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DE LACY, Emerson Hugh, Congress, WA (1910-1986)
DE LACY, Emerson Hugh, a Representative from Washington; born in Seattle, King County, Wash., May 9, 1910; attended the Queen Anne public schools; was graduated from the University of Washington…Hugh Lawson White HILL, Congress, TN (1810-1892)
HILL Hugh Lawson White , a Representative from Tennessee; born near McMinnville, Warren County, Tenn., March 1, 1810; attended private schools and the Carroll Male Academy at McMinnville; was…Hugh Doggett SCOTT, Jr., Congress, PA (1900-1994)
Senate Years of Service: 1959-1977 Party: Republican SCOTT Hugh Doggett, Jr. , a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Va., on November 11,…Alexander Hugh Holmes STUART, Congress, VA (1807-1891)
STUART Alexander Hugh Holmes , a Representative from Virginia; born in Staunton, Va., April 2, 1807; attended Staunton Academy and the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; was…Charles James HUGHES, Jr., Congress, CO (1853-1911)
Senate Years of Service: 1909-1911 Party: Democrat HUGHES Charles James, Jr. , a Senator from Colorado; born in Kingston, Caldwell County, Mo., February 16, 1853; attended the common schools;…microphone
(Encyclopedia) microphone, device for converting sound into electrical energy, used in radio broadcasting, recording, and sound amplifying systems. Its basic component is a diaphragm that responds to…Malcolm, Janet
(Encyclopedia) Malcolm, Janet 1934-2021, American journalist and author, b. Prague, Czechoslovakia, as Jana Klara Wienerova, Univ. of Michigan (B.A…imagists
(Encyclopedia) imagists, group of English and American poets writing from 1909 to about 1917, who were united by their revolt against the exuberant imagery and diffuse sentimentality of 19th-century…Kellogg, Frank Billings
(Encyclopedia) Kellogg, Frank Billings, 1856–1937, American lawyer, U.S. senator (1917–23), and cabinet member, b. Potsdam, N.Y. As a child, he moved to Olmstead co., Minn. He later studied law and…enamel
(Encyclopedia) enamel, a siliceous substance fusible upon metal. It may be so compounded as to be transparent or opaque and with or without color, but it is usually employed to add decorative color.…Trending
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