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Cleves, duchy of
(Encyclopedia) Cleves, duchy of, former state, W Germany, on both sides of the lower Rhine, bordering on the Netherlands. Cleves was the capital. A county from late Carolingian times, it acquired (…Clemens, Samuel Langhorne
(Encyclopedia) Clemens, Samuel Langhorne: see Twain, Mark.Saint Mark's Church
(Encyclopedia) Saint Mark's Church, Venice, named after the tutelary saint of Venice. The original Romanesque basilical church, built in the 9th cent. as a shrine for the saint's bones, was destroyed…Van Doren, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Van Doren, Charles: see under Van Doren, Mark.Sanford KIRKPATRICK, Congress, IA (1842-1932)
KIRKPATRICK Sanford , a Representative from Iowa; born near London, Madison County, Ohio, February 11, 1842; moved to Iowa in 1849 with his parents, who settled on a farm in Highland Township,…John SANFORD, Congress, NY (1851-1939)
SANFORD John , a Representative from New York; born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y., January 18, 1851; attended the common schools, Amsterdam Academy, and Poughkeepsie Military Institute;…SANFORD, John, Congress, NY (1803-1857)
SANFORD John , a Representative from New York; born in Roxbury, Conn., June 3, 1803; received a good education; moved to Amsterdam, N.Y., in 1821; taught school in Amsterdam and afterward in…SANFORD, John, Congress, NY (1851-1939)
SANFORD, John, (son of Stephen Sanford and grandson of John Sanford [1803-1857]), a Representative from New York; born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y., January 18, 1851; attended the…Jonah SANFORD, Congress, NY (1790-1867)
SANFORD Jonah , a Representative from New York; born in Cornwall, Vt., November 30, 1790; attended the district schools; moved to Hopkinton, N.Y., in 1811; enlisted as a volunteer and…Nathan SANFORD, Congress, NY (1777-1838)
Senate Years of Service: 1815-1821; 1826-1831 Party: Democratic Republican; Adams; Anti-Jacksonian SANFORD Nathan , a Senator from New York; born in Bridgehampton, Long Island, N.Y., November 5,…Trending
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