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Jack French KEMP, Congress, NY (1935-2009)

KEMP, Jack French, a Representative from New York; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., July 13, 1935; B.A., Occidental College, Los Angeles, Calif., 1957; United States Army…

Jack Milton FIELDS, Jr., Congress, TX (1952)

FIELDS, Jack Milton, Jr., a Representative from Texas; born in Humble, Harris County, Tex., February 3, 1952; graduated from Humble High School, Humble, Tex., 1970; B.A., Baylor University,…

standpatters

(Encyclopedia) standpatters, in U.S. history, term used early in the 20th cent. to designate conservatives in the Republican party as against the Insurgents or progressive Republicans. The term is…

Beer, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Beer, Thomas, 1889–1940, American author, b. Council Bluffs, Iowa, grad. Yale, 1911, and studied law at Columbia, 1911–13. He is best remembered for his biographies of Stephen Crane (…

Foraker, Joseph Benson

(Encyclopedia) Foraker, Joseph BensonForaker, Joseph Bensonfŏrˈəkər [key], 1846–1917, American politician, b. Highland co., Ohio. After service in the Civil War, he practiced law in Cincinnati and…