The Milky Way, the galaxy containing our solar system, is about 100,000 light-years in diameter and about 10,000 light-years thick. Aphelion: see Orbit.
Apogee: see Orbit.
Black hole: the…
NEAL, John Randolph, a Representative from Tennessee; born near Clinton, Anderson County, Tenn., November 26, 1836; attended the common schools and Hiwassee College, Monroe County, Tenn.; was…
HOWE, Thomas Marshall, (father-in-law of James W. Brown), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Williamstown, Orange County, Vt., April 20, 1808; moved with his parents to Bloomfield,…
Senate Years of Service: 1978-1978Party: DemocratHUMPHREY, Muriel Buck, (wife of Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr., later Muriel Humphrey Brown), a Senator from Minnesota; born Muriel Fay Buck in…
Senate Years of Service: 1997-2003Party: RepublicanHUTCHINSON, Timothy, (brother of Asa Hutchinson), a Representative and a Senator from Arkansas; born in Bentonville, Ark., August 11, 1949;…
WIDNALL, William Beck, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Hackensack, Bergen County, N.J., March 17, 1906; attended the public schools; Brown University, Providence, R.I., Ph.B., 1926…
Senate Years of Service: 1853-1854Party: DemocratWILLIAMS, Jared Warner, a Representative and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in West Woodstock, Conn., December 22, 1796; graduated from…
TALLMADGE, James, Jr., a Representative from New York; born in Stanfordville, Dutchess County, N.Y., January 28, 1778; was graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in 1798; secretary…
TEMPLE, Henry Wilson, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Belle Center, Logan County, Ohio, March 31, 1864; attended the common schools; was graduated from Geneva College, Beaver Falls…
THOMAS, Benjamin Franklin, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., February 12, 1813; moved with his parents to Worcester in 1819; attended Lancaster Academy, and was…
