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Harrogate

(Encyclopedia) Harrogate Harrogate hărˈōgĭt, –gāt [key], city, North Yorkshire, N central England. It is residential…

Kislovodsk

(Encyclopedia) KislovodskKislovodskkēsləvôtskˈ [key] [Rus.,=sour water], city (1989 pop. 114,000), S European Russia, in the N Caucasus Mts. It is a famous health resort with mineral springs,…

Bad Nauheim

(Encyclopedia) Bad Nauheim Bad Nauheim bät nouˈhīm [key], town, Hesse, central Germany, in the Taunus Mts. It is a…

Rotorua

(Encyclopedia) RotoruaRotoruarōtər&oomacr;ˈə [key], city (1996 pop. 52,953), central North Island, New Zealand. It is a popular tourist area with nearby lakes and hot springs. The area is also…

Anthony, Susan Brownell

(Encyclopedia) Anthony, Susan Brownell, 1820–1906, American reformer and leader of the woman-suffrage movement, b. Adams, Mass.; daughter of Daniel Anthony, Quaker abolitionist. From the age of 17,…

Howard Walter CANNON, Congress, NV (1912-2002)

Senate Years of Service: 1959-1983Party: DemocratCANNON, Howard Walter, a Senator from Nevada; born in St. George, Washington County, Utah, January 26, 1912; graduated from Arizona State…

James Hamilton LEWIS, Congress, WA (1863-1939)

Senate Years of Service: 1913-1919; 1931-1939Party: Democrat; DemocratLEWIS, James Hamilton, a Representative from Washington and a Senator from Illinois; born in Danville, Pittsylvania County…

William Gibbs McADOO, Congress, CA (1863-1941)

Senate Years of Service: 1933-1938Party: DemocratMcADOO, William Gibbs, a Senator from California; born on a farm near Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., October 31, 1863; attended the rural schools…

John Fitzgerald KENNEDY, Congress, MA (1917-1963)

Senate Years of Service: 1953-1960Party: DemocratKENNEDY, John Fitzgerald, (brother of Edward M. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, grandson of John Francis Fitzgerald, and uncle of Joseph Patrick…