Senate Years of Service: 1982-2001, 2003-Party: DemocratLAUTENBERG, Frank Raleigh, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., January 23, 1924; served in the United…
BRECK, Samuel, (brother of Daniel Breck), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Boston, Mass., July 17, 1771; attended the Royal Military School of Loreze, France; moved to Pennsylvania…
CONRY, Joseph Aloysius, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Brookline, Mass., September 12, 1868; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced…
Senate Years of Service: 1826-1827Party: AdamsRODNEY, Daniel, a Representative and a Senator from Delaware; born in Lewes, Sussex County, Del., September 10, 1764; received a limited schooling…
TRACEY, Charles, a Representative from New York; born in Albany, N.Y., May 27, 1847; was graduated from the Albany Academy in 1866; served in the Papal Zouaves at Rome, Italy, portions of the…
(Encyclopedia) Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779–1863, American educator and poet, b. New York City, grad. Columbia, 1798. A biblical scholar, he was professor of Asian and Greek literature at the…
(Encyclopedia) NyköpingNyköpingnüˈchöˌpĭng [key], city (1990 pop. 26,380), capital of Södermanland co., SE Sweden, a port on the Baltic Sea. It is a commercial and industrial center, producing flour…
(Encyclopedia) Taneiev, Sergei IvanovichTaneiev, Sergei Ivanovichsyĭrgāˈ ēväˈnəvĭch tənyāˈəf [key], 1856–1915, Russian composer and teacher. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Nicholas…
(Encyclopedia) Soulouque, Faustin ÉlieSoulouque, Faustin ÉliefōstăNˈ ālēˈ s&oomacr;l&oomacr;kˈ [key], c.1785–1867, emperor of Haiti (1849–59). An illiterate former slave, he became president…
(Encyclopedia) Stone, Richard (Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone), 1913–91, British economist, grad. Cambridge, 1935. After working for the British government during World War II, he became (1945) the…
