McMILLAN, John Alexander, III (Alex), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Charlotte, N.C., May 9, 1932; graduated from Woodberry Forest School, Orange, Va., 1950; B.A., University of…
McMILLAN, John Alexander, III (Alex), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Charlotte, N.C., May 9, 1932; graduated from Woodberry Forest School, Orange, Va., 1950; B.A., University of…
DEARBORN, Henry Alexander Scammell, (son of Henry Dearborn), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Exeter, N.H., March 3, 1783; attended the common schools and Williams College,…
PENNINGTON, Alexander Cumming McWhorter, (cousin of William Pennington), a Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, N.J., July 2, 1810; completed preparatory studies; attended the…
RICHARDS, James Alexander Dudley, a Representative from Ohio; born in Boston, Mass., March 22, 1845; spent his early life in Boston and New York City, where he received a common-school…
STUART, Alexander Hugh Holmes, (cousin of Archibald Stuart), a Representative from Virginia; born in Staunton, Va., April 2, 1807; attended Staunton Academy and the College of William and Mary…
(Encyclopedia) Alexander I, 1777–1825, czar of Russia (1801–25), son of Paul I (in whose murder he may have taken an indirect part). In the first years of his reign the liberalism of his Swiss tutor…
(Encyclopedia) Alexander II, 1818–81, czar of Russia (1855–81), son and successor of Nicholas I. He ascended the throne during the Crimean War (1853–56) and immediately set about negotiating a peace…
(Encyclopedia) Alexander III, 1845–94, czar of Russia (1881–94), son and successor of Alexander II. Factors that contributed to Alexander's reactionary policies included his father's assassination,…
