inventorBorn: 20 July 1916Best Known as: inventor of disposable medical devices William Murphy Jr., M.D., invented disposable medical devices, including, procedure…
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Admiral in U.S. Navy: David Glasgow Farragut, 1866. Airmail route, first transcontinental: Between New…
SWEET, John Hyde, a Representative from Nebraska; born in Milford, Otsego County, N.Y., September 1, 1880; moved to Palmyra, Nebr. in 1885; attended the Palmyra high schools; attended the…
ROONEY, John James, a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., November 29, 1903; attended the parochial schools and St. Francis Preparatory School and College; the law department…
PINCKNEY, John McPherson, a Representative from Texas; born in Grimes County, Tex., near the town of Hempstead, Waller County, May 4, 1845; attended the public schools and was privately…
(Encyclopedia) Shippen, William, Jr., 1736–1808, American surgeon, b. Philadelphia, M.D. Edinburgh, 1761. A pioneer lecturer on anatomy and midwifery, he was instrumental in the organization (1765)…
(Encyclopedia) Chapman, John Jay, 1862–1933, American essayist and poet, b. New York City, grad. Harvard, 1885. He was admitted to the bar in 1888, but after 10 years abandoned law for literature.…
(Encyclopedia) Hale, John Parker, 1806–73, American politician, b. Rochester, N.H. He practiced law at Dover, N.H., and had remarkable success with juries. He was U.S. district attorney (1834–41) and…
Senate Years of Service: 1847-1855; 1855-1857; 1857-1859Party: Jacksonian; Anti-Jackson; Whig; Opposition; American (Know-Nothing)BELL, John, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee;…
Senate Years of Service: 1847-1855; 1855-1857; 1857-1859 Party: Jacksonian; Anti-Jackson; Whig; Opposition; American (Know-Nothing) BELL, John, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee;…
