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1979 National Book Awards

Biography and AutobiographyRobert Kennedy and His Times, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.Children's LiteratureThe Great Gilly Hopkins, Katherine PatersonContemporary ThoughtThe Snow Leopard, Peter…

Clayton, Henry De Lamar

(Encyclopedia) Clayton, Henry De LamarClayton, Henry De Lamardĕ lˈəmärˌ [key], 1857–1929, U.S. congressman, b. Barbour co., Ala. A Democrat, he was a member of the House of Representatives from 1897…

Clayton

(Encyclopedia) Clayton, city (2020 pop. 17,355), seat of St. Louis co., E central Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1919. Developed in the 1960s, it has…

Clayton Antitrust Act

(Encyclopedia) Clayton Antitrust Act, 1914, passed by the U.S. Congress as an amendment to clarify and supplement the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. It was drafted by Henry De Lamar Clayton. The act…

Clayton, John Middleton

(Encyclopedia) Clayton, John Middleton, 1796–1856, American statesman, b. Sussex co., Del. Admitted (1819) to the bar, he practiced at Dover, Del., held many state offices, and was twice (1828, 1845…

Clayton Moore

Clayton MooreJack Carlton MooreactorBorn: 9/14/1914Birthplace: Chicago actor who played the eponymous character in 169 episodes of television's The Lone Ranger (1949–1957), as well as in two…

Urey, Harold Clayton

(Encyclopedia) Urey, Harold ClaytonUrey, Harold Claytony&oobreve;rˈē [key], 1893–1981, American chemist, b. Walkerton, Ind., grad. Univ. of Montana (B.S., 1917), Ph.D. Univ. of California, 1923.…

Antitrust Act

(Encyclopedia) Antitrust Act: see Clayton Antitrust Act; Sherman Antitrust Act.

Hay-Pauncefote Treaties

(Encyclopedia) Hay-Pauncefote TreatiesHay-Pauncefote Treatieshā-pônsˈf&oobreve;t [key], negotiated in 1899 and 1901 by Secretary of State John Hay, for the United States, and Lord Pauncefote of…

Edwin Duing ESHLEMAN, Congress, PA (1920-1985)

ESHLEMAN Edwin Duing , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Quarryville, Lancaster County, Pa., December 4, 1920; Franklin and Marshall College, B.S., 1942; graduate work in political…