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Jacob Chic HECHT, Congress, NV (1928-2006)
Senate Years of Service: 1983-1989 Party: Republican HECHT Jacob Chic , a Senator from Nevada; born in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., November 30, 1928; graduated, Washington…Lowndes Henry DAVIS, Congress, MO (1836-1920)
DAVIS Lowndes Henry , a Representative from Missouri; born in Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., December 13, 1836; was graduated from Yale College in 1860 and from the Louisville University Law…Ralph Emerson BAILEY, Congress, MO (1878-1948)
BAILEY Ralph Emerson , a Representative from Missouri; born in Cainsville, Harrison County, Mo., July 14, 1878; moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled in Benton, Franklin County, in 1880…Albert Sidney Johnson CARNAHAN, Congress, MO (1897-1968)
CARNAHAN Albert Sidney Johnson , a Representative from Missouri; born near Ellsinore, Carter County, Mo., January 9, 1897; attended public schools in Ellsinore and Cape Girardeau, Mo.; graduated…Walt Whitman: Old Salt Kossabone
Old Salt KossaboneFar back, related on my mother's side, Old Salt Kossabone, I'll tell you how he died: (Had been a sailor all his life—was nearly 90—lived with his married grandchild,…fetal tissue implant
(Encyclopedia) fetal tissue implant or fetal cell therapy, implantation of tissue from a fetus into a patient. In experimental procedures, fetal brain tissue has been implanted in the brains of…Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of
(Encyclopedia) Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess ofMontrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess ofmŏntrōzˈ [key], 1612–50, Scottish nobleman and soldier. He succeeded to the…cannibalism
(Encyclopedia) cannibalismcannibalismkănˈĭbəlĭzəm [key] [Span. caníbal, referring to the Carib], eating of human flesh by other humans. The charge of cannibalism is a common insult, and it is likely…Pergamum
(Encyclopedia) PergamumPergamumpûrˈgəməm [key], ancient city of NW Asia Minor, in Mysia (modern Turkey), in the fertile valley of the Caicus. It became important c.300 b.c., after the breakup of the…baboon
(Encyclopedia) baboon, any of the large, powerful, ground-living monkeys of the genus Papio, also called dog-faced monkeys. Five subspecies live in Africa, with one species extending into the Arabian…Trending
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