(Encyclopedia) Donelson, Andrew JacksonDonelson, Andrew Jacksondŏnˈəlsən [key], 1799–1871, American politician, b. Cumberland region of Tennessee. He was brought up at the Hermitage by his uncle,…
(Encyclopedia) Lansing. 1 Village (1990 pop. 28,086), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago, near the Ind. line; inc. 1893. Among the city's industries are meatpacking, food processing, and the…
Senate Years of Service: 1829-1838; 1839-1840Party: Democratic Republican; Jacksonian; DemocratGRUNDY, Felix, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born in Berkeley County, Va., on…
(Encyclopedia) Motherwell, Robert, 1915–91, American painter and writer, b. Aberdeen, Wash. Motherwell taught art at several colleges and during the early 1940s he became a cogent theoretician of…
(Encyclopedia) Sutherland, Dame Joan, 1926–2010, Australian coloratura soprano and one of the most famous singers of the 20th cent. Sutherland studied in her hometown of Sydney, where she made her…
(Encyclopedia) Guston, Philip, 1913–80, American painter, b. Montreal. Guston immigrated to the United States in 1916. His earliest role models as an artist were such Mexican muralists as José Orozco…
(Encyclopedia) RothamstedRothamstedrŏthˈəmstĭd [key], world's oldest and England's most important agricultural experiment station, now the main center of the Institute of Arable Crops Research (IACR…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Mississippi
Member Name Birth-Death ABERNETHY, Thomas Gerstle 1903-1998 ADAMS, Robert Huntington 1792-1830 ADAMS, Stephen…
(Encyclopedia) Kitchen Cabinet, in U.S. history, popular name for the group of intimate, unofficial advisers of President Jackson. Early in his administration Jackson abandoned official cabinet…
