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Thomas WORTHINGTON, Congress, OH (1773-1827)

Senate Years of Service: 1803-1807; 1810-1814Party: Democratic Republican; Democratic RepublicanWORTHINGTON, Thomas, a Senator from Ohio; born in Jefferson County, Va. (now West Virginia), on…

Francis Emroy WARREN, Congress, WY (1844-1929)

Senate Years of Service: 1890-1893; 1895-1929Party: Republican; RepublicanWARREN, Francis Emroy, a Senator from Wyoming; born in Hinsdale, Berkshire County, Mass., June 20, 1844; attended the…

Jacob Hale SYPHER, Congress, LA (1837-1905)

SYPHER, Jacob Hale, a Representative from Louisiana; born near Millerstown, Perry County, Pa., June 22, 1837; received a liberal education, and was graduated from Alfred (N.Y.) University in…

Patrick WALSH, Congress, GA (1840-1899)

Senate Years of Service: 1894-1895Party: DemocratWALSH, Patrick, a Senator from Georgia; born in Ballingarry, County Limerick, Ireland, January 1, 1840; immigrated to the United States in 1852…

Edwin Fremont LADD, Congress, ND (1859-1925)

Senate Years of Service: 1921-1925Party: RepublicanLADD, Edwin Fremont, a Senator from North Dakota; born in Starks, Somerset County, Maine, December 13, 1859; attended the public schools and…

Woodrow Wilson JONES, Congress, NC (1914-2002)

JONES, Woodrow Wilson, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Green Hill Township, Rutherford County, N.C., January 26, 1914; attended the public schools of Rutherford County, N.C.;…

John Finis PHILIPS, Congress, MO (1834-1919)

PHILIPS, John Finis, a Representative from Missouri; born in Thralls Prairie, Boone County, Mo., December 31, 1834; attended the common schools, the University of Missouri at Columbia, and was…

Movies and Film: The Beginnings

The BeginningsMovies and FilmBritish Film HistoryThe BeginningsShooting (in) the WarThe Lean YearsEngland's Left Foot: Irish Cinema In the closing years of the nineteenth century and the earliest…

Custer, George Armstrong

(Encyclopedia) Custer, George Armstrong, 1839–76, American army officer, b. New Rumley, Ohio, grad. West Point, 1861. In the reorganization of the U.S. army after the war Custer was assigned to the…