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Newell Adolphus GEORGE, Congress, KS (1904-1992)

GEORGE Newell Adolphus , a Representative from Kansas; born in Kansas City, Mo., September 24, 1904; attended public schools, Kansas City, Kans., Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Mo., Park…

John James INGALLS, Congress, KS (1833-1900)

Senate Years of Service: 1873-1891 Party: Republican INGALLS John James , a Senator from Kansas; born in Middleton, Essex County, Mass., December 29, 1833; attended the public schools in…

Sheila FRAHM, Congress, KS (1945)

Senate Years of Service: 1996-1996 Party: Republican FRAHM Sheila , a Senator from Kansas; born Sheila Sloan, March 22, 1945, in Colby, Thomas County, Kans.; graduated from Colby High School 1963…

Jerry MORAN, Congress, KS (1954)

Senate Years of Service: 2011- Party: Republican MORAN Jerry , A Senator and a Representative from Kansas; born in Great Bend, Barton County, Kans., May 29, 1954; attended Plainville High School,…

iris, in botany

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Red iris, Iris fulva iris, common name for members of the genus Iris of the Iridaceae, a family of perennial herbs that includes the crocuses, freesias, and gladioli. The…

Delaware, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) DelawareDelawaredĕlˈəwâr, –wər [key], English name given several closely related Native American groups of the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native…

Dred Scott Case

(Encyclopedia) Dred Scott Case, argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1856–57. It involved the then bitterly contested issue of the status of slavery in the federal territories. In 1834, Dred Scott…

transcontinental railroad

(Encyclopedia) transcontinental railroad, in U.S. history, rail connection with the Pacific coast. In 1845, Asa Whitney presented to Congress a plan for the federal government to subsidize the…

Nancy Landon Kassebaum Biography

Nancy Landon Kassebaumformer U.S. senator from KansasBorn: 7/29/1932Birthplace: Topeka, Kansas Kassebaum has politics in her blood. Her father, Alfred M. Landon, served as governor of Kansas…

Ulysses Samuel GUYER, Congress, KS (1868-1943)

GUYER Ulysses Samuel , a Representative from Kansas; born near Pawpaw, Lee County, Ill., December 13, 1868; attended the public schools, Lane University at Lecompton, Kans., and the University of…