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Colden, Cadwallader
(Encyclopedia) Colden, CadwalladerColden, Cadwalladerkōlˈdən [key], 1688–1776, colonial scholar and political leader of New York, b. Ireland, of Scottish parents. After studying medicine in London,…diner
(Encyclopedia) diner, restaurant resembling the railroad dining car. In the mid-19th cent., the first dining cars that appeared on trains were nothing more than an empty car with a fastened-down…Matthew Calbraith BUTLER, Congress, SC (1836-1909)
Senate Years of Service: 1877-1895 Party: Democrat BUTLER Matthew Calbraith , a Senator from South Carolina; born near Greenville, Greenville County, S.C., March 8, 1836; attended the local…Cabinet Members Under T. Roosevelt
Secretary of State John Hay (Cont.)Elihu Root, 1905Robert Bacon, 1909Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage (Cont.)Leslie M. Shaw, 1902George B. Cortelyou, 1907Secretary of War Elihu Root (…1973 National Book Awards
Arts and LettersDiderot, Arthur M. WilsonBiographyGeorge Washington, Vol. IV: Anguish and Farewell, 1793–1799, James Thomas FlexnerChildren's BooksThe Farthest Shore, Ursula K.…Livingston
(Encyclopedia) Livingston, family of American statesmen, diplomats, and jurists. Edward Livingston,Edward Livingston, 1764–1836, b. Livingston Manor, was the son of Robert R. Livingston (1718–75)…Brewer's: Railways
A. & B. R. Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway. B. & L. J. R. Bourn and Lynn Joint Railway. B. & M. R. Brecon and Merthyr Railway. B. & N. C. R. Belfast and Northern Counties…Ramsay, Allan
(Encyclopedia) Ramsay, Allan, 1685?–1758, Scottish poet. An Edinburgh bookseller, he opened one of the first circulating libraries in Great Britain. The Gentle Shepherd (1725), a pastoral comedy, is…George Brown MARTIN, Congress, KY (1876-1945)
Senate Years of Service: 1918-1919 Party: Democrat MARTIN George Brown , a Senator from Kentucky; born in Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Ky., August 18, 1876; moved with his parents to Catlettsburg…George Martin CURTIS, Congress, IA (1844-1921)
CURTIS George Martin , a Representative from Iowa; born near Oxford, Chenango County, N.Y., April 1, 1844; moved to Ogle County, Ill., in 1856 with his parents, who settled on a farm near Rochelle…Trending
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