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Charles McCLURE, Congress, PA (1804-1846)

McCLURE Charles , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born on Willow Grove farm, near Carlisle, Pa., in 1804; was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1824; studied law; was…

Charles W. DENT, Congress, PA (1960)

DENT Charles W. , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pa., May 24, 1960; graduated from William Allen High School, Allentown, Pa., 1978; B.A., Pennsylvania State…

Charles HOOKS, Congress, NC (1768-1843)

HOOKS Charles , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Bertie County, N.C., February 20, 1768; when he was two years old his parents moved to Duplin County and settled on a plantation near…

Charles PETTIT, Congress, PA (1736-1806)

PETTIT, Charles, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born near Amwell, Hunterdon County, N.J., in 1736; received an English training; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1770 but did not…

Charles Foster BASS, Congress, NH (1952)

BASS Charles Foster , a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 8, 1952; graduated from Holderness School, Plymouth, N.H., 1970; A.B., Dartmouth College,…

Charles HAYS, Congress, AL (1834-1879)

HAYS Charles , a Representative from Alabama; born at ``Hays Mount,'' near Boligee, Greene County, Ala., February 2, 1834; completed preparatory studies under private teachers; attended the…

Barker, Eugene Campbell

(Encyclopedia) Barker, Eugene Campbell, 1874–1956, American historian, b. Walker co., Tex. His distinguished teaching career, begun in 1899, was almost entirely at the Univ. of Texas. An outstanding…

Scudder, Samuel Hubbard

(Encyclopedia) Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, 1837–1911, American entomologist, b. Boston, grad. Williams (B.A., 1857) and Harvard (B.S., 1862). The founder of American insect paleontology and an authority…

utilitarianism

(Encyclopedia) utilitarianismutilitarianismy&oomacr;ˌtĭlĭtrˈēənĭzəm, y&oomacr;tĭˌ– [key], in ethics, the theory that the rightness or wrongness of an action is determined by its usefulness in…

Charles CURTIS, Congress, KS (1860-1936)

Senate Years of Service: 1907-1913; 1915-1929 Party: Republican; Republican CURTIS Charles , a Representative and a Senator from Kansas and a Vice President of the United States; born in Topeka,…