HAMMOND, Robert Hanna, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., April 28, 1791; attended the academies at Milton; engaged in mercantile pursuits; member…
HANNA, John Andre, (grandfather of Archibald McAllister), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Flemington, Hunterdon County, N.J., in 1762; received a classical education; was graduated…
HANNA, Louis Benjamin, a Representative from North Dakota; born in New Brighton, Beaver County, Pa., August 9, 1861; attended the common schools of Ohio, Massachusetts, and New York; moved to…
Senate Years of Service: 1897-1904Party: RepublicanHANNA, Marcus Alonzo, (father of Ruth Hanna McCormick), a Senator from Ohio; born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana County, Ohio,…
HANNA, Richard Thomas, a Representative from California; born in Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyo., June 9, 1914; graduated from Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, Calif.; B.A., University of…
McCORMICK, Ruth Hanna, (daughter of Marcus Alonzo Hanna, wife of Joseph Medill McCormick and of Albert Gallatin Simms), a Representative from Illinois; born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 27, 1880…
(Encyclopedia) jack, mechanical device used to multiply a relatively small applied force so that it can lift and support heavy loads, or sometimes, move massive objects into a desired position. The…
(Encyclopedia) Jack Russell terrier, breed of dog developed in the 19th cent. by an English clergyman, the Rev. John (Parson Jack) Russell, 1795–1883, for hunting. The Jack Russell resembles the fox…
(Encyclopedia) Jack the Ripper, name given to an unidentified late-19th-century murderer in London, England; also known as the Whitechapel Murderer and Leather Apron. From Aug. to Nov., 1888, he was…
