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Aaron Van Schaick COCHRANE, Congress, NY (1858-1943)
COCHRANE Aaron Van Schaick , a Representative from New York; born in Coxsackie, Greene County, N.Y., March 14, 1858; attended the common schools and the Hudson River Institute at Claverack, N.Y…Jeptha Dudley NEW, Congress, IN (1830-1892)
NEW Jeptha Dudley , a Representative from Indiana; born in Vernon, Jennings County, Ind., November 28, 1830; was graduated from Vernon (Ind.) Academy and Bethany (W.Va.) College; studied law;…Arthur Sidney TOMPKINS, Congress, NY (1865-1938)
TOMPKINS Arthur Sidney , a Representative from New York; born in Middleburg, Schoharie County, N.Y., August 26, 1865; moved with his parents to West Nyack, N.Y., in 1866; attended the public…Charles Marsh THOMSON, Congress, IL (1877-1943)
THOMSON Charles Marsh , a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., February 13, 1877; attended the public schools and the Chicago Manual Training School; was graduated from Washington…Saddam Hussein 2006 Deaths
Saddam HusseinAge: 69 president of Iraq, 1979–2003. A despotic megalomaniac who rose from poverty to an erratic and extraordinarily bloody rule. In November, a court sentenced Saddam to death…Thomas Marion JETT, Congress, IL (1862-1939)
JETT Thomas Marion , a Representative from Illinois; born near Greenville, Bond County, Ill., May 1, 1862; attended the common schools and the Northern Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, Ind., for…John Brown JOHNSTON, Congress, NY (1882-1960)
JOHNSTON John Brown , a Representative from New York; born in Glasgow, Scotland, July 10, 1882; immigrated to America in 1886 with his parents, who settled in Brooklyn, N.Y.; attended the public…Warren Brewster HOOKER, Congress, NY (1856-1920)
HOOKER Warren Brewster , a Representative from New York; born in Perrysburg, Cattaraugus County, N.Y., November 24, 1856; attended the public schools and Forestville Free Academy, Forestville, N.Y…Nixon v. Fitzgerald (1982)
Case SummaryA. Ernest Fitzgerald claimed that he lost his employment with the Air Force because he gave testimony before Congress that was critical of his employer. He tried to add President…Brewer's: Cordeliers
i.e. “cord-wearers,” 1215. A religious order of the Minor Brothers of St. Francis Assisi. They wore a large grey cloth vestment, girt about the loins with a rope or cord. It was one of…Trending
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