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Peter Charles GRANATA, Congress, IL (1898-1973)

GRANATA, Peter Charles, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., October 28, 1898; attended the public and high schools of his native city; was graduated from Bryant and Stratton…

Gabriel RICHARD, Congress, MI (1767-1832)

RICHARD, Gabriel, a Delegate from Michigan Territory; born in La Ville de Saintes, France, October 15, 1767; pursued classical studies; studied theology in the seminary of Augers, France, and…

David CROCKETT, Congress, TN (1786-1836)

CROCKETT, David, (father of John Wesley Crockett), a Representative from Tennessee; born at the confluence of Limestone Creek and Nolichuckey River in the State of Franklin, present day Greene…

John Robert THOMAS, Congress, IL (1846-1914)

THOMAS, John Robert, a Representative from Illinois; born in Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Ill., October 11, 1846; attended the common schools and Hunter Collegiate Institute, Princeton, Ind…

William Munford TUCK, Congress, VA (1896-1983)

TUCK, William Munford, a Representative from Virginia; born near High Hill, Halifax County, Va., September 28, 1896; attended the public schools; during the First World War served in the…

Alice Mary ROBERTSON, Congress, OK (1854-1931)

ROBERTSON, Alice Mary, a Representative from Oklahoma; born at Tullahassee Mission, Creek Nation, Indian Territory (now Tullahassee, Okla.), January 2, 1854; self-taught in early life under…

Fogel, Robert William

(Encyclopedia) Fogel, Robert William, 1926–2013, American economic historian, b. New York City, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, 1964. He taught at Univ. of Chicago (1964–75, 1981–2013) and Harvard (1975–81). In…

Mazursky, Paul

(Encyclopedia) Mazursky, Paul (Irwin Lawrence Mazursky), 1939-2014, American film director, screenwriter, and actor, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Brooklyn…