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Horace CHILTON, Congress, TX (1853-1932)

Senate Years of Service: 1891-1892; 1895-1901Party: Democrat; DemocratCHILTON, Horace, (grandson of Thomas Chilton), a Senator from Texas; born near Tyler, Smith County, Tex., December 29,…

William Smith HERNDON, Congress, TX (1835-1903)

HERNDON, William Smith, a Representative from Texas; born in Rome, Floyd County, Ga., November 27, 1835; moved to Wood County, Tex., in May 1852; attended the common schools and was graduated…

Television Hall of Fame

Each year, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences inducts up to seven people or programs to the Television Hall of Fame. Here are the past…

Sullivan, Harry Stack

(Encyclopedia) Sullivan, Harry Stack, 1892–1949, American psychiatrist, b. Norwich, N.Y., M.D. Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery, 1917. He was, along with his teacher William Alanson White,…

Green, Duff

(Encyclopedia) Green, Duff, 1791–1875, American journalist and politician, b. Woodford co., Ky. After service in the War of 1812, he settled in Missouri, where he became (1824) editor of the St.…

Erie, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Erie, city (2020 pop. 94,831), seat of Erie co., NW Pa., on Lake Erie; inc. as a city 1851. Pennsylvania's only port on the Great Lakes…

Herman Carl ANDERSEN, Congress, MN (1897-1978)

ANDERSEN, Herman Carl, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Newcastle, Kings County, Wash., January 27, 1897; moved with his parents to a farm near Tyler, Lincoln County, Minn., in 1901;…

Cushing, Caleb

(Encyclopedia) Cushing, Caleb, 1800–1879, American statesman, b. Salisbury, Mass. After practicing law he served in the Massachusetts state legislature and later in Congress (1835–43). A loyal Whig,…

Temple University

(Encyclopedia) Temple University, mainly in Philadelphia; coeducational; founded 1884 by Russell H. Conwell, chartered 1888 as a college, became a university 1907. In 1965 the university became a…

Gardner, Erle Stanley

(Encyclopedia) Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889–1970, American detective-story writer, b. Malden, Mass. He served as a trial lawyer for many years. About 1921 he began writing detective stories for…