Inaugural Trivia Firsts and facts about presidential inaugurations by Christine Frantz and Beth Rowen NOTABLE INAUGURAL EVENTS George Washington's was the shortest inaugural…
(Encyclopedia) Chandler, Zachariah, 1813–79, U.S. Senator from Michigan (1857–75, 1879) and Secretary of the Interior (1875–77), b. Bedford, N.H. He moved to Detroit in 1833 and through merchandising…
(Encyclopedia) Milligan, ex parte, case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1866. By authorization of Congress, President Lincoln in 1863 suspended the writ of habeas corpus in cases where military…
From Muhammad Ali to Andrew Young Compiled by Ann Marie Imbornoni Try the African-American Quotations Quiz. I never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is…
(Encyclopedia) Taney, Roger BrookeTaney, Roger Brooketôˈnē [key], 1777–1864, American jurist, 5th chief justice of the United States (1836–64), b. Calvert co., Md., grad. Dickinson College, 1795.…
(Encyclopedia) Gettysburg Address, speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 19, 1863, at the dedication of the national cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa. It is one of the…
MADIGAN, Edward Rell, a Representative from Illinois; born in Lincoln, Logan County, Ill., January 13, 1936; A.A., Lincoln Junior College, Lincoln, Ill., 1955; business owner; Lincoln, Ill.,…
(Encyclopedia) Columbia sheep, medium-wool breed developed in the United States using Lincoln and Rambouillet sheep crosses. The breed was developed primarily for the Western ranges but is also used…
