Senate Years of Service: 1854-1855; 1855-1857; 1857-1864; 1865-1869Party: Whig; Opposition; Republican; RepublicanFESSENDEN, William Pitt, (brother of Samuel Clement Fessenden and Thomas Amory…
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(Encyclopedia) Charles IV, 1316–78, Holy Roman emperor (1355–78), German king (1347–78), and king of Bohemia (1346–78). The son of John of Luxemburg, Charles was educated at the French court and…
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