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Members of Congress: Alaska, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Alaska Member Name Birth-Death BARTLETT, Edward Lewis (Bob) 1904-1968 BEGICH, Mark 1962-  BEGICH, Nicholas Joseph 1932-1972…

Alejandro Toledo

Alejandro ToledoMan of the poor wins Peruvian presidency by Beth Rowen Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo. (Source/AP)ALEJANDRO TOLEDO was elected president of Peru in June 2001,…

Types of Literature

Here are some of the popular categories of books and stories in literature. An autobiography is the story of a person's life written or told by that person.Bill Peet: An Autobiography A biography…

Aaron Venable BROWN, Congress, TN (1795-1859)

BROWN, Aaron Venable, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Brunswick County, Va., August 15, 1795; attended Westrayville Academy, North Carolina, and was graduated from the University of…

1983 World History

  1983 Pope John Paul II signs new Roman Catholic code incorporating changes brought about by Second Vatican Council (Jan. 25). Second space shuttle, Challenger, makes successful maiden voyage,…

Thomas UDALL, Congress, NM (1948)

Senate Years of Service: 2009-Party: DemocratUDALL, Thomas, (son of Stewart Lee Udall; nephew of Morris K. Udall; cousin of Mark Udall; cousin of Gordon H. Smith), a Senator and a…

William Allen SIPE, Congress, PA (1844-1935)

SIPE, William Allen, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Harrisonville, Fulton County, Pa., July 1, 1844; attended the public schools, and Cassville Academy, Cassville, Huntingdon…

Kaine, Tim

(Encyclopedia) Kaine, Tim (Timothy Michael Kaine), 1958–, U.S. politician, b. St. Paul, Minn., B.A. Univ. of Missouri, 1979, J.D. Harvard, 1983. After a clerkship, he was a lawyer in private practice…