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Lewis Vital BOGY, Congress, MO (1813-1877)

Senate Years of Service: 1873-1877 Party: Democrat BOGY Lewis Vital , a Senator from Missouri; born in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., April 9, 1813; attended the public schools; employed as clerk in a…

James Wilson GRIMES, Congress, IA (1816-1872)

Senate Years of Service: 1859-1869 Party: Republican GRIMES James Wilson , a Senator from Iowa; born in Deering, N.H., October 20, 1816; graduated from Hampton Academy; attended Dartmouth…

James MONROE, Congress, NY (1799-1870)

MONROE James , a Representative from New York; born in Albemarle County, Va., September 10, 1799; was graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1815 and assigned to…

Robert Brown Parker Biography

Robert Brown ParkerwriterBorn: 9/17/1932Birthplace: Springfield, MassachusettsDied: 1/18/2010 While teaching at Boston area colleges, Robert Brown Parker began writing his series of mystery…

1956 Winter Olympics Alpine Skiing

Men Event   Time Downhill Toni Sailer, AUT 2:52.2 Slalom Toni Sailer, AUT 3:14.7 G.Slalom Toni Sailer, AUT 3:00.1 Women Event   Time Downhill…

Walt Whitman: We Two, How Long We Were Fool'd

We Two, How Long We Were Fool'dWe two, how long we were fool'd, Now transmuted, we swiftly escape as Nature escapes, We are Nature, long have we been absent, but now we return, We become…

Ben Hogan Biography

Ben HoganAge: 84 one of the greatest golfers ever to play the game; career numbers include 63 victories (second to only Sam Snead's 81 and Jack Nicklaus' 70), nine major championships, four…