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Garrett Lee WITHERS, Congress, KY (1884-1953)

Senate Years of Service: 1949-1950 Party: Democrat WITHERS Garrett Lee , a Senator and a Representative from Kentucky; born on a farm in Webster County, near Clay, Ky., June 21, 1884; student…

Robert HUMPHREYS, Congress, KY (1893-1977)

Senate Years of Service: 1956-1956 Party: Democrat HUMPHREYS Robert , a Senator from Kentucky; born in Fulgham, Hickman County, Ky., August 20, 1893; educated in public schools and graduated from…

Julia Butler HANSEN, Congress, WA (1907-1988)

HANSEN Julia Butler , a Representative from Washington; born Julia Carrie Butler, June 14, 1907, in Portland, Multnomah County, Oreg.; attended the public schools of Washington and Oregon State…

The Implied Powers of Congress

The inherent powers of the U.S. Congress The expressed powers of Congress are listed in Article I of the U.S. Constitution (since they're listed out, they're also called the enumerated powers).…

Illinois

  Illinois State Information Capital: Springfield Official Name: State of Illinois Organized as a territory/republic: February 3, 1809 Entered Union (21): December 3, 1818 (21st state) Present…

Texas Map: Regions, Geography, Facts & Figures

Texas, also known as the Lone Star State, is the second-largest state in the United States, located in the southern region of the country. It shares borders with Arkansas to the northeast, Louisiana…

Northwest Territories

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Northwest Territories, territory (2001 pop. 37,360), 532,643 sq mi (1,379,028 sq km), NW Canada. The Northwest Territories lie W of Nunavut, N of lat. 60°N, and E of Yukon.…

Xinjiang

(Encyclopedia) XinjiangXinjiangshĭnˈjyängˈ [key] or SinkiangXinjiangshĭnˈjyängˈ, sĭnˈkyăng [key] [Chinese,=new frontier], officially Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Mandarin Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu…

2014 Science News: Cold Weather

Cold Snap, polar vortex, and snow, oh my! Polar Vortex, NASA/JPL Related Links 2014 Year in Review Record Lowest Temperatures by State…