Senate Years of Service: 1824-1825; 1825-1829; 1829-1833Party: Adams-Clay Republican; Adams; Anti-JacksonianJOHNSTON, Josiah Stoddard, a Representative and a Senator from Louisiana; born in…
BUCK, Daniel Azro Ashley, (son of Daniel Buck), a Representative from Vermont; born in Norwich, Vt., April 19, 1789; moved with his parents to Chelsea; was graduated from Middlebury College in…
(Encyclopedia) Milton, John, 1608–74, English poet, b. London, one of the greatest poets of the English language.
Milton's theology, although in the Protestant tradition, is extremely…
Senate Years of Service: 1817-1823; 1823-1825; 1825-1826 Party: Federalist; Adams-Clay Federalist; Adams VAN DYKE, Nicholas, (son of Nicholas Van Dyke [1738-1789]), a Representative and a…
Senate Years of Service: 1815-1821; 1826-1831Party: Democratic Republican; Adams; Anti-JacksonianSANFORD, Nathan, a Senator from New York; born in Bridgehampton, Long Island, N.Y., November 5…
Senate Years of Service: 1827-1833Party: Adams; Anti-JacksonianFOOT, Samuel Augustus, a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Cheshire, Conn., November 8, 1780; graduated from…
(Encyclopedia) Epstein, Sir JacobEpstein, Sir Jacobĕpˈstīn [key], 1880–1959, sculptor, b. New York City. He studied with Rodin in Paris and later worked chiefly in England. In revolt against the…
(Encyclopedia) Old Red Sandstone, series of red and brown sandstones, conglomerates, and shales deposited in Wales and Scotland and in England near the Welsh and Scottish borders in the Devonian…
An illustrated guide to the first ladies of the United States
Please note: Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Hannah Hoes Van Buren, and Ellen Arthur all died before their husbands became president…
Before the dawn of electronic media, politicians used songs to deliver attack ads and to woo voters by Beth Rowen Related Links Biographies of the Presidents…
