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Atlee POMERENE, Congress, OH (1863-1937)

Senate Years of Service: 1911-1923 Party: Democrat POMERENE Atlee , a Senator from Ohio; born in Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio, December 6, 1863; attended the common schools and Vermillion…

The Supreme Court: Stone Court, 1941 to 1946

Stone Court, 1941 to 1946The Supreme CourtEbbs and Flows of Court LeadershipTaney Court, 1837 to 1864Chase Court, 1864 to 1873Waite Court, 1874 to 1888Fuller Court, 1888 to 1910White Court,…

Porter James McCUMBER, Congress, ND (1858-1933)

Senate Years of Service: 1899-1923 Party: Republican McCUMBER Porter James , a Senator from North Dakota; born in Crete, Will County, Ill., February 3, 1858; moved with his parents to Rochester…

Hiram BINGHAM, Congress, CT (1875-1956)

Senate Years of Service: 1925-1933 Party: Republican BINGHAM Hiram , a Senator from Connecticut; born in Honolulu, Hawaii, November 19, 1875; educated at Punahou School and Oahu College, Hawaii,…

William Squire KENYON, Congress, IA (1869-1933)

Senate Years of Service: 1911-1922 Party: Republican KENYON William Squire , a Senator from Iowa; born in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, June 10, 1869; moved to Iowa in 1870 and attended the…

WEEKS, John Wingate, Congress, MA (1860-1926)

Senate Years of Service: 1913-1919 Party: Republican WEEKS John Wingate , a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born near Lancaster, N.H., April 11, 1860; attended the common schools…

The Presidency on Film

by Beth Rowen Presidential Trivia Eight of the first nine American presidents —Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, and Harrison— were…

Bhagavad-Gita

(Encyclopedia) Bhagavad-GitaBhagavad-Gitabŭgˈəvəd-gēˈtə [key] [Skt.,=song of the Lord], Sanskrit poem incorporated into the Mahabharata, one of the greatest religious classics of Hinduism. The Gita (…

Praxiteles

(Encyclopedia) PraxitelesPraxitelesprăksĭtˈəlēz [key], fl. c.370–c.330 b.c., famous Attic sculptor, probably the son of Cephisodotus. His Hermes with the Infant Dionysus, found in the Heraeum,…