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Cross section of a sunflower, a member of the aster family
aster [Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants…
Senate Years of Service: 1803-1815; 1822-1833 Party: Democratic Republican; Crawford Republican/Jacksonian SMITH, Samuel, a Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born in Carlisle, Pa.,…
England's longest-ruling monarch by David Johnson Related Links The Victorian Era in LiteratureBritish Royal Family TreeHow To Get Your Own Royal TitleKingdoms and Monarchs of the…
GREENE, Enid, a Representative from Utah; born in San Rafael, Calif., June 5, 1958; graduated from East High School, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1976; B.S., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah…
MANSUR, Charles Harley, a Representative from Missouri; born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 6, 1835; attended Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass.; studied law and was admitted to the bar in Richmond…
HAMER, Thomas Lyon, (uncle of Thomas Ray Hamer), a Representative from Ohio; born in Northumberland County, Pa., in July 1800; attended the public schools; moved to Ohio in 1817 and taught…
KING, Austin Augustus, a Representative from Missouri; born in Sullivan County, Tenn., September 21, 1802; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1822 and…
Artist and writer Dorothea Tanning is most famous as the longest surviving surrealist artist and the longtime partner of artist Max Ernst. Tanning headed to Chicago in 1930 right after college,…
