Senate Years of Service: 1929-1935Party: RepublicanKEAN, Hamilton Fish, (father of Robert Winthrop Kean, brother of John Kean [1852-1914], and great-grandson of John Kean [1756-1795]), a…
KEE, James, (son of John Kee and Maude Elizabeth Kee), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va., April 15, 1917; educated in the public schools and Sacred…
FOWLER, Charles Newell, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Lena, Stephenson County, Ill., November 2, 1852; attended the public schools in Lena, Ill., and Beloit College, Beloit, Wis.;…
DWYER, Florence Price, a Representative from New Jersey; born Florence Louise Price, July 4, 1902, in Reading, Berks County, Pa.; attended the public schools in Reading, Pa., and Toledo, Ohio…
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(Encyclopedia) Ewell, Benjamin StoddertEwell, Benjamin Stodderty&oomacr;ˈəl [key], 1810–94, American educator, b. Georgetown, D.C., grad. West Point, 1832; brother of Gen. R. S. Ewell. He taught…
(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, John Hamilton, 1st marquess of, 1532–1604, Scottish nobleman; second son of James Hamilton, 2d earl of Arran. He was in his earlier years hostile to Mary Queen of Scots, but…
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(Encyclopedia) Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann Woodward), 1908–99, American historian, b. Vanndale, Ark. He graduated from Emory Univ. (1930), received his Ph.D. in history from the Univ. of North…