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Jackson, Ketanji Onyika Brown

(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Ketanji Onyika Brown, American lawyer, jurist, and Supreme Court Justice, b. Washington, D.C., 1970; grad. Harvard-Radcliff…

Breyer, Stephen Gerald

(Encyclopedia) Breyer, Stephen Gerald Breyer, Stephen Gerald brīˈər [key], 1938–, associate justice of the U.S.…

Stephen Breyer Biography

Stephen BreyerUnited States Supreme Court Associate JusticeBorn: 8/15/1938Birthplace: San Francisco, Calif. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1964, Stephen Breyer held a clerkship…

June 2015 Current Events: U.S. News

World News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of June 2015. Law Ends…

Stephen Grover Cleveland

Stephen Grover ClevelandBorn: 3/18/1837Birthplace: Caldwell, N.J. (Stephen) Grover Cleveland was born at Caldwell, N.J., on March 18, 1837. He was admitted to the bar in Buffalo, N.Y., in…

2015 Year in Review Slideshow: U.S. News

Top events for the nation and the world in 2015 Jennie Wood Prev Next Campaign 2016 Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Remain Frontrunners After multiple debates, Donald Trump remained the…

January 2022 Current Events: US News

Top of Page World News | Disaster News | Science & Technology News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the US…

St. Laurent, Louis Stephen

(Encyclopedia) St. Laurent, Louis StephenSt. Laurent, Louis StephensăN lôräNˈ [key], 1882–1973, Canadian political leader. A well-known lawyer, he entered (1941) political life as minister of justice…

Say, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Say, Thomas, 1787–1843, American naturalist, b. Philadelphia. He went on collecting expeditions to Georgia and Florida and, with Stephen H. Long, to the Rocky Mts. and up the…

Austin, Stephen Fuller

(Encyclopedia) Austin, Stephen Fuller, 1793–1836, American leader of colonization in Texas, known as the Father of Texas, b. Wythe co., Va.; son of Moses Austin. He grew up in Missouri, studied at…