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  • Corpus Juris Secundum

    Corpus Juris Secundum Encyclopedia in the United States History The big old American legal encyclopedia was the Corpus Juris: Being a Complete and Systematic Statement of the Whole Body of the Law as Embodied in and Developed By All Reported Decisions (William Mack & William Benjamin, eds, […]

  • Waite Morrison Remick

    Waite Morrison Remick in United States Waite, Morrison Remick WAITE, w?t, Morrison Remick, American jurist, seventh chief justice of the United States: b. Lyme, Conn., 29 Nov. 1816; d. Washington, D. C., 23 March 1888; He was graduated from Yale in 1837; studied law, and in 1838 moved to […]

  • William Howard Taft

    William Howard Taft in the United States William Howard Taft (1857-1930), 27th President of the United States. Born in Mount Auburn, Cincinnati, 15 Sept. 1857, son of Judge Alphonso (q.v.) and Louisa M. (Torrey) Taft. After graduating with honors from Yale (1878) he studied law in Cincinnati […]

  • Charles Evans Hughes

    Charles Evans Hughes in the United States Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948), American jurist and statesman, thought by many to have been the greatest chief justice of the United States since John Marshall. Hughes was born in Glens Falls, New York, on April 11, 1862. He was educated at Brown […]

  • Kobbé, Gustav

    Kobbé, Gustav in United States Kobbé, Gustav KOBBÉ, k?b’b?, Gustav, American author and journalist: b. New York, 4 March 1857; d. 1918. He was graduated at Columbia University in 1877, and from its Law School in 1879, and received the degree of M.A. from this institution in 1880; was on the […]

  • Pulitzer, Joseph

    Pulitzer, Joseph in United States Pulitzer, Joseph PULITZER, p?’l?t-s?r, Joseph, American journalist: b. Budapest, Hungary, 10 April 1847; d. Charleston, S. C., 29 Oct. 1911. He came to the United States in 1864 and joined a Federal cavalry regiment, serving till the end of the Civil War; […]

  • Harden, William

    Harden, William in United States Harden, William HARDEN, William, American historian: b. Savannah, Ga., 11 Nov. 1844. He left his studies in the schools of Savannah to join the Confederate army, serving throughout the Civil War in the 54th Georgia infantry and in the signal corps. After the […]

  • Johnson, Robert Underwood

    Johnson, Robert Underwood in United States Johnson, Robert Underwood JOHNSON, Robert Underwood, American editor and author: b. Washington, D. C., 12 Jan. 1853. He was educated at Earlham College, Indiana, and joined the staff of the Century Magazine in 1873, he was associate editor from […]

  • Endicott, John

    Endicott, John in United States Endicott, John ENDICOTT, John, American colonial governor: b. Dorchester, England, 1589; d. Boston, Mass., 15 March 1665. He was sent out to this country by the “Massachusetts Company” to carry on the plantation at Naumkeag, or Salem, where he arrived 6 Sept. […]

  • Dielman, Frederick

    Dielman, Frederick in United States Dielman, Frederick DIELMAN, Frederick, American painter: b. Hanover, Germany, 25 Dec. 1847. He removed to the United States in childhood, and was graduated at Calvert College. He was a topographer and draughtsman in the United States Engineer Department […]

  • Cogswell, Joseph Green

    Cogswell, Joseph Green in United States Cogswell, Joseph Green COGSWELL, Joseph Green, American librarian and bibliographer: b. Ipswich, Mass., 27 Sept. 1786; d. Cambridge, Mass., 26 Nov. 1871. He was graduated at Harvard in 1806 and practised law for a few years in Belfast, Me. He was a […]

  • Polk, James Knox

    Polk, James Knox in United States Polk, James Knox POLK, James Knox, 11th President of the United States; b. Mecklenburg County, N. C., 2 Nov. 1795; d. Nashville, Tenn., 15 June 1849. He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry and was reared near the North Carolina frontier amid the hard, simple […]

  • Louis Dembitz Brandeis

    Louis Dembitz Brandeis in the United States Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941), American lawyer and jurist, was born in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 13 1856. He was educated in the public schools of his native city and at the Annen Realschule, Dresden, Germany. He graduated from the Harvard Law […]

  • Blaine, James Gillespie

    Blaine, James Gillespie in United States Blaine, James Gillespie BLAINE, James Gillespie, American statesman: b. West Brownsville, Pa., south of Pittsburgh, 31 Jan. 1830; d. Washington, D. C., 27 Jan. 1893. His father was a Presbyterian of Scotch-Irish blood; his mother was a Catholic. He […]

  • Harrison, Benjamin (president)

    Harrison, Benjamin (president) in United States Harrison, Benjamin (president) HARRISON, Benjamin, 23d President of the United States: b. North Bend, Ohio, 20 Aug. 1833; d. Indianapolis, Ind., 13 March 1901. He was a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of […]