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Ira Barnes HYDE, Congress, MO (1838-1926)

HYDE, Ira Barnes, a Representative from Missouri; born near Guilford, Chenango County, N.Y., January 18, 1838; attended the public schools and the Norwich Academy; when fifteen years of age…

Samuel Clarence HYDE, Congress, WA (1842-1922)

HYDE, Samuel Clarence, a Representative from Washington; born in Fort Ticonderoga, Essex County, N.Y., April 22, 1842; moved to Wisconsin; attended the common schools; served in the…

Hyde Park, park, London, England

(Encyclopedia) Hyde Park, 615 acres (249 hectares) in Westminster borough, London, England. Once the manor of Hyde, a part of the old Westminster Abbey property, it became a deer park under Henry…

Hyde Park, town, United States

(Encyclopedia) Hyde Park, town (2020 pop. 21,021), Dutchess co., SE N.Y., on the Hudson River; settled c.1740. It is famous as the site of the…

Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Clarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st earl ofClarendon, Edward Hyde, 1st earl ofklârˈəndən [key], 1609–74, English statesman and historian. Elected (1640) to the Short and Long parliaments, he…

Carroll Smalley PAGE, Congress, VT (1843-1925)

Senate Years of Service: 1908-1923Party: RepublicanPAGE, Carroll Smalley, a Senator from Vermont; born in Westfield, Orleans County, Vt., January 10, 1843; attended the common schools, Peopleâ…

Rainey, Gertrude "Ma"

(Encyclopedia) Rainey, Gertrude "Ma," 1886–1939, African-American blues singer and songwriter, b. Columbus, Ga., as Gertrude Melissa Nix Pridgett.…

Powell, Lake

(Encyclopedia) Powell, Lake: see Glen Canyon Dam.

Will ROGERS, Congress, OK (1898-1983)

ROGERS, Will, a Representative from Oklahoma; born on a farm near Bessie, Washita County, Oklahoma Territory (now Oklahoma), December 12, 1898; attended the public schools, and Southwestern…

Edmund Henry PENDLETON, Congress, NY (1788-1862)

PENDLETON, Edmund Henry, a Representative from New York; born in Savannah, Ga., in 1788; received a liberal schooling; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced for several years in…