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Zodiac Signs of the Presidents

The Question: What zodiac sign have the most presidents been born under? The Answer: It is a tie. There have been five Scorpio (Oct.…

Presidential Pardons

The number of pardons granted by U.S. presidents since 1789 by Mark Hughes Related Links Presidential Pardons Presidential Factfile Presidents…

Grand Coulee Dam

(Encyclopedia) Grand Coulee Dam Grand Coulee Dam k&oomacr;ˈlē [key], 550 ft (168 m) high and 4,173 ft (1,272 m)…

Raymond Francis CLEVENGER, Congress, MI (1926)

CLEVENGER, Raymond Francis, a Representative from Michigan; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 6, 1926; attended the Oak Park, Ill., schools; graduated from high school in 1944; served…

Tonto Basin

(Encyclopedia) Tonto Basin, depression S of the Mogollon Rim, central Ariz. The wild country around Tonto Creek, which flows c.45 mi (70 km) S from the basin to enter the lake behind Roosevelt Dam,…

McReynolds, James Clark

(Encyclopedia) McReynolds, James ClarkMcReynolds, James Clarkməkrĕnˈəldz [key], 1862–1946, U.S. Attorney General (1913–14) and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1914–41), b. Elkton, Ky. He…

Warm Springs

(Encyclopedia) Warm Springs, resort, Meriwether co., W Ga. The salutary properties of the water springing from Pine Mt. were known to Native Americans, and white settlers learned of them in the late…

Victor Howard METCALF, Congress, CA (1853-1936)

METCALF, Victor Howard, a Representative from California; born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., October 10, 1853; attended the public schools of Utica, and was graduated from the Utica Free…

Richmond PEARSON, Congress, NC (1852-1923)

PEARSON, Richmond, a Representative from North Carolina; born at “Richmond Hill,” Yadkin County, N.C., January 26, 1852; attended Horner’s School, Oxford, N.C., and was graduated from…