Prince George's County, Md.; was…Soros, George
(Encyclopedia) Soros, GeorgeSoros, Georgesôrˈōs [key], 1930–, American stock trader and philanthropist, b. Budapest, Hungary, as George Schwartz. He studied under Sir Karl Popper at the London School…Wilkinson, James
(Encyclopedia) Wilkinson, James, 1757–1825, American general and one of the most corrupt and devious officers in the nation's early army, b. Calvert co., Md. Abandoning his medical studies in 1776 to…steel industry
(Encyclopedia) steel industry, the business of processing iron ore into steel, which in its simplest form is an iron-carbon alloy, and in some cases, turning that metal into partially finished…Trending
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