(Encyclopedia) Mather, Richard, 1596–1669, British Puritan clergyman in North America, b. Lancashire, England. He studied at Oxford, began preaching, and was ordained in 1620. His Puritan beliefs led…
BELMONT, Oliver Hazard Perry, (brother of Perry Belmont), a Representative from New York; born in New York City November 12, 1858; attended St. Paulâs School, Concord, N.H., and was…
Senate Years of Service: 1867-1877Party: RepublicanMORTON, Oliver Hazard Perry Throck, a Senator from Indiana; born in Salisbury, Wayne County, Ind., August 4, 1823; attended a private school…
(Encyclopedia) Ticknor, William Davis, 1810–64, American publisher. John Reed and James T. Fields became Ticknor's partners in Boston, and their firm is best known as Ticknor and Fields. They…
(Encyclopedia) Hart, Oliver Simon D'Arcy, 1948–, British-American economist, b. London, England, Ph.D. Princeton, 1974. He has been a professor at the London School of Economics (1981–85), the…
Senate Years of Service: 1835-1837; 1837-1839; 1843-1849Party: Jacksonian; Democrat; DemocratNILES, John Milton, a Senator from Connecticut; born in Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., August 20…
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1987 William Buckley, U.S. hostage in Lebanon, reported slain (Jan. 20). Supreme Court rules Rotary…
GUNTER, William Dawson, Jr. (Bill), a Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., July 16, 1934; attended public schools, Live Oak, Fla.; B.S.A., University of Florida…
GUNTER, William Dawson, Jr. (Bill), a Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., July 16, 1934; attended public schools, Live Oak, Fla.; B.S.A., University of…
