ADAMS, Parmenio, a Representative from New York; born in Hartford, Conn., September 9, 1776; attended the common schools; moved in 1806 to âPhelps Corners,â then in the township of Batavia…
TALLMADGE, Benjamin, (father of Frederick Augustus Tallmadge), a Representative from Connecticut; born in Brookhaven, Long Island, N.Y., February 25, 1754; moved to Litchfield, Conn., in 1783…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Delaware
Member Name Birth-Death ADAMS, Wilbur Louis 1884-1937 ALLEE, James Frank 1857-1938 ALLEN, William Franklin 1883-1946…
(Encyclopedia) Golden Dawn, Hermetic Order of the, occult-oriented fraternal organization established by the Freemasons in England (1888), led by S. L. MacGregor Mathers (1854–1917). The order's…
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CLAY, William Lacy, Jr., (son of William Lacy Clay, Sr.), a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., July 27, 1956; graduated from Springbrook High School, Silver…
DAGGETT, Rollin Mallory, a Representative from Nevada; born in Richville, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., February 22, 1831; moved with his father to northwestern Ohio in 1837; attended school in…
(Encyclopedia) Sower or Sauer, ChristopherSower or Sauer, Christopherboth: sōˈər, souˈ– [key], 1693–1758, American printer, b. Germany. In 1724, Sower came to America where he worked first as a…
(Encyclopedia) Roach, Hal (Harold Eugene Roach, Sr.), 1892–1992, American move producer and director, b. Elmira, N.Y. He entered (1912) the motion-picture industry as an extra, and by 1914 had…