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Elias KEYES, Congress, VT (1758-1844)

KEYES Elias , a Representative from Vermont; born in Ashford, Windham County, Conn., April 14, 1758; attended the common schools; studied law; moved to Stockbridge, Vt., in 1785; served in the…

Elias HOWELL, Congress, OH (1792-1844)

HOWELL Elias , a Representative from Ohio; born in New Jersey in 1792; attended the public schools; moved to Newark, Ohio, in 1819; member of the State senate 1830-1832; elected as an Anti-…

Elias Selah HOLLIDAY, Congress, IN (1842-1936)

HOLLIDAY Elias Selah , a Representative from Indiana; born in Aurora, Dearborn County, Ind., March 5, 1842; spent the early part of his life on farms in Indiana, Missouri, and Iowa; attended the…

Elias EARLE, Congress, SC (1762-1823)

EARLE Elias , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Frederick County, Va., June 19, 1762; attended private school; moved to Greenville County, S.C., in September 1787; was one of the…

John Elias BALDACCI, Congress, ME (1955)

BALDACCI John Elias , a Representative from Maine; born in Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine, January 30, 1955; graduated from Bangor High School, Bangor, Maine, 1973; B.A., University of Maine,…

Elias BOUDINOT, Congress, NJ (1740-1821)

BOUDINOT Elias , a Delegate and a Representative from New Jersey; born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 2, 1740; received a classical education; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1760 and commenced…

Elias BROWN, Congress, MD (1793-1857)

BROWN Elias , a Representative from Maryland; born near Baltimore, Md., on May 9, 1793; attended the common schools; presidential elector on the ticket of Monroe and Tompkins in 1820 and on the…

Elias DAYTON, Congress, NJ (1737-1807)

DAYTON, Elias, (father of Jonathan Dayton), a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), N.J., May 1, 1737; apprenticed as a mechanic; completed preparatory studies;…

Elias WHITMORE, Congress, NY (1772-1853)

WHITMORE Elias , a Representative from New York; born in Pembroke, N.H., March 2, 1772; completed preparatory studies; moved to New York and settled in Windsor; engaged in mercantile pursuits;…

Actors Studio, The

(Encyclopedia) Actors Studio, The, organization founded 1947 in New York City by the directors Cheryl Crawford, Elia Kazan, and Robert Lewis to train professional actors. Long directed (1948–82) by…