Senate Years of Service: 1962-1979Party: DemocratMcINTYRE, Thomas James, a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Laconia, Belknap County, N.H., February 20, 1915; attended public and parochial…
(Encyclopedia) Bunshaft, Gordon, 1909–90, American architect, b. Buffalo, N.Y. As chief designer for the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Bunshaft was responsible for Lever House,…
(Encyclopedia) Baraga, FredericBaraga, Fredericbârˈəgə [key], 1797–1868, Roman Catholic missionary to the Native Americans of Upper Michigan, b. Slovenia. He received (1821) a law degree from the…
Senate Years of Service: 1881-1899; 1903-1906Party: Democrat; DemocratGORMAN, Arthur Pue, a Senator from Maryland; born in Woodstock, Howard County, Md., March 11, 1839; attended the public…
Senate Years of Service: 1895-1911Party: RepublicanELKINS, Stephen Benton, (father of Davis Elkins), a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico and a Senator from West Virginia; born in Perry…
(Encyclopedia) Macdonald, Ross, pseud. of Kenneth Millar, 1915–83, American novelist, b. Los Gatos, Calif. He was educated in Canada and at the Univ. of Michigan. Macdonald's mystery novels center on…
(Encyclopedia) Fogazzaro, AntonioFogazzaro, Antonioäntôˈnyō fōgät-tsäˈrō [key], 1842–1911, Italian novelist and poet. His first work was a verse romance, Miranda (1874). Primarily concerned with…
(Encyclopedia) Le Vau, LouisLe Vau, Louislwē lə vō [key], 1612–70, French architect, involved in most of the important building projects for Louis XIV. He settled on the Île Saint-Louis, where he…
Read about landmark cases that have changed history, from Marbury v. Madison to the challenge to Obamacare. 1803Marbury v. Madison was the first instance in which a law passed by Congress was…
