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John PORTER, Congress, PA

PORTER John , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pennsylvania, birth date unknown; received a limited schooling; elected as a Republican to the Ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused…

Porter County, IN Social Statistics

Porter county indiana dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics SubjectNumberPercent SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school39,988100.0Nursery school,…

Porter County, IN Economic Statistics

Porter county indiana dp 3 profile of selected economic characteristics SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over113,927100.0In labor force76,96067.6Civilian…

Porter County, IN Housing Statistics

Porter county indiana dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units57,616100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached41,65572.31-unit, attached1…

Fitzgerald, Ella

(Encyclopedia) Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917–96, American jazz singer, b. Newport News, Va. Probably the most celebrated jazz vocalist of her generation, Fitzgerald was reared in Yonkers, N.Y., moving after…

André, Brother

(Encyclopedia) André, BrotherAndré, BrotheräNdrāˈ, änˈ– [key], 1845–1937, Canadian Roman Catholic mystic, b. St. Grégoire d'Iberville, Que. His secular name was Alfred Bissette, Bassette, or Bessette…

Napoleon, Louis

(Encyclopedia) Napoleon, Louis, 1800–1881, African American abolitionist. He lived in a community of free blacks in Staten Island, N.Y., working as a porter and furniture polisher while secretly…

Martin, Archer John Porter

(Encyclopedia) Martin, Archer John Porter, 1910–2002, English biochemist, educated at Cambridge. From 1938 to 1946 he carried on chemical research in the laboratories of the Wool Industries…

Melba, Dame Nellie

(Encyclopedia) Melba, Dame Nellie, 1861–1931, Australian soprano, whose name originally was Helen Porter Mitchell. After study with Mathilde Marchesi in Paris, she made her operatic debut in Brussels…

Hart, Moss

(Encyclopedia) Hart, Moss, 1904–61, American dramatist, b. New York City, studied at Columbia. His first important play, Once in a Lifetime (1930), marked the beginning of a long collaboration with…