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Symington, William Stuart
(Encyclopedia) Symington, William Stuart, 1901–88, U.S. senator (1953–76), b. Amherst, Mass. He interrupted a successful business career in 1941 to accept a War Department assignment involving a…draft riots
(Encyclopedia) draft riots, in the American Civil War, mob action to protest unfair Union conscription. The Union Conscription Act of Mar. 3, 1863, provided that all able-bodied males between the…Koštunica, Vojislav
(Encyclopedia) Koštunica, VojislavKoštunica, Vojislavvoiˈsläv kôsht&oomacr;ˈnētsä [key], 1944–, Serbian politician, president of Yugoslavia (2000–3) and prime minister of Serbia (2004–8) b.…Cameron, Simon
(Encyclopedia) Cameron, SimonCameron, Simonkămˈərən [key], 1799–1889, American politician and financier, b. Lancaster co., Pa. From humble beginnings he rose to be a newspaper publisher and with…Johnson, Lyndon Baines
(Encyclopedia) Johnson, Lyndon Baines, 1908–73, 36th President of the United States (1963–69), b. near Stonewall, Tex. Johnson lost the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination to John F. Kennedy…Common Cause
(Encyclopedia) Common Cause, U.S. organization that seeks a “reordering of national priorities and revitalization of the public process to make our political and governmental institutions more…Compaoré, Blaise
(Encyclopedia) Compaoré, BlaiseCompaoré, Blaiseblāz cŏmpôrˈrā [key], 1951–, Burkinabe military and political leader, president of Burkina Faso (1987–2014), b. Ouagadougou. An army captain and…comuneros
(Encyclopedia) comuneroscomuneroskōm&oomacr;nāˈrōs [key], in Spain and Spanish America, citizens of a city or cities when organized to defend their rights against arbitrary encroachment of…Albert I, king of the Belgians
(Encyclopedia) Albert I, 1875–1934, king of the Belgians (1909–34), nephew and successor of Leopold II. He married (1900) Elizabeth, a Bavarian princess. In World War I his heroic resistance (1914)…Combes, Émile
(Encyclopedia) Combes, ÉmileCombes, Émileāmēlˈ kôNb [key], 1835–1921, French statesman. An able politician of the left democratic group, he was minister of education under Léon Bourgeois (1895–96)…Trending
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