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Macklin, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Macklin, CharlesMacklin, Charlesmăkˈlĭn [key], 1697?–1797, English actor and dramatist, whose original name was Charles McLaughlin, b. Ireland. He began his career as a strolling…

Bardstown

(Encyclopedia) Bardstown, city (2020 pop. 13,567), seat of Nelson co., central Ky., SE of Louisville, in a rich farm area; settled 1775, inc. 1788. The…

Philip KEY, Congress, MD (1750-1820)

KEY, Philip, (cousin of Philip Barton Key and great-grandfather of Barnes Compton), a Representative from Maryland; born probably on his father’s estate near Leonardtown, St. Marys County,…

William Wallace GROUT, Congress, VT (1836-1902)

GROUT, William Wallace, a Representative from Vermont; born in Compton, Province of Quebec, May 24, 1836; pursued an academic course and graduated from the Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Law School in…

Courtney Walker HAMLIN, Congress, MO (1858-1950)

HAMLIN, Courtney Walker, (cousin of William Edward Barton), a Representative from Missouri; born in Brevard, Transylvania County, N.C., October 27, 1858; in 1869 moved to Missouri with his…

Goodloe Edgar BYRON, Congress, MD (1929-1978)

BYRON, Goodloe Edgar, (husband of Beverly Barton Butcher Byron, son of Katharine Edgar Byron and William Devereux Byron, and great grandson of Louis Emery McComas), a Representative from…

Jerry MORAN, Congress, KS (1954)

Senate Years of Service: 2011-Party: RepublicanMORAN, Jerry, a Senator and a Representative from Kansas; born in Great Bend, Barton County, Kans., May 29, 1954; attended Plainville High School…

George McGILL, Congress, KS (1879-1963)

Senate Years of Service: 1930-1939Party: DemocratMcGILL, George, a Senator from Kansas; born on a farm near Russell, Lucas County, Iowa, February 12, 1879; moved to Kansas with his parents,…