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Edmund Needham MORRILL, Congress, KS (1834-1909)

MORRILL Edmund Needham , a Representative from Kansas; born in Westbrook, Cumberland County, Maine, February 12, 1834; attended school in his native town and was graduated from Westbrook Seminary…

Lot Myrick MORRILL, Congress, ME (1813-1883)

Senate Years of Service: 1861-1869; 1869-1876 Party: Republican; Republican MORRILL Lot Myrick , a Senator from Maine; born in Belgrade, Maine, May 3, 1813; attended the district schools and…

Samuel Plummer MORRILL, Congress, ME (1816-1892)

MORRILL Samuel Plummer , a Representative from Maine; born in Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine, February 11, 1816; attended the common schools and Farmington Academy, Farmington, Maine;…

Joseph Morrill HARPER, Congress, NH (1787-1865)

HARPER Joseph Morrill , a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Limerick, York County, Maine, June 21, 1787; attended the district school and the Fryeburg Academy; studied medicine; commenced…

Mann Act

(Encyclopedia) Mann Act: see Mann, James Robert.

Neutrality Act

(Encyclopedia) Neutrality Act, law passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Aug., 1935. It was designed to keep the United States out of a possible European…

Dawes Act

(Encyclopedia) Dawes Act or General Allotment Act, 1887, passed by the U.S. Congress to provide for the granting of landholdings (allotments, usually 160 acres/65 hectares) to individual Native…