PRYOR, Roger Atkinson, a Representative from Virginia; born near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va., July 19, 1828; was graduated from Hampden-Sidney College, Virginia, in 1845 and from the…
Senate Years of Service: 1963-1981Party: DemocratRIBICOFF, Abraham Alexander, a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in New Britain, Hartford County, Conn., April 9, 1910;…
Senate Years of Service: 1918-1927Party: RepublicanLENROOT, Irvine Luther, a Representative and a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Superior, Wis., January 31, 1869; attended the common schools…
Senate Years of Service: 1946-1971Party: DemocratHOLLAND, Spessard Lindsey, a Senator from Florida; born in Bartow, Polk County, Fla., July 10, 1892; attended the public schools; graduated…
Senate Years of Service: 1861-1879Party: RepublicanHOWE, Timothy Otis, a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Livermore, Androscoggin County, Maine, February 24, 1816; attended the common schools…
American commanderDied: January 14, 2008 (Berkeley, California) Best Known as: last commander of the American volunteers who fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War…
(Juliet Grossman; pseudonyms Ernest Hamilton, Cyril Judd, Judith Merril, Rose Sharon, Eric Thorstein)science fiction writerBorn: 1/21/1923Birthplace: New York City A writer, editor, and critic,…
(Encyclopedia) Morrisburg, village (1991 pop. 2,429), SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. Just east of the village is the Upper Canada Village, a model of a typical 19th-century community.