(Encyclopedia) Social Credit, economic plan in Canada, based on the theories of Clifford Hugh Douglas. The central idea is that the problems fundamental to economic depression are those of unequal…
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YELL, Archibald, a Representative from Arkansas; born in North Carolina in 1797; moved to Tennessee in his youth and settled in Bedford County; took part in the Creek campaign; participated in…
TUCK, Amos, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Parsonsfield, Maine, August 2, 1810; attended Effingham and Hampton Academies; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in…
Senate Years of Service: 1918-1919Party: RepublicanBAIRD, David, (father of David Baird, Jr.), a Senator from New Jersey; born in Londonderry, County Derry, Ireland, April 7, 1839; attended…
Senate Years of Service: 1819-1822Party: Democratic RepublicanWALKER, John Williams, (father of Percy Walker and great-great-grandfather of Richard Walker Bolling), a Senator from Alabama;…
Senate Years of Service: 1875-1876Party: DemocratCAPERTON, Allen Taylor, (son of Hugh Caperton), a Senator from West Virginia; born near Union, Monroe County, Va. (now West Virginia), November…
METZ, Herman August, a Representative from New York; born in New York City October 19, 1867; attended private and public schools; manufacturer and importer of dyestuffs, chemicals, and…
McGANN, Lawrence Edward, a Representative from Illinois; born in Galway, Ireland, February 2, 1852; immigrated to the United States in 1855 with his mother, who settled in Milford, Mass.;…
