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Verner Wright MAIN, Congress, MI (1885-1965)

MAIN Verner Wright , a Representative from Michigan; born in Ashley, Delaware County, Ohio, December 16, 1885; attended the public schools; was graduated from Marion (Ohio) High School, from…

John Main COFFEE, Congress, WA (1897-1983)

COFFEE John Main , a Representative from Washington; born in Tacoma, Wash., January 23, 1897; attended the public schools; University of Washington at Seattle, A.B. and LL.B., 1920 and from the…

Mitchell, George John

(Encyclopedia) Mitchell, George John, 1933–, U.S. public official, b. Waterville, Maine. An attorney in private and government practice in the 1960s and 1970s, he was a protege of Senator Edmund…

Goodrich, Leland Matthew

(Encyclopedia) Goodrich, Leland Matthew, 1899–1990, American political scientist, b. Lewiston, Maine, grad. Bowdoin College, 1920, and Harvard (M.A., 1921; Ph.D., 1925). He taught political science…

Marin, John

(Encyclopedia) Marin, JohnMarin, Johnmărˈĭn [key], 1870–1953, American landscape painter, b. Rutherford, N.J. After a year at Stevens Institute of Technology, he worked for four years as an…

Acadia National Park

(Encyclopedia) Acadia National Park, 48,419 acres (19,603 hectares), SE Maine, on the Atlantic coast; est. as Sieur de Monts National Monument 1916, designated Lafayette National Park 1919, renamed…

Charles of Valois

(Encyclopedia) Charles of ValoisCharles of Valoisvälwäˈ [key], 1270–1325, French prince and military leader, third son of Philip III and father of Philip VI. He dominated the reign in France of his…