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Jonathan TRUMBULL, Jr., Congress, CT (1740-1809)
Senate Years of Service: 1795-1796 Party: Federalist TRUMBULL Jonathan, Jr. , a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Lebanon, Conn., March 26, 1740; graduated from Harvard College…Jonathan Taylor UPDEGRAFF, Congress, OH (1822-1882)
UPDEGRAFF Jonathan Taylor , a Representative from Ohio; born near Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio, May 13, 1822; attended private schools and Franklin College; studied medicine; was…Jonathan Mayhew WAINWRIGHT, Congress, NY (1864-1945)
WAINWRIGHT Jonathan Mayhew , a Representative from New York; born in New York City December 10, 1864; was graduated from Columbia College and Columbia School of Political Science, New York City,…Jonathan Hasson WALLACE, Congress, OH (1824-1892)
WALLACE Jonathan Hasson , a Representative from Ohio; born in St. Clair Township, Columbiana County, Ohio, October 31, 1824; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Washington College…Mawson, Sir Douglas
(Encyclopedia) Mawson, Sir Douglas, 1882–1958, Australian antarctic explorer and geologist, b. England. His first geographical expedition was to the New Hebrides Islands as a geologist in 1903. As a…blackbird
(Encyclopedia) blackbird, common name in North America of a perching bird allied to the bobolink, the meadow lark, the oriole, and the grackle and belonging to the family Icteridae. The European…Bowen, Elizabeth
(Encyclopedia) Bowen, ElizabethBowen, Elizabethbōˈĭn [key], 1899–1973, Anglo-Irish novelist, b. Dublin. In impeccable prose she treated love and frustration through studies of complex psychological…walking stick
(Encyclopedia) walking stick or stick insect, names applied to extremely longbodied, slow-moving, herbivorous insects, forming a single family in the order Phasmatodea. Walking sticks have green,…Roraima
(Encyclopedia) RoraimaRoraimar&oobreve;rīˈmə [key], state (1996 pop. 247,724), 88,843 sq mi (230,103 sq km), NW Brazil, on the border of Venezuela and Guyana. Boa Vista is the capital. Located…Chauncy, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Chauncy, CharlesChauncy, Charleschônˈsē, chänˈ– [key], 1705–87, American Congregational clergyman, b. Boston. He was ordained as a minister of the First Church, Boston, in 1727 and…Trending
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