BARRINGER, Daniel Moreau, (nephew of Daniel Laurens Barringer), a Representative from North Carolina; born at âPoplar Grove,â near Concord, Cabarrus County, N.C., July 30, 1806; was…
HOOKER, Charles Edward, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Union, Union County, S.C., in 1825; raised in Laurens District, S.C.; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the…
BENNET, Hiram Pitt, a Delegate from the Territory of Colorado; born in Carthage, Franklin County, Maine, September 2, 1826; moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Richland County in…
Senate Years of Service: 1850-1850Party: DemocratELMORE, Franklin Harper, a Representative and a Senator from South Carolina; born in Laurens District, S.C., October 15, 1799; graduated from…
(Encyclopedia) John II (John Comnenus)John IIkŏmnēˈnəs [key], 1088–1143, Byzantine emperor (1118–43), son and successor of Alexius I. He was crowned despite the intrigues of his sister, Anna Comnena…
(Encyclopedia) Seventh-Day Baptists, Protestant church holding the same doctrines as other Calvinistic Baptists but observing the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath. In the Reformation in England…
Senate Years of Service: 1897-1897Party: DemocratEARLE, Joseph Haynsworth, (great-grandson of Elias Earle, cousin of John Laurens Manning Irby, and nephew of William Lowndes Yancey), a Senator…
Senate Years of Service: 1801-1801Party: Democratic RepublicanMUHLENBERG, John Peter Gabriel, (father of Francis Swaine Muhlenberg, brother of Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, uncle of…
