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John Jordan MORGAN, Congress, NY (1770-1849)

MORGAN, John Jordan, (father-in-law of John Adams Dix), a Representative from New York; born in Queens County, N.Y., in 1770; attended the public schools; member of the state assembly in 1819…

Ira Edgar RIDER, Congress, NY (1868-1906)

RIDER, Ira Edgar, a Representative from New York; born in Jersey City, N.J., November 17, 1868; attended the public schools and the College of the City of New York; was graduated from the St.…

Stephen Andrew RUDD, Congress, NY (1874-1936)

RUDD, Stephen Andrew, a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., December 11, 1874; attended the public schools and the New York Preparatory School; studied law at the Brooklyn…

William McCLELLAND, Congress, PA (1842-1892)

McCLELLAND, William, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Mount Jackson, Lawrence County, Pa., March 2, 1842; attended Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa.; served in the Civil War…

Calvin Tilden HULBURD, Congress, NY (1809-1897)

HULBURD, Calvin Tilden, a Representative from New York; born in Stockholm, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., June 5, 1809; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from Middlebury College,…

John Harvey TOLAN, Congress, CA (1877-1947)

TOLAN, John Harvey, a Representative from California; born in St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minn., January 15, 1877; attended the public schools; moved to Anaconda, Mont., in 1897; was graduated…

Chauncey Bundy LITTLE, Congress, KS (1877-1952)

LITTLE, Chauncey Bundy, a Representative from Kansas; born in Olathe, Johnson County, Kans., February 10, 1877; attended the graded and high schools and the Kansas State College at Manhattan;…

Mighty Mighty Bosstones

ska band One of the first bands to fuse Jamaican ska rhythms with distorted guitar riffs and punkish attitude. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones emerged from Boston's underground club scene in 1985 when…

Anthony Quinn

(Antonio Quiñones)actorBorn: 4/21/1915Birthplace: Chihuahua, Mexico This Irish-Mexican actor first appeared on film in 1936. After a long succession of bit parts, he won two Oscars (Viva Zapata!…

Alfred A. Knopf

book publisherBorn: 9/12/1892Birthplace: New York City A premier book publisher who paid as much attention to the typestyle and materials of the books he published as to the quality of the…