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Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin
(Encyclopedia) Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin, 1831–1917, American journalist, author, and philanthropist, b. Hampton Falls, N.H., grad. Harvard, 1855. An active abolitionist, he was a friend and agent…Smith, Margaret Chase
(Encyclopedia) Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897–1995, U.S. senator from Maine (1949–73), b. Skowhegan, Maine. She taught school briefly and then worked (1919–28) on the Skowhegan weekly newspaper. In 1930…Perry, Rick
(Encyclopedia) Perry, Rick (James Richard Perry), 1950–, American politician, governor of Texas (2000–2015), b. Haskell, Tex. A fifth-generation Texan from the state's agricultural western plains, he…Spaulding, Elbridge Gerry
(Encyclopedia) Spaulding, Elbridge Gerry, 1809–97, U.S. banker and politician, b. Locke (now Summer Hill), N.Y. A lawyer practicing in Buffalo, N.Y., after 1834, he gradually became a banker there…Ames, Oakes
(Encyclopedia) Ames, Oakes, 1804–73, American manufacturer, railroad promoter, and politician, b. Easton, Mass. With his brother Oliver he managed the family's well-known shovel factory at Easton.…Collins, Susan Margaret
(Encyclopedia) Collins, Susan Margaret, , 1952- , American politician, b. Caribou, Me., St. Lawrence University (BA, 1975). Both of Collins’s parents…Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico
(Encyclopedia) Guerrazzi, Francesco DomenicoGuerrazzi, Francesco Domenicofränchāsˈkō dō-māˈnēkō gwār-rätˈtsē [key], 1804–73, Italian patriot and writer, b. Livorno. A radical republican and…Brown, Joseph Emerson
(Encyclopedia) Brown, Joseph Emerson, 1821–94, U.S. public official, b. Pickens District, S.C. As governor of Georgia during the Civil War, Brown quarreled with Jefferson Davis over conscription and…Williams, Betty
(Encyclopedia) Williams, Betty, 1943–2020, Northern Irish peace activist, b. Belfast as Elizabeth Smyth. In Aug., 1976, Williams, a receptionist, witnessed the death of three children when a car…Brookeborough, Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Brookeborough, Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st ViscountBrookeborough, Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscountbr&oobreve;kˈbərə [key], 1888–1973, Northern Irish politician. After serving in…Trending
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