The Question: What is the origin of the donkey and elephant as the symbols of the Democratic and Republican parties in America? The Answer: The Donkey-…
BELL, Charles Jasper, a Representative from Missouri; born in Lake City, Hinsdale County, Colo., January 16, 1885; attended the country schools in Jackson County, Mo., Lees Summit (Mo.) High…
YELL, Archibald, a Representative from Arkansas; born in North Carolina in 1797; moved to Tennessee in his youth and settled in Bedford County; took part in the Creek campaign; participated in…
MOORE, Thomas Patrick, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Charlotte County, Va., in 1797; attended the common schools; moved with his parents to Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky.; attended…
PRICE, William Thompson, (father of Hugh Hiram Price), a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Huntingdon County, Pa., June 17, 1824; attended the common schools; was a clerk in a store in…
Senate Years of Service: 1938-1938Party: DemocratREAMES, Alfred Evan, a Senator from Oregon; born in Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oreg., February 5, 1870; attended the public schools, the…
BRODERICK, Case, (cousin of David Colbreth Broderick and Andrew Kennedy), a Representative from Kansas; born near Marion, Grant County, Ind., September 23, 1839; attended the common schools;…
DUNCAN, Joseph, a Representative from Illinois; born in Paris, Bourbon County, Ky., February 22, 1794; pursued classical studies; during the War of 1812 was commissioned ensign in the…
(Encyclopedia) Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr. Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr. əlēˈtō [key], 1950–, U.S. government official and judge, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (…
(Encyclopedia) Channing, Edward, 1856–1931, American historian, b. Dorchester, Mass.; son of William Ellery Channing (1818–1901). He was a prominent teacher at Harvard from 1883 until his retirement…
