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Ingersoll, Charles Jared

(Encyclopedia) Ingersoll, Charles JaredIngersoll, Charles Jaredĭngˈgərsôl [key], 1782–1862, American political leader and author, b. Philadelphia; son of Jared Ingersoll (1749–1822). In several…

Mazzuchelli, Samuel Charles

(Encyclopedia) Mazzuchelli, Samuel CharlesMazzuchelli, Samuel Charlesmäˈzh&oomacr;kĕlē [key], 1806–64, Italian missionary in America. He was a Dominican. He was ordered (1830) to the island of…

Peirce, Charles Sanders

(Encyclopedia) Peirce, Charles SandersPeirce, Charles Sanderspûrs [key], 1839–1914, American philosopher and polymath, b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1859; son of Benjamin Peirce. Except for…

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth

(Encyclopedia) Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746–1825, American political leader and diplomat, b. Charleston, S.C.; brother of Thomas Pinckney and cousin of Charles Pinckney. After attending Oxford…

John M. HAMILTON, Congress, WV (1855-1916)

HAMILTON, John M., a Representative from West Virginia; born in Weston, Lewis County, Va. (now West Virginia), March 16, 1855; attended the public schools; recorder of the town of Weston in…

Frank KRATOVIL, M. Jr., Congress, MD (1968)

KRATOVIL, Frank, M. Jr., a Representative from Maryland; born in Lanham, Prince George’s County, Md.; May 29, 1968; B. A., Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md., 1990; J. D., University…

Byron M. CUTCHEON, Congress, MI (1836-1908)

CUTCHEON, Byron M., a Representative from Michigan; born in Pembroke, Merrimack County, N.H., May 11, 1836; attended the common schools and Pembroke Academy; taught school in Pembroke for…

Isaac M. JORDAN, Congress, OH (1835-1890)

JORDAN, Isaac M., a Representative from Ohio; born in Mifflinburg, Union County, Pa., May 5, 1835; moved with his parents to Springfield, Ohio, in 1837; attended Northwood (Ohio) Institute for…

Thomas M. DAVIS, III, Congress, VA (1949)

DAVIS, Thomas M., III, a Representative from Virginia; born in Minot, Ward County, N.Dak., January 5, 1949; graduated from the United States Capitol Page School; B.A., Amherst College, Amherst…

George M. WERTZ, Congress, PA (1856-1928)

WERTZ, George M., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa., July 19, 1856; attended the public schools, Ebensburg (Pa.) Academy, and the National Normal…