Senate Years of Service: 1880-1891Party: DemocratBROWN, Joseph Emerson, a Senator from Georgia; born in the Pickens District of South Carolina April 15, 1821; moved to Georgia; attended…
People in the NewsRecent ObituariesBiographies by CategoryBelzoni, Giovanni Battista, Italian adventurer and antiquities dealer Bent, James Theodore, English explorer and archaeologist Bingham,…
(Encyclopedia) David, Elizabeth, 1914–92, English food writer, b. Elizabeth Gwynne. Daughter of a wealthy Conservative MP, she cut her culinary eyeteeth in Paris while studying at the Sorbonne, then…
(Encyclopedia) Ney, MichelNey, Michelmēshĕlˈ nā [key], 1769–1815, marshal of France. Called “the bravest of the brave” by Napoleon I, Ney, a cooper's son from Saarlouis, rapidly rose to glory in the…
(Encyclopedia) torpedo boat, small fast warship built specially for using the torpedo as a means of attack. The first modern torpedo boat was the Lightning, built for the British navy in 1877 by the…
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GONZÁLEZ, Henry Barbosa, a Representative from Texas; born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., May 3, 1916; attended the University of Texas, Austin, Tex.; graduated from San Antonio…
Senate Years of Service: 1990-2003Party: RepublicanSMITH, Robert C., a Representative and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Trenton, N.J., March 30, 1941; attended public schools in…
CURRY, Jabez Lamar Monroe, a Representative from Alabama; born near Double Branches, Lincoln County, Ga., June 5, 1825; moved with his father to Talladega County, Ala., in 1838; was graduated…
WILLIAMS, Alpheus Starkey, a Representative from Michigan; born in Saybrook, Middlesex County, Conn., September 20, 1810; was graduated from Yale College in 1831; studied law; was admitted to…
