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Scanderbeg

(Encyclopedia) Scanderbeg or SkanderbegScanderbegboth: skănˈdərbĕg [key], c.1404–1468, Albanian national hero. His original name was George Castriota or Kastriotes, but the Ottomans called him…

Remonstrants

(Encyclopedia) RemonstrantsRemonstrantsrĕmŏnˈstrənts [key], Dutch Protestants, adherents to the ideas of Jacobus Arminius, whose doctrines after his death (1609) were called Arminianism. They were…

Ralph Hunter DAUGHTON, Congress, VA (1885-1958)

DAUGHTON, Ralph Hunter, a Representative from Virginia; born in Washington, D.C., September 23, 1885; attended public and private schools in Washington, D.C., and Prince Georges County, Md.;…

Frank SMALL, Jr., Congress, MD (1896-1973)

SMALL, Frank, Jr., a Representative from Maryland; born on a farm in Temple Hills, Prince Georges County, Md., July 15, 1896; attended the public schools and received technical education at…