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John M. WOOD, Congress, ME (1813-1864)
WOOD John M. , a Representative from Maine; born in Minisink, Orange County, N.Y., November 17, 1813; attended the common schools; engaged in railroad construction in New Jersey; moved to…Thomas M. WOODRUFF, Congress, NY (1804-1855)
WOODRUFF Thomas M. , a Representative from New York; born in New Jersey, May 3, 1804; elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847);…James M. WALLACE, Congress, PA (1750-1823)
WALLACE James M. , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Hanover Township, Lancaster (now Dauphin) County, Pa., in 1750; pursued preparatory studies in Philadelphia; participated in the…Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
(Encyclopedia) CE5 The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram shows the relation between the luminosity and surface temperature (which is related to spectral class, or color) of the stars in the Milky Way.…Mallory, Stephen Russell
(Encyclopedia) Mallory, Stephen Russell, c.1813–73, U.S. Senator, secretary of the navy in the Confederacy, b. Trinidad, West Indies. He was raised in Key West, Fla., where he practiced law and was a…Browder, Earl Russell
(Encyclopedia) Browder, Earl Russell, 1891–1973, American Communist, b. Wichita, Kans. He became converted to socialism as a boy, and after imprisonment (1917–18, 1919–20) for opposing the draft he…Oberlin, Russell Keys
(Encyclopedia) Oberlin, Russell Keys, 1928–2016, American countertenor, b. Akron, Ohio, grad. Juilliard, 1951. A boy soprano, he sang in his church choir and on the radio, and won a nationwide radio…Fisher, M. F. K.
(Encyclopedia) Fisher, M. F. K. (Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher), 1908–92, American culinary writer, b. Albion, Mich. Raised in California, Fisher lived in France for three years, where she was inspired…Stern, Robert A. M.
(Encyclopedia) Stern, Robert A. M. (Robert Arthur Morton Stern), 1939–, American architect, b. New York City. He studied architecture at Yale Univ., became a practicing architect in the mid-1960s,…FEINGOLD, Russell D., Congress, WI (1953)
Senate Years of Service: 1993- Party: Democrat FEINGOLD, Russell D., a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Janesville, Rock County, Wis., March 2, 1953; graduated, Janesville Craig High School 1971…Trending
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