Senate Years of Service: 1892-1893Party: RepublicanPERKINS, Bishop Walden, a Representative and a Senator from Kansas; born in Rochester, Lorain County, Ohio, October 18, 1841; attended the…
Senate Years of Service: 1893-1895Party: DemocratMARTIN, John, a Senator from Kansas; born near Hartsville, Wilson County, Tenn., November 12, 1833; attended the common schools; clerked in…
Senate Years of Service: 1869-1875Party: RepublicanBROWNLOW, William Gannaway, (uncle of Walter Preston Brownlow), a Senator from Tennessee; born near Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., August 29…
BRECKINRIDGE, John Bayne, (great-great-grandson of John Breckinridge, great-great-great-nephew of James Breckinridge, and great-nephew of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge), a…
Senate Years of Service: 1953-1969Party: RepublicanKUCHEL, Thomas Henry, a Senator from California; born in Anaheim, Orange County, Calif., August 15, 1910; attended the public schools;…
Born: May 12, 1930U.S. diver won women's platform and springboard gold medals in both 1952 and '56 Olympics. Her daughter Kelly followed in her wake, earning a silver in the 1984 and a bronze in…
(Encyclopedia) Cleary, Beverly, 1916–2021, American children's books author, b. McMinnville, Ore. as Beverly Atlee Bunn, Univ. of California, Berkeley…
(Encyclopedia) Tirpitz, Alfred vonTirpitz, Alfred vonälˈfrāt fən tĭrˈpĭts [key], 1849–1930, German admiral. His influence on German naval policy began with his study of the recently invented torpedo…
(Encyclopedia) Zapf, Hermann, 1918–2015, German calligrapher and type designer, b. Nuremberg. While apprenticing as a photo retoucher (1934–38) Zapf became interested in the work of calligrapher and…
(Encyclopedia) Tweeddale, John Hay, 2d earl and 1st marquess of, 1626–97, Scottish statesman. In the English civil war he left the party of Charles I and fought for Parliament at Marston Moor (1644…
