First LadyBorn: 7/6/1921Birthplace: New York, New York Nancy Reagan was born Anne Frances Robbins in New York City. When she was six, her mother, actress Edith Luckett, married Dr. Loyal Davis, a…
(Encyclopedia) Baker, James Addison, 3d, 1930–, U.S. political leader, b. Houston, Tex. After graduating from Princeton, he served in the U.S. Marines and earned a law degree from the Univ. of Texas…
(Encyclopedia) Miers, Harriet EllanMiers, Harriet Ellanmīˈərz [key], 1945–, American lawyer and government official, b. Dallas, Tex., grad. Southern Methodist Univ. (B.S., 1967; J.D., 1970). A…
COOKE, Edmund Francis, a Representative from New York; born in Prescott, Yavapai County, Ariz., April 13, 1885; moved with his parents to Alden, Erie County, N.Y., in 1887; attended the public…
(Encyclopedia) signing statement, written comment issued by the executive of a government when signing a bill into law. In the United States, such statements have traditionally been comparatively…
(Encyclopedia) Ogdensburg, city (1990 pop. 13,521), St. Lawrence co., N N.Y., on the St. Lawrence River at the mouth of the Oswegatchie, in a resort area, opposite Prescott, Ont. (with which it is…
1775-83 U.S. troops engaged: 217,000 American battle deaths: 4,435 The 13 American colonies fought for independence from British rule to become the United States. Colonists were frustrated…
BALDUS, Alvin James, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, April 27, 1926; graduated, Elkton (Minn.) High School; A.A., Austin (Minn.) Junior College, 1946-…
(Encyclopedia) Roberts, John Glover, Jr., 1955–, American public official, 17th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2005–), b. Buffalo, N.Y., grad. Harvard (B.A. 1976, J.D. 1979). He clerked (…
(Encyclopedia) Rice, Condoleezza, 1954–, U.S. government official and educator, b. Birmingham, Ala. A political scientist who has specialized in Russian and E European studies, Rice has been a…
