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Levi WARNER, Congress, CT (1831-1911)

WARNER Levi , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn., October 10, 1831; completed preparatory studies; attended the law department of Yale College and…

Levi HUBBARD, Congress, MA (1762-1836)

HUBBARD Levi , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Worcester, Mass., December 19, 1762; attended the common schools; moved to Paris, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts), in 1785;…

David A. LEVY, Congress, NY (1953)

LEVY David A. , a Representative from New York; born in Johnson County, Ind., December 18, 1953; B.A., Hofstra University, 1973, J.D., 1979; admitted to the bar in 1980 and commenced the practice…

David LEVY, Congress, FL (1810-1886)

Senate Years of Service: 1845-1851; 1855-1861Party: RepublicanLEVY, David, a Delegate and a Senator from Florida. (See YULEE, David Levy.) Source: Biographical Directory of the United…

Johnson, James Weldon

(Encyclopedia) Johnson, James Weldon, 1871–1938, American author, b. Jacksonville, Fla., educated at Atlanta Univ. (B.A., 1894) and at Columbia. Johnson was the first African American to be admitted…

Aetolian League

(Encyclopedia) Aetolian League, confederation centering in the cities of Aetolia. It was formed in the 4th cent. b.c. and began to gain power in the 3d cent. in opposing the Achaean League and the…

Lowry, L. S.

(Encyclopedia) Lowry, L. S. (Laurence Stephen Lowry), 1887–1976, English painter and printmaker, b. Manchester, studied Municipal College of Art (later Manchester Metropolitan Univ.). He is…

dark energy

(Encyclopedia) dark energy, repulsive force that opposes the self-attraction of matter (see gravitation) and causes the expansion of the universe to accelerate. The search for dark energy was…

John Levi CABLE, Congress, OH (1884-1971)

CABLE John Levi , a Representative from Ohio; born in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, April 15, 1884; attended the public schools; Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, LL.B., 1906 and from the law department…

Levi D. CARPENTER, Congress, NY (1802-1856)

CARPENTER Levi D. , a Representative from New York; born in Waterville, Oneida County, N.Y., August 21, 1802; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced…