(Encyclopedia) Pierce, Franklin, 1804–69, 14th President of the United States (1853–57), b. Hillsboro, N.H., grad. Bowdoin College, 1824. Admitted to the bar in 1827, he entered politics as a…
Senate Years of Service: 1925-1926Party: RepublicanWILLIAMS, George Howard, a Senator from Missouri; born in California, Moniteau County, Mo., on December 1, 1871; attended the public schools…
Why do boats float? A steel bar dropped into water sinks, but a boat made of steel floats. Why? Because most of the space in a boat is taken up by air. Taken as a whole, this makes the boat much…
BECK, James Montgomery, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 9, 1861; attended the public schools and was graduated from Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pa., in…
Senate Years of Service: 1981-2011Party: Republican; DemocratSPECTER, Arlen, a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kans., February 12, 1930; attended the public…
candy manufacturerBorn: 1904 The son of the man who invented the Milky Way candy bar, Forrest Mars left the country after a disagreement with his father. The younger Mars settled in Britain and…
Senate Years of Service: 1968- Party: Republican STEVENS, Theodore F. (Ted), a Senator from Alaska; born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., November 18, 1923; attended Oregon State College…
Senate Years of Service: 1968-2009Party: RepublicanSTEVENS, Theodore Fulton (Ted), a Senator from Alaska; born in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., November 18, 1923; attended Oregon State…
chocolatier, philanthropistBorn: 9/13/1857Birthplace: Derry Township, Pa. His aspirations for a formal education quashed by grade four, Hershey apprenticed to a confectioner in Lancaster,…
SHIEL, George Knox, a Representative from Oregon; born in Ireland in 1825; immigrated to the United States and settled in New Orleans, La.; moved to Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar…
