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Harold Hitz BURTON, Congress, OH (1888-1964)

Senate Years of Service: 1941-1945 Party: Republican BURTON Harold Hitz , a Senator from Ohio; born in Jamaica Plain, Mass., June 22, 1888; attended the public schools; graduated from Bowdoin…

Sherman Parkinson LLOYD, Congress, UT (1914-1979)

LLOYD Sherman Parkinson , a Representative from Utah; born in St. Anthony, Fremont County, Idaho, January 11, 1914; attended St. Anthony and Rexburg public schools; Utah State University at Logan…

Male States

The United States is 50.8% female. There are only ten states in which men outnumber women. Find the rankings below for 2014, the last year for which we have comprehensive statistics. 2014 rank…

State and Territory Tourism Offices

The following is a selected list of state tourism office Web addresses and phone numbers. Where a toll-free number is available, it is given. However, the numbers are subject to change.Alabama800-…

Lightning Dangers

The National Weather Service publication Storm Data recorded a total of 4,049 deaths from lightning strikes from the year 1959 through 2014. According to the…

Towns with Women's Names

Girls Across America by Holly Hartman From Tracy, California, to Chelsea, Vermont, the map of the United States is dotted with girls' names. Here are a few. Allison, Iowa Amy,…

America's Ten Most Endangered Rivers, 2006

Each year the organization American Rivers analyzes the condition of the nation's rivers to determine which are the most “endangered.“ Threats to these rivers include dams and channelizations…