COOPER, Mark Anthony, (cousin of Eugenius Aristides Nisbet), a Representative from Georgia; born near Powellton, Hancock County, Ga., on April 20, 1800; graduated from South Carolina College (…
Senate Years of Service: 1831-1836Party: Jacksonian; DemocratHILL, Isaac, a Senator from New Hampshire; born in West Cambridge, near Arlington, Mass., on April 6, 1789; attended the common…
(Encyclopedia) Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench,Marianas Trench,mârˌēănˈəz [key], elongated depression on the Pacific Ocean floor, 210 mi (338 km) SW of Guam. It is the deepest known depression on…
(Encyclopedia) Blunt, Anthony Frederick, 1907–83, English art historian and Soviet spy, grad. Cambridge. Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art after 1947 and professor of the history of art at…
Senate Years of Service: 1851-1853Party: DemocratSTOCKTON, Robert Field, (son of Richard Stockton [1764-1828], father of John Potter Stockton, grandson of Richard Stockton [1730-1781]), a…
Senate Years of Service: 1921-1925Party: RepublicanBURSUM, Holm Olaf, a Senator from New Mexico; born at Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, February 10, 1867; attended the public schools; moved…
Senate Years of Service: 1981-1987Party: RepublicanDENTON, Jeremiah Andrew, Jr., a Senator from Alabama; born in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., July 15, 1924; graduated from McGill Institute,…
LEWIS, David John, a Representative from Maryland; born in Nuttals Bank, Center County, near Osceola Mills, Clearfield County, Pa., May 1, 1869; worked in the coal mines 1878-1892; while so…
PERKINS, Carl Dewey, (father of Carl Christopher Perkins), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Hindman, Knott County, Ky., October 15, 1912; attended the Knott County grade schools,…