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Joseph CALHOUN, Congress, SC (1750-1817)

CALHOUN Joseph , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Staunton, Augusta County, Va., October 22, 1750; moved with his father to South Carolina in 1756 and settled in Granville District,…

Cabinet Members Under Jefferson

Secretary of State James Madison, 1801Secretary of the Treasury Samuel Dexter (Cont.)Albert Gallatin, 1801Secretary of War Henry Dearborn, 1801Attorney General Levi Lincoln, 1801Robert Smith…

Haldor Erickson BOEN, Congress, MN (1851-1912)

BOEN Haldor Erickson , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Sondre Aurdal, Valders, Norway, January 2, 1851; immigrated to the United States in 1868 and settled in Mower County, Minn.;…

Christopher Guest Biography

Christopher Guest(Christopher Haden-Guest)actor, writer, directorBorn: 2/5/1948Birthplace: New York City Starting in the late 1960s, Christopher Guest made a name for himself writing for…

Beverly Sills Biography

Beverly Sills (Belle Silverman) operatic soprano Born: 5/25/1929 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York…

income tax

(Encyclopedia) income tax, assessment levied upon individual or corporate incomes. Although personal incomes were occasionally taxed in medieval Italian cities, the income tax is essentially a modern…