Senate Years of Service: 1833-1837; 1837-1842Party: Nullifier; WhigPRESTON, William Campbell, (son of Francis Preston; uncle of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge), a Senator from South…
DE GRAFFENREID, Reese Calhoun, a Representative from Texas; born in Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., May 7, 1859; attended the common schools of Franklin and the University of Tennessee at…
BULL, John, a Representative from Missouri; born in Virginia in 1803; studied medicine in Baltimore, Md.; moved to Howard County, Mo., and settled near Glasgow; engaged in the practice of…
BULL, John, a Representative from Missouri; born in Virginia in 1803; studied medicine in Baltimore, Md.; moved to Howard County, Mo., and settled near Glasgow; engaged in the practice of…
(Encyclopedia) Webster, John, 1580?–1634, English dramatist, b. London. Although little is known of his life, there is evidence that he worked for Philip Henslowe, collaborating with such playwrights…
(Encyclopedia) Hart, John, 1711?–1779, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Hopewell Township, N.J. A prosperous farm and mill owner, he was a…
(Encyclopedia) Sullivan, John, 1740–95, American Revolutionary general, b. Somersworth, N.H. He was a lawyer and a delegate (1774–75, 1780–81) to the Continental Congress but is better remembered as…
(Encyclopedia) Sevier, JohnSevier, Johnsəvērˈ [key], 1745–1815, American frontiersman and political leader. He was born near the site of New Market, Va., the town he founded in his young manhood. In…
KEAN, John, (great-grandfather of Hamilton Fish Kean, and John Kean [1852-1914], and great-great-grandfather of Robert Winthrop Kean), a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C.,…
CALDWELL, John Henry, a Representative from Alabama; born in Huntsville, Ala., April 4, 1826; attended the common schools of Huntsville and Bacon College, Harrodsburg, Ky.; taught school in…
