MEADE, Hugh Allen, a Representative from Maryland; born in Netcong, Morris County, N.J., April 4, 1907; attended the public schools; moved to Baltimore, Md., in 1923; was graduated from Loyola…
(Encyclopedia) Chittenden, ThomasChittenden, Thomaschĭtˈəndən [key], 1730–97, governor of Vermont, b. East Guilford, Conn. After moving to Vermont in 1774, he was active in the Windsor Convention,…
(Encyclopedia) Green Mountain Boys, popular name of armed bands formed (c.1770) under the auspices of Ethan Allen in the Green Mountains of what is today Vermont. Their purpose was to prevent the New…
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(Encyclopedia) African Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist denomination (see Methodism). It was established in 1816 in Philadelphia with Richard Allen as its first bishop. In 1991 there were about…
NELSON, Adolphus Peter, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Holmes City, near Alexandria, Douglas County, Minn., March 28, 1872; attended the public schools and was graduated from Hamline…
OAKEY, Peter Davis, a Representative from Connecticut; born in East Millstone, Somerset County, N.J., February 25, 1861; attended the public schools and the high school of Millstone, N.J.;…
OTEY, Peter Johnston, a Representative from Virginia; was born in Lynchburg, Campbell County, Va., December 22, 1840; attended private schools in Lynchburg; was graduated from the Virginia…
RICHARDSON, John Peter, a Representative from South Carolina; born at Hickory Hill, S.C., April 14, 1801; was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1819; studied law; was…
MAHONEY, Peter Paul, a Representative from New York; born in New York City June 25, 1848; educated in the common schools of New York City; engaged in the dry-goods business for several years;…
