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Stephen Mallory WHITE, Congress, CA (1853-1901)

Senate Years of Service: 1893-1899 Party: Democrat WHITE Stephen Mallory , a Senator from California; born in San Francisco, Calif., January 19, 1853; moved with his parents to Santa Cruz County,…

Wilbur McKee WHITE, Congress, OH (1890-1973)

WHITE Wilbur McKee , a Representative from Ohio; born near Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, February 22, 1890; educated in the rural schools and the Hillsboro High School; Marietta (Ohio)…

William John WHITE, Congress, OH (1850-1923)

WHITE William John , a Representative from Ohio; born at Rice Lake, Ontario, Canada, October 7, 1850; moved to the United States in 1857 with his parents, who settled in Cleveland, Ohio; attended…

Justin Rice WHITING, Congress, MI (1847-1903)

WHITING Justin Rice , a Representative from Michigan; born in Bath, Steuben County, N.Y., February 18, 1847; moved to Michigan in 1849 with his parents, who settled in St. Clair; attended the…

Richard Henry WHITING, Congress, IL (1826-1888)

WHITING Richard Henry , a Representative from Illinois; born in West Hartford, Conn., January 17, 1826; attended the common schools; moved to Altona, Ill., in 1850, thence to Galesburg, Ill., in…

Thomas White FERRY, Congress, MI (1827-1896)

Senate Years of Service: 1871-1883 Party: Republican FERRY Thomas White , a Representative and a Senator from Michigan; born in the old mission house of the Astor Fur Co. on Mackinac Island,…

Berlin, city, United States

(Encyclopedia) Berlin Berlin bûrˈlən, bərlĭnˈ [key], city (2020 pop. 10,118), Coos co., NE N.H., in the White Mts. at…

color

(Encyclopedia) color, effect produced on the eye and its associated nerves by light waves of different wavelength or frequency. Light transmitted from an object to the eye stimulates the different…

barite

(Encyclopedia) baritebaritebârˈīt [key], barytesbarytesbərīˈtēz [key] [New Lat., from barium], or heavy spar, a white, yellow, blue, red, or colorless mineral. It is a sulfate of barium, BaSO4, found…