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Brown, Benjamin Gratz

(Encyclopedia) Brown, Benjamin Gratz, 1826–85, U.S. Senator (1863–67) and governor of Missouri (1871–73), b. Lexington, Ky. An able lawyer in St. Louis, Brown was a leader in the Free-Soil movement…

Nashe, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Nashe or Nash, ThomasNashe or Nash, Thomasboth: năsh [key], 1567–1601, English satirist. Very little is known of his life. Although his first publications appeared in 1589, it was not…

Pierce BUTLER, Congress, SC (1744-1822)

Senate Years of Service: 1789-1796; 1802-1804 Party: Pro-Administration; Anti-Administration; Democratic Republican; Democratic Republican BUTLER Pierce , a Delegate and a Senator from South…

Franklin PIERCE, Congress, NH (1804-1869)

Senate Years of Service: 1837-1842 Party: Democrat PIERCE Franklin , a Representative and a Senator from New Hampshire and 14th President of the United States; born in Hillsborough, N.H.,…