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David McKee HALL, Congress, NC (1918-1960)

HALL, David McKee, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Sylva, Jackson County, N.C., May 16, 1918; attended the public schools in Jackson County, N.C.; special student at the…

Harrisonburg

(Encyclopedia) Harrisonburg, city (2020 pop. 51,814), seat of Rockingham co., NW Va., in the Shenandoah Valley; settled 1739, inc. 1916. It is a…

Grey, Zane

(Encyclopedia) Grey, Zane, 1872–1939, American writer of Western stories, b. Zanesville, Ohio, as Pearl Zane Gray, grad. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1896. His melodramatic tales of the West and Southwest…

Baldwin, Simeon Eben

(Encyclopedia) Baldwin, Simeon Eben, 1840–1927, American jurist and politician, b. New Haven, Conn., grad. Yale, 1861. He taught at Yale from 1869 to 1919, serving as a professor of law after 1872.…

Pepys, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Pepys, SamuelPepys, Samuelpēps [key], 1633–1703, English public official, and celebrated diarist, b. London, grad. Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1653. In 1656 he entered the service of…

2010 Newbery Medal and Honor Books

The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children…

Betsy MARKEY, Congress, CO (1956)

MARKEY, Betsy, a Representative from Colorado; born in Cresskill, Bergen County, N. J.; April 27, 1956; B. S., University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., 1978; M. P. A., American University,…

Thomas C. RIPLEY, Congress, NY (1807)

RIPLEY, Thomas C., a Representative from New York; born in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, N.Y, on January 2, 1807; received a limited schooling; studied law; was admitted to the bar and…

Hardly water(gate) under the bridge

The Question: I have researched literally hundreds of articles and cannot find the names of the seven senators on the Senate Watergate Committee. Can you…