SANFORD, John, (son of Stephen Sanford and grandson of John Sanford [1803-1857]), a Representative from New York; born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y., January 18, 1851; attended the…
SANFORD, John, (father of Stephen Sanford and grandfather of John Sanford [1851-1939]), a Representative from New York; born in Roxbury, Conn., June 3, 1803; received a good education; moved to…
SANFORD, John, (son of Stephen Sanford and grandson of John Sanford [1803-1857]), a Representative from New York; born in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, N.Y., January 18, 1851; attended the…
SMITH, Lawrence Henry, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Racine, Boone County, Wis., September 15, 1892; attended the public schools and the State Teachers College, Milwaukee, Wis.;…
STANDIFER, James Israel, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Virginia, probably in 1782; attended the common schools and was graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville;…
(Encyclopedia) EgerEgerĕˈgĕr [key], Ger. Erlau, city (1991 est. pop. 62,474), NE Hungary, on the Eger River. It is the commercial center of a wine-producing region and has food- and tobacco-…
(Encyclopedia) Hallet, Étienne SulpiceHallet, Étienne Sulpiceātyĕnˈ sülpēsˈ älāˈ [key], 1755–1825, French architect. He emigrated c.1789 to the United States, where he became known as Stephen Hallet…
(Encyclopedia) Andrássy, Julius, Count, 1860–1929, Hungarian politician; son of the elder Count Andrássy. He occupied several cabinet posts before becoming (1900) minister of the interior of Hungary…
(Encyclopedia) Fredonian Rebellion, 1826–27, in Texas history, a premature attempt to make Texas independent from Mexico. Two Americans, Haden Edwards and his brother, had undertaken to make…
(Encyclopedia) Jumel MansionJumel Mansionj&oomacr;mĕlˈ, zh&oomacr;– [key], historic house, New York City. The sturdy Georgian mansion was completed in 1766 by Roger Morris, one of the city's…
