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Speakers of the House of Representatives

Dates served Congress Name and state1789–1791 1 Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (Pa.)1791–1793 2 Jonathan Trumbull (Conn.)1793–1795 3 Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (Pa.)1795–1799 4–5 Jonathan Dayton…

Cabinet Members Under Wilson

Secretary of State William J. Bryan, 1913Robert Lansing, 1915Bainbridge Colby, 1920Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo, 1913Carter Glass, 1918David F. Houston, 1920Secretary of War…

Cabinet Members Under F. D. Roosevelt

Secretary of State Cordell Hull, 1933E. R. Stettinius, Jr., 1944Secretary of the Treasury William H. Woodin, 1933Henry Morgenthau, Jr., 1934Secretary of War George H. Dern, 1933Harry H.…

Hemmer, Jarl Robert

(Encyclopedia) Hemmer, Jarl RobertHemmer, Jarl Robertyärl rōˈbərt hĕmˈər [key], 1893–1944, Finnish author who wrote in Swedish. Inwardly troubled, he experienced several religious crises and finally…

Mannyng, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Mannyng or Manning, Robert, fl. 1298–1338, English poet, b. Brunne (modern Bourne), Lincolnshire; also called Robert of Brunne. He was a monk in the Gilbertine order. Mannyng is known…

Fergusson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Fergusson, Robert, 1750–74, Scottish poet, b. Edinburgh. He was a precursor of Robert Burns, who proclaimed his debt to Fergusson's Poems (1773). After careers in the clergy and in…

Rathlin Island

(Encyclopedia) Rathlin IslandRathlin Islandrăthˈlĭn [key], 5 sq mi (13 sq km), Moyle dist., N Northern Ireland. Its cliffs, of limestone and basalt, rise at Slieveacarn to 449 ft (137 m). Farming and…

Red Buttons

Red Buttons(Aaron Chwatt)actor, comedian Born: 2/5/1919Birthplace: New York City At the age of sixteen, Buttons began working as a comedian in vaudeville, burlesque, and on the Catskills “ Borscht…

Red Buttons Biography

Red Buttons(Aaron Chwatt)actor, comedian Born: 2/5/1919Birthplace: New York City At the age of sixteen, Buttons began working as a comedian in vaudeville, burlesque, and on the Catskills “ Borscht…

November 2003

WorldU.S. Helicopter Downed in Iraq (Nov. 2) In the single deadliest strike since the Iraq war began, guerrillas shoot down an American helicopter, killing 16 U.S. soldiers and injuring 21…