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John Parker HALE, Congress, NH (1806-1873)

Senate Years of Service: 1847-1849; 1849-1853; 1855-1857; 1857-1865Party: Independent Democrat; Free Soil; Opposition; RepublicanHALE, John Parker, a Representative and a Senator from New…

William HENDRICKS, Congress, IN (1782-1850)

Senate Years of Service: 1825-1829; 1829-1837Party: Adams; Anti-JacksonHENDRICKS, William, (uncle of Thomas Andrews Hendricks), a Representative and a Senator from Indiana; born in Ligonier…

EWING, Thomas, Congress, OH (1789-1871)

Senate Years of Service: 1831-1837; 1850-1851 Party: Anti-Jacksonian; Whig EWING, Thomas, (father of Thomas Ewing [1829-1896]), a Senator from Ohio; born near West Liberty, Ohio County, Va. (…

Waitman Thomas WILLEY, Congress, WV (1811-1900)

Senate Years of Service: 1861-1863; 1863-1865; 1865-1871Party: Unionist; Unconditional Unionist; RepublicanWILLEY, Waitman Thomas, a Senator from Virginia and from West Virginia; born in…

James Falconer WILSON, Congress, IA (1828-1895)

Senate Years of Service: 1883-1895Party: RepublicanWILSON, James Falconer, a Representative and a Senator from Iowa; born in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, October 19, 1828; pursued an academic…

Prince Edward | Royal Biographies

Royal Biographies:Prince Edward by David Johnson RELATED LINKS Royal Family TreeQueen Elizabeth IIPrince CharlesPrince Andrew The youngest child and third son of…

The Toledo War of 1835

The Question: I just moved to Toledo, Ohio, and found out about the war between Ohio and Michigan and want to know where to find more about it. I thought it was bogus, but…

Gates, Bill

(Encyclopedia) Gates, Bill (William Henry Gates 3d), 1955–, American business executive, b. Seattle, Wash. At the age of 19, Gates founded (1975) the…

liquefaction

(Encyclopedia) liquefaction, change of a substance from the solid or the gaseous state to the liquid state. Since the different states of matter correspond to different amounts of energy of the…