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1998 National Book Critics Circle Awards

Fiction: The Love of a Good Woman, Alice Munro (Knopf)General Nonfiction: We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda, Philip Gourevitch (…

Samuel ADAMS, Congress, MA (1722-1803)

ADAMS, Samuel, (uncle of Joseph Allen; granduncle of Charles Allen; cousin of John Adams), a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., September 27, 1722; graduated from Harvard…

Thomas WILLING, Congress, PA (1731-1821)

WILLING, Thomas, a Delegate from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 19, 1731; completed preparatory studies in Bath, England; studied law in London at the Inner Temple; returned…

Fred Roy HARRIS, Congress, OK (1930)

Senate Years of Service: 1964-1973 Party: Democrat HARRIS Fred Roy , a Senator from Oklahoma; born in Walters, Cotton County, Okla., November 13, 1930; attended the public schools; graduated from…

Gary Warren HART, Congress, CO (1936)

Senate Years of Service: 1975-1987 Party: Democrat HART Gary Warren , a Senator from Colorado; born in Ottawa, Franklin County, Kans., November 28, 1936; attended the public schools of Ottawa,…

John William DAVIS, Congress, WV (1873-1955)

DAVIS John William , a Representative from West Virginia; born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., April 13, 1873; attended various private schools; was graduated from the literary department…

Salmon Portland CHASE, Congress, OH (1808-1873)

Senate Years of Service: 1849-1855; 1861-1861 Party: Free Soil; Republican CHASE Salmon Portland , a Senator from Ohio; born in Cornish, N.H., January 13, 1808; attended schools at Windsor, Vermont…

De Witt CLINTON, Congress, NY (1769-1828)

Senate Years of Service: 1802-1803 Party: Democratic Republican CLINTON De Witt , a Senator from New York; born in Napanock, Ulster County, N.Y., March 2, 1769; graduated from Columbia College in…

Hugo Lafayette BLACK, Congress, AL (1886-1971)

Senate Years of Service: 1927-1937 Party: Democrat BLACK Hugo Lafayette , a Senator from Alabama; born near Ashland, Clay County, Ala., February 27, 1886; attended the public schools and Ashland…

George Lloyd MURPHY, Congress, CA (1902-1992)

Senate Years of Service: 1965-1971 Party: Republican MURPHY George Lloyd , a Senator from California; born in New Haven, Conn., July 4, 1902; educated at Peddie Institute in Hightstown, N.J., and…