MOORMAN, Henry DeHaven, a Representative from Kentucky; born on a farm near Glen Dean, Breckinridge County, Ky., June 9, 1880; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar…
DERWINSKI, Edward Joseph, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., September 15, 1926; graduated from Mount Carmel High School in 1944; served in the United States Army as an…
Senate Years of Service: 1881-1885Party: RepublicanLAPHAM, Elbridge Gerry, a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Farmington, N.Y., October 18, 1814; attended the public schools…
HALL, Leonard Wood, a Representative from New York; born in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, N.Y., October 2, 1900; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department of Georgetown…
CRALEY, Nathaniel Neiman, Jr., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Red Lion, York County, Pa., November 17, 1927; attended public schools and York Collegiate Institute; graduated from…
(Encyclopedia) Clarendon Code, 1661–65, group of English statutes passed after the Restoration of Charles II to strengthen the position of the Church of England. The Corporation Act (1661) required…
The Wright Brothers Centennial A Century of Flight The Wright Brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk Wilbur and Orville Wright with their second powered machine; Huffman Prairie, Dayton,…
(Encyclopedia) Charles II, 1630–85, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1660–85), eldest surviving son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria.
Charles was a ruler of considerable political skill. His…
(Encyclopedia) electric and magnetic units, units used to express the magnitudes of various quantities in electricity and magnetism. Three systems of such units, all based on the metric system, are…
(Encyclopedia) Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798, four laws enacted by the Federalist-controlled U.S. Congress, allegedly in response to the hostile actions of the French Revolutionary government on the…
