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Robert C. SMITH, Congress, NH (1941)

Senate Years of Service: 1990-2003 Party: Republican SMITH Robert C. , a Representative and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Trenton, N.J., March 30, 1941; attended public schools in Allentown…

Joe MANCHIN, III, Congress, WV (1947)

Senate Years of Service: 2010- Party: Democratic MANCHIN Joe, III , a Senator from West Virginia; born August 24, 1947, in Farmington, Marion County, West Virginia; graduated Farmington High School…

Mitchell, George John

(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, George John, 1933–, U.S. public official, b. Waterville, Maine. An attorney in private and government practice in the 1960s and 1970s, he was a protege of Senator Edmund…

Robert II, duke of Normandy

(Encyclopedia) Robert II (Robert Curthose), c.1054–1134, duke of Normandy (1087–1106); eldest son of King William I of England. Aided by King Philip I of France, he rebelled (1077) against his father…

Ny-Ålesund

(Encyclopedia) Ny-ÅlesundNy-Ålesundnüˌ-ôˈləs&oobreve;n [key] [New Alesund], town, on Kongsfjorden, NW Spitsbergen island, Svalbard, Norway. Established as a coal-mining settlement, it is now a…

Younger, Cole

(Encyclopedia) Younger, Cole (Thomas Coleman Younger), 1844–1916, American outlaw, b. Jackson co., Mo. After the Civil War he joined the outlaw band of Jesse James, with whom he had served as a…

1999 Deaths: A - F

Alice AdamsJoey AdamsJoe AdcockMartin AgronskyDolores Jimenez AlcantaraAvery C. AlexanderForrest (Forddy) AndersonBob BackusAbdel-Latif BaghdadiHerman BallIan BannenLeon BarzinLionel…

Hunter, Robert Mercer Taliaferro

(Encyclopedia) Hunter, Robert Mercer TaliaferroHunter, Robert Mercer Taliaferrotŏlˈəvər [key], 1809–87, American statesman, b. Essex co., Va. He was a U.S. Representative for Virginia (1837–43, 1845–…