(Encyclopedia) Luther, Martin, 1483–1546, German leader of the Protestant Reformation, b. Eisleben, Saxony, of a family of small, but free, landholders.
At Wittenberg the iconoclasts under…
(Encyclopedia) Vaughan, HenryVaughan, Henryvôn [key], 1622–95, one of the English metaphysical poets. Born in Breconshire, Wales, he signed himself Silurist, after the ancient inhabitants of that…
LYMAN, Theodore, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Waltham, Mass., August 23, 1833; was educated by private tutors; studied in Europe 1847-1849; was graduated from Harvard…
MANNING, Vannoy Hartrog (Van), a Representative from Mississippi; born near Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., July 26, 1839; moved with his parents to Mississippi in 1841; attended Horn Lake Male…
MANNING, Vannoy Hartrog (Van), a Representative from Mississippi; born near Raleigh, Wake County, N.C., July 26, 1839; moved with his parents to Mississippi in 1841; attended Horn Lake Male…
BUTLER, James Joseph, a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Mo., August 29, 1862; attended the public schools; served an apprenticeship as a blacksmith, and worked at that trade…
MERRITT, Edwin Albert, a Representative from New York; born in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., July 25, 1860; attended the common schools; graduated from Potsdam Normal School in 1879…
(Encyclopedia) Dewey, GeorgeDewey, Georged&oomacr;ˈē, dy&oomacr;ˈ– [key], 1837–1917, American admiral, hero of the battle of Manila, b. Montpelier, Vt., grad. Annapolis, 1858. He saw active…
Senate Years of Service: 1789-1801Party: Anti-Administration; FederalistGUNN, James, a Delegate and a Senator from Georgia; born in Virginia, March 13, 1753; attended the common schools;…
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.;…
