ALLEN, Heman (of Milton), a Representative from Vermont; born in Ashfield (now Deerfield), Mass., June 14, 1777; attended an academy in Chesterfield, N.H., for two years; moved to Grand Isle, Vt…
ALLEN, Heman (of Colchester), a Representative from Vermont; born in Poultney, Vt., February 23, 1779; attended the common schools; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1795…
ALLEN, Heman (of Milton), a Representative from Vermont; born in Ashfield (now Deerfield), Mass., June 14, 1777; attended an academy in Chesterfield, N.H., for two years; moved to Grand Isle,…
ALLEN, Robert Edward Lee, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Lima, Tyler County, W.Va., November 28, 1865; attended the country schools, Fairmont Normal School, and Peabody College,…
Senate Years of Service: 1949-1961Party: DemocratFREAR, Joseph Allen, Jr., a Senator from Delaware; born on a farm near Rising Sun, Kent County, Del., March 7, 1903; attended the public…
(Encyclopedia) Coen Brothers, American filmmakers Joel Coen, 1955–, and Ethan Coen, 1958–, both b. St. Louis Park, Minn. Joel studied at New York Univ. Film School (B.A., 1978), Ethan at Princeton (B…
(Encyclopedia) Kotelawala, Sir John Lionel, 1895–1980, Sri Lankan political and military leader. After studying at Christ College, Cambridge, he returned to Sri Lanka (then the British colony of…
Richard Nixon: Watergate by Ann-Marie Imbornoni and Tasha Vincent The scandal that ended the Nixon presidency began on June 17, 1972, when five men, all employees of Nixon's reelection campaign…
(Encyclopedia) Sargent, John Singer, 1856–1925, American painter, b. Florence, Italy, of American parents, educated in Italy, France, and Germany. In 1874 he went to Paris, where he studied under…
(Encyclopedia) Calhoun, John CaldwellCalhoun, John Caldwellkălˌh&oomacr;nˈ [key], 1782–1850, American statesman and political philosopher, b. near Abbeville, S.C., grad. Yale, 1804. He was an…