CHENOWETH-HAGE, Helen P., a Representative from Idaho; born in Topeka, Kans., January 27, 1938; graduated Grants Pass High School, Grants Pass, Oreg.; attended Whitworth College, Spokane, Wash…
Fighting for FreedomsThe Supreme CourtFighting for FreedomsUsing Illegal CommunicationProtecting PornographyPreventing Children from Accessing Pornography on the InternetAllowing Cross…
U.S. Department of State Background Note Index: People History Economy Defense Foreign Relations PEOPLESudan's population is one of the most diverse on the African continent. There are two…
Senate Years of Service: 1927-1933Party: RepublicanBLAINE, John James, a Senator from Wisconsin; born on a farm in Wingville Township, Grant County, Wis., May 4, 1875; attended the common…
(Encyclopedia) Colfax, SchuylerColfax, Schuylerskīˈlər kōlˈfăks [key], 1823–85, Vice President of the United States (1869–73), b. New York City. He moved in boyhood to Indiana. First a Whig editor,…
(Encyclopedia) Hull, Isaac, 1773–1843, American naval officer, b. Derby, Conn. He served in the undeclared naval war with France (1798–1800) and in the Tripolitan War before being promoted to captain…
(Encyclopedia) Gresham, Walter QuintinGresham, Walter Quintingrĕshˈəm [key], 1832–95, American public official, b. Harrison co., Ind. A lawyer, he entered politics as a Whig and helped organize the…
(Encyclopedia) Monro, Harold, 1879–1932, English poet, b. Belgium. In 1911 he founded the Poetry Review and the following year established the Poetry Bookshop, which became a refuge and intellectual…
(Encyclopedia) Malcolm IV, 1141–65, king of Scotland (1153–65), grandson and successor of David I. On his accession the young king was at once faced with a rebellion of the western Gaels, supported…
(Encyclopedia) Lincoln University. 1 At Jefferson City, Mo.; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; founded 1866 as Lincoln Institute. The school was established for the education of freed…
