(Encyclopedia) Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, 4th earl ofRoscommon, Wentworth Dillon, 4th earl ofrŏskŏmˈən [key], 1633?–1685, English poet and scholar, b. Ireland. He was one of the first to praise…
MILLER, Brad, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Fayetteville, N.C., on May 19, 1953; B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1975; M.S., London School of Economics,…
MILLER, Daniel, a Representative from Florida; born in Highland Park, Wayne County, Mich., May 30, 1942; graduated from Manatee High School, Bradenton, Fla., 1960; B.S., University of Florida…
MILLER, George, a Representative from California; born in Richmond, Contra Costa County, Calif., May 17, 1945; A.A., Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, Calif., 1965; A.B., San Francisco…
MILLER, Smith, a Representative from Indiana; born near Charlotte, N.C., May 30, 1804; moved to Gibson County, Ind., with his parents who settled in Patoka in 1813; received a limited…
SETTLE, Thomas, (grandson of Thomas Settle [1789-1857]), a Representative from North Carolina; born near Wentworth, Rockingham County, N.C., March 10, 1865; attended the public schools and…
Senate Years of Service: 1887-1893Party: DemocratBLODGETT, Rufus, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Dorchester, N.H., October 9, 1834; attended the common schools and Wentworth (N.H.) Academy…
HIGGINSON, Stephen, a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Salem, Mass., November 28, 1743; attended the common schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits and was an active and successful…
REID, James Wesley, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Wentworth, Rockingham County, N.C., June 11, 1849; pursued an academic course; was graduated from Emory and Henry College,…
(Encyclopedia) Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of, 1593–1641, English statesman. Regularly elected to Parliament from 1614 on, he became one of the critics of George Villiers, 1st duke of…
