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Supreme Court Justices (table)

(Encyclopedia) Supreme Court Justices(including dates on bench) Chief Justices John Jay 1789–95 John Rutledge 1795 Oliver Ellsworth 1796–1800 John Marshall 1801–35 Roger B. Taney 1836–64…

Brewer's: Pathfinder

Major-General John Charles Fremont, who conducted four expeditions across the Rocky Mountains. (1842). Pathfinder, in Fenimore Cooper's five novels, is Natty Bumppo, called the Pathfinder…

oratory

(Encyclopedia) oratory, the art of swaying an audience by eloquent speech. In ancient Greece and Rome oratory was included under the term rhetoric, which meant the art of composing as well as…

Ruskin, John

(Encyclopedia) Ruskin, John, 1819–1900, English critic and social theorist. During the mid-19th cent. Ruskin was the virtual dictator of artistic opinion in England, but Ruskin's reputation declined…

Forrest C. DONNELL, Congress, MO (1884-1980)

Senate Years of Service: 1945-1951 Party: Republican DONNELL Forrest C. , a Senator from Missouri; born in Quitman, Nodaway County, Mo., August 20, 1884; attended the public schools; graduated…

C. Norris POULSON, Congress, CA (1895-1982)

POULSON C. Norris , a Representative from California; born and reared on a ranch near Haines, Baker County, Oreg., July 23, 1895; attended the public schools, Oregon State College at Corvallis,…

C. A. (Dutch) RUPPERSBERGER, Congress, MD (1946)

RUPPERSBERGER, C. A. (Dutch), a Representative from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., on January 31, 1946; attended Baltimore City College, Baltimore, Md.; attended University of Maryland, College…

Thaddeus C. SWEET, Congress, NY (1872-1928)

SWEET Thaddeus C. , a Representative from New York; born in Phoenix, Oswego County, N.Y., November 16, 1872; attended the public schools; was graduated from Phoenix Academy and High School;…

James C. TERRELL, Congress, GA (1806-1835)

TERRELL James C. , a Representative from Georgia; born in Franklin County, Ga., November 7, 1806; studied law; was admitted to the bar by an act of the legislature and practiced in Carnesville,…