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Shalikashvili, John Malchase David

(Encyclopedia) Shalikashvili, John Malchase DavidShalikashvili, John Malchase Davidshälēˌkäshvēˈlē [key], 1936–2011, U.S. army general, b. Poland. Drafted into the army, he became a commissioned…

Cameron, David William Duncan

(Encyclopedia) Cameron, David William DuncanCameron, David William Duncankămˈərən [key], 1966–, British political leader, b. London. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he worked for the Conservative party'…

Casement, Sir Roger David

(Encyclopedia) Casement, Sir Roger David, 1864–1916, Irish revolutionary. While in British consular service, he exposed (1904) the atrocious exploitation of wild-rubber gatherers in the Congo (thus…

Anson BURLINGAME, Congress, MA (1820-1870)

BURLINGAME, Anson, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in New Berlin, N.Y., November 14, 1820; moved with his parents to Seneca County, Ohio, in 1823, and to Detroit, Mich., in 1833;…

Hattie Wyatt CARAWAY, Congress, AR (1878-1950)

Senate Years of Service: 1931-1945Party: DemocratCARAWAY, Hattie Wyatt, (wife of Thaddeus Horatius Caraway), a Senator from Arkansas; born in Bakerville, Humphreys County, Tenn., February 1,…

Charles Harting PERCY, Congress, IL (1919)

Senate Years of Service: 1967-1985Party: RepublicanPERCY, Charles Harting, (father-in-law of John D. [Jay] Rockefeller IV), a Senator from Illinois; born in Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla.,…

Giving Pledge Participants

The United States is home to roughly 40% of the world's billionaires. About 10% of America's richest citizens have committed to participate in the Giving Pledge and donate at least 50% of their…

Jacob BURNET, Congress, OH (1770-1853)

Senate Years of Service: 1828-1829; 1829-1831Party: Adams; Anti-JacksonBURNET, Jacob, (son of William Burnet), a Senator from Ohio; born in Newark, N.J., February 22, 1770; pursued preparatory…