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Allan Bowie MAGRUDER, Congress, LA (1775-1822)

Senate Years of Service: 1812-1813Party: Democratic RepublicanMAGRUDER, Allan Bowie, a Senator from Louisiana; born in Kentucky in 1775; attended the common schools; pursued an academic course…

John Watts CADY, Congress, NY (1790-1854)

CADY, John Watts, (nephew of Daniel Cady), a Representative from New York; born in Florida, Montgomery County, N.Y., June 28, 1790; attended school at the Old Stone Manse at Fort Hunter, and…

Harry Potter Haiku

Learn what a haiku is and how to write one about your favorite wizard More Stuff Harry Potter PlaylistsHarry Potter Banned?Harry Potter Movies!Harry Potter Hangman!About Harry Haikus…

Harry Potter Quizzes and Activities

Take quizzes and do crosswords to test your knowledge   More Stuff Harry Potter Playlists Harry Potter Banned? Harry Potter Movies! Harry Potter Hangman! Harry…

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Read a review of the movie and take the quizzes to test your knowledge More Stuff Harry Potter PlaylistsHarry Potter Banned?Harry Potter Movies!Harry Potter Hangman!Prisoner of Azkaban…

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Read a review of the movie, check out features on the cast, and take a quiz More Stuff Harry Potter PlaylistsHarry Potter Banned?Harry Potter Movies!Harry Potter Hangman!The Sorcerer's…

O'Connor, Feargus

(Encyclopedia) O'Connor, FeargusO'Connor, Feargusfûrˈgəs [key], 1794–1855, Irish Chartist leader. Elected to the Parliament of 1832 as a supporter of Daniel O'Connell, he soon quarreled with O'…

Wilderness Road

(Encyclopedia) Wilderness Road, principal avenue of westward migration for U.S. pioneers from c.1790 to 1840, blazed in 1775 by the American frontiersman Daniel Boone and an advance party of the…

Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen

(Encyclopedia) Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen, 1802–65, English prelate, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, b. Seville, Spain, of Irish-English parentage. In 1836 he founded (with Daniel O'…