During each election season, presidential candidates create catchy phrases that help to define their campaigns. Here’s a look at some of the more memorable ones. “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”: In…
Senate Years of Service: 1866-1867Party: RepublicanFOGG, George Gilman, a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Meredith Center, Belknap County, N.H., May 26, 1813; pursued classical studies and…
(Encyclopedia) Schurz, CarlSchurz, Carlsh&oobreve;rts [key], 1829–1906, American political leader, b. Germany. He studied at the Univ. of Bonn and participated in the revolutionary uprisings of…
Senate Years of Service: 1877-1883Party: IndependentDAVIS, David, (cousin of Henry Winter Davis), a Senator from Illinois; born near Cecilton, Cecil County, Md., March 9, 1815; attended the…
Senate Years of Service: 1862-1863Party: RepublicanFIELD, Richard Stockton, (grandson of Richard Stockton [1730-1781] and nephew of Richard Stockton [1764-1828]), a Senator from New Jersey;…
Senate Years of Service: 1849-1861Party: Whig; RepublicanSEWARD, William Henry, a Senator from New York; born in Florida, Orange County, N.Y., on May 16, 1801; after preparatory studies,…
Compare your wits with the nation's best students by David Johnson Test ConditionsThe following test was given to a random sampling of 566 college seniors. Only one student answered all 34…
(Encyclopedia) Einhorn, DavidEinhorn, Davidīnˈhôrn [key], 1809–79, Jewish theological writer and leader of the Reform movement in Judaism in the United States. Born in Bavaria, he studied philosophy…
(Encyclopedia) Cuyp or KuypCuypboth: koip [key], family of Dutch painters of Dordrecht. Jacob Gerritszoon Cuyp, 1594–c.1651, pupil of Abraham Bloemaert, was a portrait and landscape painter. His…
(Encyclopedia) Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809–91, Vice President of the United States (1861–65), b. Paris, Maine. Admitted to the bar in 1833, he practiced at Hampden, Maine. He was a Maine legislator (1836–…
