Senate Years of Service: 1932-1945Party: DemocratREYNOLDS, Robert Rice, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., June 18, 1884; attended the public schools,…
Double quotation marks enclose direct quotations: “What was Paris like in the Twenties?” our daughter asked. “Ladies and Gentlemen,” the Chief Usher said, “the President of the United States.”…
Senate Years of Service: 1901-1913Party: DemocratBAILEY, Joseph Weldon, (father of Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr.), a Representative and a Senator from Texas; born near Crystal Springs, Copiah…
OPEN Laser: 1. Ben Ainslie, GBR (42 pts); 2. Robert Scheidt, BRA (44); 3. Michael Blackburn, AUS (60). Tornado: 1. Hans Peter Steinacher & Roman Hagara, AUT (16 pts); 2. John Forbes &…
Senate Years of Service: 1906-1925Party: RepublicanLA FOLLETTE, Robert Marion, (father of Robert Marion La Follette, Jr.), a Representative and a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Primrose, Dane…
Senate Years of Service: 1861-1866Party: RepublicanLANE, James Henry, (son of Amos Lane), a Representative from Indiana and a Senator from Kansas; born in Lawrenceburg, Ind., June 22, 1814;…
(Encyclopedia) Jim Crow laws, in U.S. history, statutes enacted by Southern states and municipalities, beginning in the 1880s, that legalized segregation between blacks and whites. The name is…
