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William Wallace IRWIN, Congress, PA (1803-1856)

IRWIN William Wallace , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1803; attended a private school in Pittsburgh and Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.; studied law; was…

William Wallace PHELPS, Congress, MN (1826-1873)

PHELPS William Wallace , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Oakland County, Mich., June 1, 1826; attended the country schools; was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in…

William Wallace GROUT, Congress, VT (1836-1902)

GROUT William Wallace , a Representative from Vermont; born in Compton, Province of Quebec, May 24, 1836; pursued an academic course and graduated from the Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Law School in 1857…

Lincoln, Mary Todd

(Encyclopedia) Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818–82, wife of Abraham Lincoln, b. Lexington, Ky. Of a good Kentucky family, she was living with her sister, daughter-in-law of Gov. Ninian Edwards of Illinois,…

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Jacobus Van CortlandtStephen Van CortlandtCornelius VanderbiltWilliam Henry VanderbiltSir William Cornelius Van HorneKiliaen Van RensselaerMartha Van RensselaerMatthew VassarThorstein…

Mel Gibson

A movie star and a controversial filmmaker, Mel Gibson got his start as an action hero in George Miller's Mad Max (1979), a low-budget thriller which cast him as a grim, leather-clad ex-cop in a…