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Robert WRIGHT, Congress, MD (1752-1826)

Senate Years of Service: 1801-1806 Party: Democratic Republican WRIGHT Robert , a Senator and a Representative from Maryland; born at "Narborough," near Chestertown, Queen Annes County, Md.,…

Robert MORRIS, Congress, PA (1734-1806)

Senate Years of Service: 1789-1795 Party: Pro-Administration MORRIS Robert , a Delegate and a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Liverpool, England, January 20, 1734; immigrated to the United…

TAYLOR, John, Congress, VA (1753-1824)

Senate Years of Service: 1792-1794; 1803-1803; 1822-1823; 1823-1824 Party: Anti-Administration; Democratic Republican; Democratic Republican; Crawford Republican TAYLOR, John, a Senator from…

WILLIAMS, John, Congress, TN (1778-1837)

Senate Years of Service: 1815-1823 Party: Democratic Republican WILLIAMS, John, (brother of Lewis Williams and Robert Williams, father of Joseph Lanier Williams, and cousin of Marmaduke…

John RANDOLPH, Congress, VA (1773-1833)

Senate Years of Service: 1825-1827 Party: Jacksonian RANDOLPH John , a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born in Cawsons, Prince George County, Va., June 2, 1773; known as John Randolph…

Alexius I

(Encyclopedia) Alexius I (Alexius Comnenus)Alexius Iəlĕkˈsēəs, kəmnēˈnəs [key], 1048–1118, Byzantine emperor (1081–1118). Under the successors of his uncle, Isaac I, the empire had fallen prey to…

Smithson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Smithson, Robert, 1938–73, American sculptor, b. Passaic, N.J. After first making modular, serial sculpture, Smithson began to design large-scale earthworks (see land art) in the 1960s…

Bannockburn

(Encyclopedia) BannockburnBannockburnbănˈəkbûrnˌ, bănˌəkbûrnˈ [key], moor and parish, Stirling, central Scotland, on the Bannock River. Textiles are manufactured in the parish. In 1314 on the moor, a…

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

(Encyclopedia) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, charitable organization devoted exclusively to health care issues. It was established in 1936 by Robert Wood Johnson (1893–1968), board chairman of the…

Nelson, Robert

(Encyclopedia) Nelson, Robert, 1794–1873, Canadian rebel, b. Montreal; brother of Wolfred Nelson. Like his brother, he was a surgeon in the War of 1812, and with him he entered the Legislative…