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Enos Thompson THROOP, Congress, NY (1784-1874)

THROOP Enos Thompson , a Representative from New York; born in Johnstown, Montgomery County, N.Y., August 21, 1784; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1806 and…

Dick Thompson MORGAN, Congress, OK (1853-1920)

MORGAN Dick Thompson , a Representative from Oklahoma; born at Prairie Creek, Vigo County, Ind., December 6, 1853; attended the country schools and the Prairie Creek High School; was graduated…

The 2012 Election

Voters Give Obama Four More Years by Jennie Wood Tammy Baldwin Related Links Milestones of the 2012 General Election Campaign 2012 The…

Year in Review, 2015

Top events for the nation and the world Slideshows News of the Nation Photo source: AP Photo/Eric Gay Campaign 2016, San Bernardino shooting, Boston…

Murray, Anna Pauline "Pauli"

(Encyclopedia) Murray, Pauli, 1910–1985, American lawyer, priest, and activist, b. Baltimore, S.J.D. Yale University, 1965, MDiv, General Theological…

Preston

(Encyclopedia) Preston, city and district (1991 pop. 166,675), county seat of Lancashire, N England, on the Ribble River. Preston has an active port and is a center of cotton and rayon manufacturing…

Osceola

(Encyclopedia) OsceolaOsceolaŏsēōˈlə, ō– [key], c.1800–1838, leader of the Seminole. He was also called Powell, the surname of his supposed white father. In the early 1830s, Osceola was living close…

Carman, Harry James

(Encyclopedia) Carman, Harry James, 1884–1964, American historian and educator, b. Greenfield, Saratoga co., N.Y. He was a elementary-school teacher and a high-school principal before becoming an…