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John Mills HOUSTON, Congress, KS (1890-1975)

HOUSTON John Mills , a Representative from Kansas; born on a farm near Formosa, Jewell County, Kans., September 15, 1890; attended the public schools of Wichita, Kans., St. John's Military School…

John Wallace HOUSTON, Congress, DE (1814-1896)

HOUSTON John Wallace , a Representative from Delaware; born in Concord, Sussex County, Del., May 4, 1814; attended the country schools and Newark Academy, and was graduated from Yale College in…

William Cannon HOUSTON, Congress, TN (1852-1931)

HOUSTON William Cannon , a Representative from Tennessee; born near Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., March 17, 1852; moved with his mother to Woodbury, Cannon County, Tenn., in 1858; attended…

John Houston SAVAGE, Congress, TN (1815-1904)

SAVAGE John Houston , a Representative from Tennessee; born in McMinnville, Tenn., on October 9, 1815; attended the common schools; served as a private in the Seminole War; studied law; was…

George Houston BROWN, Congress, NJ (1810-1865)

BROWN George Houston , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Lawrenceville, N.J., February 12, 1810; attended the common schools and Lawrenceville Academy and was graduated from Princeton…

Eschenbach, Christoph

(Encyclopedia) Eschenbach, Christoph, 1940–, German conductor and pianist, b. Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland), as Christoph Ringmann. Orphaned during World War II, he was adopted by Wallydore…

Hughes, Howard Robard

(Encyclopedia) Hughes, Howard Robard, 1905–76, U.S. business executive, b. Houston. As a young man he inherited (1925) the patent rights to an oil tool drill, which, manufactured by the Hughes Tool…