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Brownlow, William Gannaway

(Encyclopedia) Brownlow, William GannawayBrownlow, William Gannawaybrounˈlō [key], 1805–77, U.S. politician, governor of Tennessee (1865–69), known as the “Fighting Parson,” b. Wythe co., Va.…

Edmund Gibson ROSS, Congress, KS (1826-1907)

Senate Years of Service: 1866-1871Party: RepublicanROSS, Edmund Gibson, a Senator from Kansas; born in Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, December 7, 1826; apprenticed as a printer in Sandusky,…

Thomas LeRoy Collins

former governor of FloridaBorn: March 10, 1909 Birthplace: Tallahassee, Florida Thomas LeRoy Collins grew up in Tallahassee, Fla., and received his law degree from Cumberland University in…

William Fife KNOWLAND, Congress, CA (1908-1974)

Senate Years of Service: 1945-1959Party: RepublicanKNOWLAND, William Fife, (son of Joseph Russell Knowland), a Senator from California; born in Alameda, Alameda County, Calif., June 26, 1908;…

Samuel Jordan KIRKWOOD, Congress, IA (1813-1894)

Senate Years of Service: 1866-1867; 1877-1881Party: Republican; RepublicanKIRKWOOD, Samuel Jordan, a Senator from Iowa; born in Harford County, Md., December 20, 1813; attended country schools…

First Pets Slideshow

by Mark Hughes Barack Obama, Malia and Sasha Obama's dad, informed his daughters—and millions of other people who were watching his victory speech the night he was elected president of the…

First Pets Slideshow

// by Mark Hughes Barack Obama, Malia and Sasha Obama's dad, informed his daughters—and millions of other people who were watching his victory speech the night he was elected…

Bancroft, George

(Encyclopedia) Bancroft, George, 1800–1891, American historian and public official, b. Worcester, Mass. He taught briefly at Harvard and then at the Round Hill School in Northampton, Mass., of which…

spiritual

(Encyclopedia) spiritual, a religious folk song of American origin, particularly associated with African-American Protestants of the southern United States. The African-American spiritual,…