Born: 9/15/1857Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati on Sept. 15, 1857. A Yale graduate, he entered Ohio Republican politics in the 1880s. In 1886 he married Helen…
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…
(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,…
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…
PEARSON, Richmond, a Representative from North Carolina; born at âRichmond Hill,â Yadkin County, N.C., January 26, 1852; attended Hornerâs School, Oxford, N.C., and was graduated from…
(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…
