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Harding, Warren Gamaliel

(Encyclopedia) Harding, Warren GamalielHarding, Warren Gamalielgəmāˈlēəl [key], 1865–1923, 29th President of the United States (1921–23), b. Blooming Grove (now Corsica), Ohio. After study (1879–82)…

Henry DeHaven MOORMAN, Congress, KY (1880-1939)

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…

John Jacob RHODES, Congress, AZ (1916-2003)

RHODES, John Jacob, (father of John Jacob Rhodes III), a Representative from Arizona; born in Council Grove, Morris County, Kans., September 18, 1916; attended the public schools; graduated…

Helen Thomas

White House correspondentBorn: 8/4/1920Birthplace: Winchester, Kentucky After graduating from Wayne University, Thomas went to Washington, DC. In 1943 she began working for United Press…

John Chester CULVER, Congress, IA (1932)

Senate Years of Service: 1975-1981Party: DemocratCULVER, John Chester, a Representative and a Senator from Iowa; born in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., August 8, 1932; attended Cedar Rapids…

Charles Edgar HOGG, Congress, WV (1852-1935)

HOGG, Charles Edgar, (father of Robert Lynn Hogg), a Representative from West Virginia; born on a farm near Point Pleasant, Mason County, Va. (now West Virginia), December 21, 1852; attended…

The White House's First Car

The Question: Who was the president when the White House got its first car? The Answer: For the answer to this question, we turned to Michael L. Bromley…

Lefkowitz, Robert Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Lefkowitz, Robert Joseph, 1943–, American physician, b. New York City, M.D. Columbia, 1966. Since 1973 Lefkowitz has been a professor at Duke Univ.; he was appointed a Howard Hughes…

MacKinnon, Roderick

(Encyclopedia) MacKinnon, Roderick, 1956–, American biochemist, b. Burlington, Mass., M.D. Tufts Univ., 1982. MacKinnon was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School from 1989–96 and has been a…