(Encyclopedia) Lincoln Memorial, monument, 107 acres (45 hectares), in Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.; built 1914–17. The building, designed by Henry Bacon and styled after a Greek temple, has 36…
RYAN, William, a Representative from New York; born in Tipperary, Ireland, March 8, 1840; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Stanwich, Conn., in 1844; attended…
EVERHART, William, (father of James Bowen Everhart), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Chester County, Pa., May 17, 1785; attended the common schools and became a civil engineer;…
WARD, William Lukens, a Representative from New York; born in Pemberwick, town of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., September 2, 1856; moved to Port Chester, N.Y., with his parents in 1863;…
WAYNE, Isaac, (son of Anthony Wayne), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Paoli, Chester County, Pa., in 1772; attended the common schools and was graduated from Dickinson College,…
New First Pets Spot, Ernie, and India go to Washington by Holly Hartman Socks on the podium in the White House briefing room. The former First Cat belongs to Chelsea Clinton—Bill and…
ANDERSON, Isaac, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born at âAnderson Place,â in Charlestown Township, near Valley Forge, Chester County, Pa., November 23, 1760; as a mere youth was the…
HEMPHILL, John James, (cousin of William Huggins Brawley, nephew of John Hemphill and great-uncle of Robert Witherspoon Hemphill), a Representative from South Carolina; born in Chester,…
WATKINS, George Robert, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Hampton, Va., May 21, 1902; attended the public schools of Hampton; learned the trade of shipfitter; went to Chester, Pa.,…
