Senate Years of Service: 1876-1881Party: RepublicanBLAINE, James Gillespie, a Representative and a Senator from Maine; born in West Brownsville, Washington County, Pa., January 31, 1830;…
Senate Years of Service: 1887-1889; 1889-1901Party: Republican; RepublicanCHANDLER, William Eaton, a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Concord, N.H., December 28, 1835; attended the common…
Senate Years of Service: 1965-1968Party: DemocratKENNEDY, Robert Francis, (brother of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Edward Moore Kennedy, grandson of John Francis Fitzgerald, uncle of Patrick J…
Senate Years of Service: 1866-1869; 1871-1877Party: Republican; RepublicanFRELINGHUYSEN, Frederick Theodore, (nephew and adopted son of Theodore Frelinghuysen, grandson of Frederick…
Senate Years of Service: 1847-1847; 1849-1853
Party: Democrat; Democrat
SOULÉ, Pierre, a Senator from Louisiana; born in Castillon-en-Couserans, near Bordeaux, France, August 31,…
(Encyclopedia) Dugdale, Richard LouisDugdale, Richard Louisdŭgˈdāl [key], 1841–83, American social investigator, b. Paris. While inspecting (1874) county jails for the New York Prison Association, he…
(Encyclopedia) Gardner, Percy, 1846–1937, English classical archaeologist. He served as field assistant to W. M. Flinders Petrie, helping him excavate Naucritus, a Greek settlement in Egypt. From…
(Encyclopedia) LayamonLayamonlāˈəmən, –mŏn, līˈ– [key], fl. c.1200, first prominent Middle English poet. He described himself as a humble priest attached to the church at Ernley (Arley Regis) near…
(Encyclopedia) Lilienthal, David EliLilienthal, David Elilĭlˈyənthôl [key], 1899–1981, American public official, b. Morton, Ill. He was admitted (1923) to the bar, practiced law, and was appointed by…
