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Bill D. BURLISON, Congress, MO (1931)

BURLISON, Bill D., a Representative from Missouri; born in Wardell, Pemscot County, Mo., March 15, 1931; B.A., Southeast Missouri State University, 1953; B.S., same university, 1959; M.Ed. and…

BURLISON, Bill D., Congress, MO (1931)

BURLISON Bill D. , a Representative from Missouri; born in Wardell, Pemiscot County, Mo., March 15, 1931; B.A., Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Mo., 1953; B.S., Southeast…

SHUSTER, William (Bill), Congress, PA (1960)

SHUSTER William (Bill) , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pa., January 10, 1961; graduated from Everett High School, Everett. Pa.; B.A., Dickinson College,…

William (Bill) SHUSTER, Congress, PA (1960)

SHUSTER, William (Bill), (son of E. G. “Bud“ Shuster), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pa, January 10, 1960; graduated from Everett High School, Everett. Pa.; B.A., Dickinson…

Indian Reorganization Act

(Encyclopedia) Indian Reorganization Act, legislation passed in 1934 in the United States in an attempt to secure new rights for Native Americans on reservations. Its main provisions were to restore…

McConnell, Mitch

(Encyclopedia) McConnell, Mitch (Addison Mitchell McConnell, Jr.), 1942–, U.S. politician, b. Tuscumbia, Ky., grad. Univ. of Louisville (B.A. 1964), Univ. of Kentucky Law School (J.D., 1967). A…

Allison, William Boyd

(Encyclopedia) Allison, William Boyd, 1829–1908, U.S. Senator from Iowa (1873–1908), b. Ashland co., Ohio. He served (1863–71) in the House of Representatives and entered the Senate in 1873. One of…

Wilson, William Bauchop

(Encyclopedia) Wilson, William Bauchop, 1862–1934, American labor leader, U.S. Secretary of Labor (1913–21), b. Blantyre, Scotland. Coming as a child to the United States in 1870, he worked in…

North Platte, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) North PlatteNorth Platteplăt [key], city (1990 pop. 22,605), seat of Lincoln co., W central Nebr., at the confluence of the North Platte and South Platte rivers; inc. 1873. It is a…