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John FORSYTH, Congress, GA (1780-1841)
Senate Years of Service: 1818-1819; 1829-1834 Party: Democratic Republican; Jacksonian FORSYTH John , a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Fredericksburg, Va., October 22, 1780;…Mahlon DICKERSON, Congress, NJ (1770-1853)
Senate Years of Service: 1817-1829; 1829-1833 Party: Democratic Republican; Crawford Republican; Jacksonian DICKERSON Mahlon , a Senator from New Jersey; born in Hanover, N.J., April 17, 1770;…Richard Mentor JOHNSON, Congress, KY (1780-1850)
Senate Years of Service: 1819-1829 Party: Democratic Republican; Jackson Republican; Jacksonian JOHNSON Richard Mentor , a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky and a Vice President of the…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…List of Delegates to the Anti-Slavery Convention of Women
Minutes.Corresponding Members.List of Delegates to the Convention.MAINE. Ruth Hussey, Portland,NEW HAMPSHIRE. Louisa Whipple, Concord.RHODE ISLAND. Mary A. W. Johnson…Amersfoort
(Encyclopedia) Amersfoort Amersfoort äˈmərsfōrt [key], city, Utrecht prov., central Netherlands. It is a transportation and manufacturing center. Points of interest include…Cushing, William Barker
(Encyclopedia) Cushing, William Barker, 1842–74, Union naval hero in the Civil War, b. Delafield, Wis., educated at Annapolis. Cushing became noted for a series of daredevil exploits, particularly…District of Columbia, University of the
(Encyclopedia) District of Columbia, University of the, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; land-grant and federally supported; est. 1976 with the merger of three existing colleges; predominantly…Fisk University
(Encyclopedia) Fisk University, at Nashville, Tenn.; coeducational; founded 1865, opened 1866, and chartered 1867. It became a university in 1967. Fisk, long an outstanding African-American school,…Van Horne, Sir William Cornelius
(Encyclopedia) Van Horne, Sir William Cornelius, 1843–1915, president (1888–99) and chairman of the board (1899–1915) of the Canadian Pacific Railway, b. Illinois. He worked on U.S. railways before…Trending
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