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Joshua HILL, Congress, GA (1812-1891)

Senate Years of Service: 1871-1873 Party: Republican HILL Joshua , a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Abbeville District, S.C., January 10, 1812; attended the common schools and…

Joshua EILBERG, Congress, PA (1921-2004)

EILBERG Joshua , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 12, 1921; graduated from Central High School, Philadelphia, Pa., 1936; B.S., Wharton School, University of…

Joshua MATHIOT, Congress, OH (1800-1849)

MATHIOT Joshua , a Representative from Ohio; born in Connellsville, Fayette County, Pa., April 4, 1800; moved to Newark, Licking County, Ohio, about 1830; studied law; was admitted to the bar…

Joshua LEE, Congress, NY (1783-1842)

LEE Joshua , a Representative from New York; born in Hudson, N.Y., in 1783; studied medicine and was licensed to practice in 1804; commissioned in 1811 by Gov. Daniel D. Tompkins as surgeon of…

Joshua COIT, Congress, CT (1758-1798)

COIT Joshua , a Representative from Connecticut; born in New London, Conn., October 7, 1758; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Harvard College in 1776; studied law; was…

Joshua CUSHMAN, Congress, MA (1761-1834)

CUSHMAN Joshua , a Representative from Massachusetts and from Maine; born in Halifax, Mass., April 11, 1761; served in the Revolutionary Army from April 1, 1777, until March 1780; was graduated…

Joshua CLAYTON, Congress, DE (1744-1798)

Senate Years of Service: 1798-1798 Party: Federalist CLAYTON Joshua , a Senator from Delaware; born at Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Md., July 20, 1744; studied medicine in Philadelphia and…

Ramah

(Encyclopedia) RamahRamahrāˈmə [key], in the Bible. 1 Town, NE ancient Palestine, allotted to Naphtali. 2 Town of Asher. 3 Unidentified town of Simeon, called Ramah of the south. It is apparently…

Gerizim

(Encyclopedia) GerizimGerizimgĕrˈəzĭm, gērīˈ– [key], Arabic Jabal at Tur, mountain, 2,890 ft (881 m) high, in the Samaritan Hills, in the West Bank. Nablus, near the ancient Shechem, lies in the…

Gezer

(Encyclopedia) GezerGezergēˈzər [key], ancient city of Canaan, on the coastal plain of Sharon, NW of Jerusalem. Its position guarding the road from Jerusalem to Jaffa has always given it importance,…