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Joshua Bryan LEE, Congress, OK (1892-1967)

Senate Years of Service: 1937-1943 Party: Democrat LEE Joshua Bryan , a Representative and a Senator from Oklahoma; born in Childersburg, Talladega County, Ala., January 23, 1892; moved with…

Robert Latham OWEN, Congress, OK (1856-1947)

Senate Years of Service: 1907-1925 Party: Democrat OWEN Robert Latham , a Senator from Oklahoma; born in Lynchburg, Campbell County, Va., February 2, 1856; attended private schools in Lynchburg…

Cherokee, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) CherokeeCherokeechĕrˈəkē [key], largest Native American group in the United States. Formerly the largest and most important tribe in the Southeast, they occupied mountain areas of…

Oklahoma

  Oklahoma State Information  Capital: Oklahoma City (Oklahoma City, ok 73105) Official Name: Oklahoma Organized as a territory: May 2nd, 1890 Entered Union (rank): November 16, 1907 (46th state…

Tulsa, Okla.

Mayor: Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr. (to Dec. 2017)2010 census population (rank): 391,906 (46); Male: 190,944 (48.7%); Female: 200,962 (51.3%); White: 245,309 (62.6%); Black: 62,164 (15.9%);…

Scott, Winfield

(Encyclopedia) Scott, Winfield, 1786–1866, American general, b. near Petersburg, Va. Although vain and pompous (he was called “Old Fuss and Feathers”), Scott was also generous, fair-minded,…

U.S. Census Timeline

Here is a look at how the U.S. Census was established, how it has changed, and its notable events since it was included in Article 1 of the Constitution in 1787. The…