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  • Roosevelt, Theodore 3

    Roosevelt, Theodore 3 in United States Roosevelt, Theodore 3 See: Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore 2. The President’s final break with Germany was to Roosevelt a very agreeable surprise. He threw himself with all possible ardor into the advocacy of an energetic participation […]

  • Roosevelt, Theodore 2

    Roosevelt, Theodore 2 in United States Roosevelt, Theodore 2 See: Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore 3. He owed his nomination to the extremity of the bosses and bosslings then in control of the party, who at that time hated Roosevelt, but hated yet more their own exclusion […]

  • Roosevelt, Theodore

    Roosevelt, Theodore in United States Roosevelt, Theodore See: Roosevelt, Theodore 2. Roosevelt, Theodore 3. ROOSEVELT, Theodore, American author, naturalist, explorer, statesman and soldier, and 26th President of the United States: b. New York City, 27 Oct. 1858; d. Sagamore Hill, […]

  • Johnson, Andrew

    Johnson, Andrew in United States Johnson, Andrew JOHNSON, Andrew, 17th President of the United States: b. Raleigh, N. C., 29 Dec, 1808; d. Carter’s Station, Tenn., 31 July 1875. Johnson’s father died when the boy was 5 years old, and at 10 he was apprenticed to a tailor in his native town. […]

  • Alton Brooks Parker

    Alton Brooks Parker in the United States Alton Brooks Parker (1852 -1926), American judge and lawyer, was born at Cortland, N.Y., May 14 1852. He studied at the local academy and normal school, taught for a short time, read law in an office, and in 1873 graduated from the Albany Law School. […]

  • Phillips, Wendell

    Phillips, Wendell in United States Phillips, Wendell PHILLIPS, Wendell, American orator and reformer: b. Boston, 29 Nov. 1811; d. there, 2 Feb. 1884. He was graduated from Harvard in 1831, a classmate of J. L. Motley (q.v.). After three years’ study at the Harvard Law School he was admitted […]

  • Van Buren, Martin

    Van Buren, Martin in United States Van Buren, Martin VAN BUREN, Martin, eighth President of the United States: b. Kinderhook, N. Y., 5 Dec. 1782; d. there, 24 July 1862. His father, Abraham Van Buren, was of Dutch descent, a farmer and a tavern-keeper. He attentded the village school, […]

  • McKinley, William

    McKinley, William in United States McKinley, William McKINLEY, m?-k?n’l?, William, American statesman, 25th President of the United States: b. Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio, 29 Jan. 1843; d. Buffalo, N. Y., 14 Sept. 1901. He was educated at Union Seminary, Poland, Mahoning County, Ohio, and […]

  • Pierce, Franklin

    Pierce, Franklin in United States Pierce, Franklin PIERCE, p?rs, Franklin, 14th President of the United States (1853-57): b. Hillsboro, N. H., 23 Nov. 1804; d. Concord, N. H., 8 Oct. 1869. His father, Benjamin Pierce (1757-1839), served in the Revolutionary War, was member of the State […]

  • Taney, Roger Brooke

    Taney, Roger Brooke in United States Taney, Roger Brooke TANEY, tâ-n?, Roger Brooke, American jurist: b. Calvert County, Md., 17 March 1777; d. Washington, D. C., 12 Oct. 1864. He was descended from a leading Roman Catholic family, was graduated in 1795 from Dickinson College, read law in […]

  • Albany Regency

    Albany Regency in United States Albany Regency ALBANY REGENCY , in American political history, the nickname of a powerful group of Democratic leaders in New York State, who controlled the party machinery there and acted together for influence in State and national affairs about 1820 to 1854. […]

  • Cleveland, (Stephen) Grover

    Cleveland, (Stephen) Grover in United States Cleveland, (Stephen) Grover CLEVELAND, (Steven) Grover, 22d President of the United States: b. Caldwell, N. J., 18 March 1837; d. Princeton, N. J., 24 June 1908. Grover was the fifth of a family of nine children born to Rev. Richard F. Cleveland, […]

  • Dickens, Charles

    Dickens, Charles in United States Dickens, Charles DICKENS, Charles, English novelist: b. Landport, England, 7 Feb. 1812; d. Gad’s Hill, near London, 9 June 1870. Dickens, who was christened Charles John Huffham Dickens, was the eldest son and the second child among eight of John and […]

  • Robert Marion La Follette

    Robert Marion La Follette in the United States Robert Marion Fighting Bob La Follette (1855- ), American politician, was born on a farm in Primrose township, Dane co., Wis., June 14 1855. He graduated from the university of Wisconsin in 1879, studied law there for one term, and was admitted […]

  • Stanton, Edwin McMasters

    Stanton, Edwin McMasters in United States Stanton, Edwin McMasters STANTON, Edwin McMasters, American statesman and jurist: b. Steubenville, Ohio, 19 Dec. 1814; d. Washington, D. C., 24 Dec. 1869. His paternal ancestors were Quakers originally from Massachusetts but later settled in North […]