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Waldo Porter JOHNSON, Congress, MO (1817-1885)
Senate Years of Service: 1861-1862 Party: Democrat JOHNSON Waldo Porter , a Senator from Missouri; born in Bridgeport, Harrison County, Va., September 16, 1817; attended public and private schools…Robert Porter CALDWELL, Congress, TN (1821-1885)
CALDWELL Robert Porter , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Adair County, Ky., December 16, 1821; moved with his parents to Henry County, Tenn.; a few years later moved to Obion County;…Eli Porter ASHMUN, Congress, MA (1770-1819)
Senate Years of Service: 1816-1818 Party: Federalist ASHMUN Eli Porter , a Senator from Massachusetts; born in a small village north of Albany on the Hudson River, June 24, 1770; attended the…Henry Porter BALDWIN, Congress, MI (1814-1892)
Senate Years of Service: 1879-1881 Party: Republican BALDWIN Henry Porter , a Senator from Michigan; born in Coventry, R.I., February 22, 1814; attended the common schools; moved to Detroit, Mich…Porter Hinman DALE, Congress, VT (1867-1933)
Senate Years of Service: 1923-1933 Party: Republican DALE Porter Hinman , a Representative and a Senator from Vermont; born in Island Pond, Essex County, Vt., March 1, 1867; attended the public…O. Henry
(Encyclopedia) O. Henry, pseud. of William Sydney Porter, 1862–1910, American short-story writer, b. Greensboro, N.C. He went to Texas in 1882 and worked at various jobs—as teller in an Austin bank (…Auerbach, Erich
(Encyclopedia) Auerbach, Erich, 1892–1957, German-American philologist, literary scholar, and critic, b. Berlin, Ph.D. Univ. of Greifswald, 1921. He is known primarily for Mimesis: The Representation…Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter
(Encyclopedia) Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter, 1809–89, American educator and mathematician, b. Sheffield, Mass., grad. Yale, 1828. After tutoring at Yale and teaching in institutions for the…Meshullam
(Encyclopedia) MeshullamMeshullammĕshŭlˈəm [key], in the Bible. 1 Ancestor of Shaphan. 2 Son of Zerubbabel. 3 See Meshelemiah. 4 See Shallum (4) and (7.) 5 Father-in-law of Johanan (10.) 6 Repairer…Edelman, Gerald Maurice
(Encyclopedia) Edelman, Gerald Maurice, 1929–2014, American biochemist and neuroscientist, b. Queens, N.Y., M.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1954; Ph.D. Rockefeller Institute, 1960. He was a professor at…Trending
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