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Whittier

(Encyclopedia) Whittier, city (1990 pop. 77,671), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; in an oil area; inc. 1898. Mainly residential, it has food processing and plants that manufacture transportation equipment…

Bloomfield

(Encyclopedia) Bloomfield. 1 Town (2020 pop. 21,535), Hartford co., N Conn., a suburb of Hartford, in a tobacco and dairy region; settled c.1642, inc.…

Wolcott, Oliver, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury

(Encyclopedia) Wolcott, Oliver, 1760–1833, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1795–1800), b. Litchfield, Conn; son of Oliver Wolcott. Admitted to the bar in 1781, he served as Connecticut comptroller (…

Medary, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Medary, SamuelMedary, Samuelmĕdˈərē [key], 1801–64, American journalist, b. Montgomery co., Pa. In Ohio after 1825, he edited the Ohio Sun at Bethel and later the Ohio Statesman at…

Isaacs, Sir Isaac Alfred

(Encyclopedia) Isaacs, Sir Isaac AlfredIsaacs, Sir Isaac Alfredīˈzəks [key], 1855–1948, Australian jurist and political leader. He sat in the colonial legislature (1892–1901), became solicitor…

Hendricks, Thomas Andrews

(Encyclopedia) Hendricks, Thomas Andrews, 1819–85, Vice President of the United States (1885), b. near Zanesville, Ohio. As U.S. Senator from Indiana (1863–69) he opposed radical Reconstruction. He…

Lowe, Sir Hudson

(Encyclopedia) Lowe, Sir HudsonLowe, Sir Hudsonlō [key], 1769–1844, British general. He fought with credit throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, mainly in the Mediterranean region…

Locke, Gary

(Encyclopedia) Locke, Gary, 1950–, American politician and government official, b. Seattle. The son and grandson of Chinese immigrants, he graduated from Yale (B.A., 1972) and Boston Univ. Law School…

McCloy, John Jay

(Encyclopedia) McCloy, John Jay, 1895–1989, U.S. government official, b. Philadelphia. A lawyer, he gained an international reputation when after a long investigation he fixed responsibility on the…

Clausel, Bertrand

(Encyclopedia) Clausel or Clauzel, BertrandClausel or Clauzel, BertrandbĕrträNˈ klōzĕlˈ [key], 1772–1842, marshal of France. Having served in the French Revolutionary Wars and in the Napoleonic…