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Billy Lee EVANS, Congress, GA (1941)

EVANS, Billy Lee, a Representative from Georgia; born in Tifton, Tift County, Ga., November 10, 1941; attended the public schools; A.B., 1963, LL.B., 1965, University of Georgia; admitted to…

Stephen Lee FINCHER, Congress, TN (1973)

FINCHER, Stephen Lee, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Memphis, Tenn.; February 7, 1973; graduated from Crockett County High School, Alamo, Tenn., 1990; farmer; business owner; elected as a…

Notable Asian Americans, A-Z

Grace ParkBiographies ofNotable Asian Pacific AmericansA-Z ListGovernment Officials and PoliticiansBusiness and Media LeadersAthletes & Sports PersonalitiesScientistsEntertainers:…

Stratford, estate, United States

(Encyclopedia) Stratford, home of the Lee family, overlooking the Potomac River, E Va., SE of Fredericksburg. A national shrine dedicated in 1935, the site was purchased in 1716 by Thomas Lee, who…

Asian American Writers

Maxine Hong KingstonBiographies ofNotable Asian Pacific AmericansA-Z ListGovernment Officials and PoliticiansBusiness and Media LeadersAthletes & Sports PersonalitiesScientistsEntertainers…

etiquette

(Encyclopedia) etiquette, name for the codes of rules governing social or diplomatic intercourse. These codes vary from the more or less flexible laws of social usage (differing according to local…

Warner, Susan Bogert

(Encyclopedia) Warner, Susan Bogert, pseud. Elizabeth Wetherall, 1819–85, American novelist, b. New York City. Of her many books the best known was The Wide, Wide World (1850), a pious, tearful tale…

Lee Slater OVERMAN, Congress, NC (1854-1930)

Senate Years of Service: 1903-1930Party: DemocratOVERMAN, Lee Slater, (son-in-law of Augustus Summerfield Merrimon), a Senator from North Carolina; born in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C.,…

Roman Lee HRUSKA, Congress, NE (1904-1999)

Senate Years of Service: 1954-1976Party: RepublicanHRUSKA, Roman Lee, a Representative and a Senator from Nebraska; born in David City, Butler County, Nebr., August 16, 1904; attended the…

Stewart Lee UDALL, Congress, AZ (1920-2010)

UDALL, Stewart Lee, (brother of Morris K. Udall; uncle of Mark Udall; father of Tom Udall; cousin of Gordon H. Smith), a Representative from Arizona; born in St. Johns, Apache County, Ariz.,…