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Herbert Sanford WALTERS, Congress, TN (1891-1973)
Senate Years of Service: 1963-1964 Party: Democrat WALTERS Herbert Sanford , a Senator from Tennessee; born in Leadvale, Jefferson County, Tenn., November 17, 1891; attended the public schools…Walter Allen WATSON, Congress, VA (1867-1919)
WATSON Walter Allen , a Representative from Virginia; born in Nottoway County, Va., November 25, 1867; attended ``old field'' school, and was graduated from Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia, in…Walter Lowrie WEAVER, Congress, OH (1851-1909)
WEAVER Walter Lowrie , a Representative from Ohio; born in Montgomery County, Ohio, April 1, 1851; attended the public schools and Monroe Academy, and was graduated from Wittenberg College,…Walter Hampden OVERTON, Congress, LA (1788-1845)
OVERTON Walter Hampden , a Representative from Louisiana; born near Louisa Court House, Va., in 1788; moved in infancy with his father to North Carolina, and thence to Tennessee in 1801; attended…William Walter WEDEMEYER, Congress, MI (1873-1913)
WEDEMEYER William Walter , a Representative from Michigan; born near Lima Township, Washtenaw County, Mich., March 22, 1873; attended the district schools and Ann Arbor High School; was…Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
(Encyclopedia) Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis, Mo. Founded in 1880, it is the country's second-oldest orchestra (the New York Philharmonic is the oldest). It performed in the Kiel Opera…rinderpest
(Encyclopedia) rinderpest or cattle plague, an acute and highly infectious viral disease of cattle. It less frequently affects other ruminants, such as sheep, goats, and wild game. After an…International style, in architecture
(Encyclopedia) International style, in architecture, the phase of the modern movement that emerged in Europe and the United States during the 1920s. The term was first used by Philip Johnson in…Dessau
(Encyclopedia) Dessau, city, Saxony-Anhalt, E Germany, at the confluence of the Elbe and Mulde rivers. It is an industrial city, river port, and rail…Giedion, Sigfried
(Encyclopedia) Giedion, SigfriedGiedion, Sigfriedzēkhˈfrēd gēˈdēôn [key], 1883–1968, Swiss historian of architecture. Giedion was a student of Heinrich Wölfflin and close associate of Walter Gropius…