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James Francis BYRNES, Congress, SC (1882-1972)

Senate Years of Service: 1931-1941Party: DemocratBYRNES, James Francis, a Representative and a Senator from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., May 2, 1882; attended the public schools;…

John Adams DIX, Congress, NY (1798-1879)

Senate Years of Service: 1845-1849Party: DemocratDIX, John Adams, (son-in-law of John Jordan Morgan), a Senator from New York; born in Boscawen, N.H., July 24, 1798; completed preparatory…

Theodore FRELINGHUYSEN, Congress, NJ (1787-1862)

Senate Years of Service: 1829-1835Party: Anti-JacksonianFRELINGHUYSEN, Theodore, (son of Frederick Frelinghuysen, uncle and adoptive father of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen, great-uncle of…

Clark, Joe

(Encyclopedia) Clark, Joe (Charles Joseph Clark), 1939–, prime minister of Canada (1979–80), b. High River, Alta. He entered the Canadian House of Commons from Alberta in 1972 and became leader of…

Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

(Encyclopedia) Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823–1911, American author, b. Cambridge, Mass. A Unitarian minister, he was a leader in the abolitionist movement and was a member of a group that backed…

Newton, Helmut

(Encyclopedia) Newton, Helmut, 1920-2004, German-American photographer, b. Berlin, Germany, as Helmut Neustädter. Newton began taking pictures at age…

Smith, W. Eugene

(Encyclopedia) Smith, W. Eugene (William Eugene Smith), 1918–78, American photojournalist, b. Wichita, Kan. Smith is considered one of the principal masters of modern photojournalism. The distorted…

2004 Olympics: Gymnastics, Men's

Individual  PointsAll-Around Paul Hamm, USA 57.823 Dae Eun Kim, KOR57.811 Tae Young Yang, KOR57.774Floor Kyle Shewfelt, CAN9.787 Marian Dragulescu, ROM9.787 Jordan Jovtchev, BUL9.775Horiz.Bar Igor…