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2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to drama to music   Related Links Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and Newspaper Awards National…

2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners

Awards ranging from journalism to drama to music   Related Links Joseph Pulitzer Biography Book, Magazine, and Newspaper Awards National…

Cass, Lewis

(Encyclopedia) Cass, Lewis, 1782–1866, American statesman, b. Exeter, N.H. He established (1802) himself as a lawyer in Zanesville, Ohio, became a member (1806) of the state legislature, and was U.S…

Israel: Prime Ministers

Prime MinistersDavid Ben-Gurion (1948–1953, 1955–1963)Moshe Sharett (1953–1955)Levi Eshkol (1963–1969)Yigal Allon, acting (1969)Golda Meir (1969–1974)Yitzhak Rabin (1974–1977, 1992–1995)Shimon…

Jefferson DAVIS, Congress, MS (1808-1889)

Senate Years of Service: 1847-1851; 1857-1861Party: Democrat; DemocratDAVIS, Jefferson, (son-in-law of President Zachary Taylor), a Representative and a Senator from Mississippi; born in what…

Thomas POSEY, Congress, LA (1750-1818)

Senate Years of Service: 1812-1813Party: Democratic RepublicanPOSEY, Thomas, a Senator from Louisiana; born in Fairfax County, Va., July 9, 1750; received a limited schooling; moved to the…

Biographies of the Presidents

  Read bios on all of the U.S. presidents from George Washington to Ulysses S. Grant to Barack Obama. George Washington John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe…

Paulette Goddard

(Marion Goddard Levy)actress, philanthropistBorn: 6/3/1910Birthplace: Queens, New York Brisk, attractive, chestnut-haired film star who started out as a child model for various New York City…