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George Howard WILLIAMS, Congress, MO (1871-1963)

Senate Years of Service: 1925-1926Party: RepublicanWILLIAMS, George Howard, a Senator from Missouri; born in California, Moniteau County, Mo., on December 1, 1871; attended the public schools…

John Claggett DANFORTH, Congress, MO (1936)

Senate Years of Service: 1976-1995Party: RepublicanDANFORTH, John Claggett, a Senator from Missouri; born in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., September 5, 1936; graduated, St. Louis County…

Hazelwood

(Encyclopedia) Hazelwood, city (2020 pop. 25,458), St. Louis co., E. Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. as a village 1949, city charter approved 1969.…

Wittelsbach

(Encyclopedia) WittelsbachWittelsbachvĭˈtəlsbäkh [key], German dynasty that ruled Bavaria from 1180 until 1918. The family takes its name from the ancestral castle of Wittelsbach in Upper Bavaria. In…

Clayton

(Encyclopedia) Clayton, city (2020 pop. 17,355), seat of St. Louis co., E central Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1919. Developed in the 1960s, it has…

Francisco (Quico) CANSECO, Congress, TX (1949)

CANSECO, Francisco (Quico), a Representative from Texas; born in Laredo, Webb County, Texas; July 30, 1949; B.A., St. Louis University, 1972; J.D., St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo., 1975; lawyer…

Hugh the Great

(Encyclopedia) Hugh the Great, d. 956, French duke; son of King Robert I and father of Hugh Capet. Excluded from the succession on his father's death by his brother-in-law Raoul, he supported the…

Angevin

(Encyclopedia) AngevinAngevinănˈjəvĭn [key] [Fr.,=of Anjou], name of two medieval dynasties originating in France. The first ruled over parts of France and over Jerusalem and England; the second…