Senate Years of Service: 1871-1883Party: DemocratDAVIS, Henry Gassaway, (brother of Thomas Beall Davis and grandfather of Davis Elkins), a Senator from West Virginia; born near Woodstock,…
Senate Years of Service: 1887-1899 Party: Democrat FAULKNER, Charles James, (son of Charles James Faulkner [1806-1884]), a Senator from West Virginia; born on the family estate, ‘Boydville,’…
HOGG, Robert Lynn, (son of Charles Edgar Hogg), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Point Pleasant, Mason County, W.Va., December 30, 1893; attended the public schools and West…
Senate Years of Service: 1881-1886Party: DemocratJACKSON, Howell Edmunds, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Paris, Henry County, Tenn., April 8, 1832; moved with his parents to Jackson, Tenn…
CAPITO, Shelley Moore, (daughter of Arch Alfred Moore, Jr.), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Glendale, Marshall County, W.Va., November 26, 1953; graduated from Duke University,…
(Encyclopedia) Davis, George Breckenridge, 1847–1914, American army officer and jurist, b. Ware, Mass., grad. West Point, 1871. His early military service was divided between duty on the Western…
(Encyclopedia) Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. The 20…
(Encyclopedia) Yayi, Thomas Boni, 1952–, Beninois political leader, president of Benin (2006–16), b. Tchaourou. He studied at the National Univ. of Benin, in Senegal at Cheikh Anta Diop Univ., and in…
(Encyclopedia) Berlin airlift, 1948–49, supply of vital necessities to West Berlin by air transport primarily under U.S. auspices. It was initiated in response to a land and water blockade of the…
(Encyclopedia) Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853–1934, U.S. army officer, b. Danville, Ky., grad. West Point, 1876. He was assigned (1876) to military service in the West and took part in the Sioux, Nez Percé…
