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Caroline of Brunswick

(Encyclopedia) Caroline of Brunswick, 1768–1821, consort of George IV of England. The daughter of Charles William Ferdinand, duke of Brunswick, she married George (then prince of Wales) in 1795. She…

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

(Encyclopedia) John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, philanthropic institution founded 1978 by John D. MacArthur (1897–1978), owner of a prominent insurance company and other businesses, and…

Waitman Thomas WILLEY, Congress, WV (1811-1900)

Senate Years of Service: 1861-1863; 1863-1865; 1865-1871Party: Unionist; Unconditional Unionist; RepublicanWILLEY, Waitman Thomas, a Senator from Virginia and from West Virginia; born in…

Robert Alphonso TAFT, Congress, OH (1889-1953)

Senate Years of Service: 1939-1953Party: RepublicanTAFT, Robert Alphonso, (son of President William H. Taft, nephew of Charles Phelps Taft, father of Robert Taft, Jr.), a Senator from Ohio;…

John TAYLOR, Congress, VA (1753-1824)

Senate Years of Service: 1792-1794; 1803-1803; 1822-1823; 1823-1824Party: Anti-Administration; Democratic Republican; Democratic Republican; Crawford RepublicanTAYLOR, John, a Senator from…

George McGILL, Congress, KS (1879-1963)

Senate Years of Service: 1930-1939Party: DemocratMcGILL, George, a Senator from Kansas; born on a farm near Russell, Lucas County, Iowa, February 12, 1879; moved to Kansas with his parents,…

atheism

(Encyclopedia) atheismatheismāˈthē-ĭzˌəm [key], denial of the existence of God or gods and of any supernatural existence, to be distinguished from agnosticism, which holds that the existence cannot…

Great Falls

(Encyclopedia) Great Falls, city (2020 pop. 60,442), seat of Cascade co., N central Mont., second largest city in the state, at the confluence of the…

The Maine

The Maine The battleship that helped to precipitate the Spanish-American War Source: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition Copyright © 1993, Columbia University Press. The Maine (Source…