(Encyclopedia) Rosbash, Michael Morris, 1944–, American geneticist, b. Kansas City, Mo., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1970. Rosbash has been a professor at Brandeis Univ. since 1974,…
former U.S. senator from KansasBorn: 7/29/1932Birthplace: Topeka, Kansas Kassebaum has politics in her blood. Her father, Alfred M. Landon, served as governor of Kansas from 1932 to 1937, and was…
Senate Years of Service: 1857-1861; 1861-1863Party: American (Know-Nothing); UnionistKENNEDY, Anthony, (brother of John Pendleton Kennedy), a Senator from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md.,…
abolitionistBorn: 10/9/1823Birthplace: Wilmington, DelawareDied: 1893 (Washington, D.C.) The oldest of 13 children born to Harriet and Abraham Shadd, leaders of the free…
FORD, Harold Eugene, (father of Harold Ford, Jr.), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., May 20, 1945; graduated from Geeter High School, Memphis, Tenn. 1963…
MUTCHLER, William, (father of Howard Mutchler), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Palmer Township, Northampton County, Pa., December 21, 1831; attended the public schools and…
OâHARA, James Edward, a Representative from North Carolina; born in New York City February 26, 1844; pursued an academic course; studied law in North Carolina and at Howard University,…
O’HARA, James Edward, a Representative from North Carolina; born in New York City February 26, 1844; pursued an academic course; studied law in North Carolina and at Howard University, Washington…
Senate Years of Service: 1963-1964Party: DemocratWALTERS, Herbert Sanford, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Leadvale, Jefferson County, Tenn., November 17, 1891; attended the public schools…
Senate Years of Service: 2009-2010Party: DemocratBURRIS, Roland, a Senator from Illinois; born in Centralia, Ill., August 3, 1937; B.A., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill., 1959; J…