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George Clinton (1686-1761)
George Clinton c.1686-1761, colonial governor of New York (1743-53), b. England; father of Sir Henry Clinton . He entered (1708) the British navy and rose to the rank of admiral in 1747. Through family connections, Clinton was appointed (1741) governor of New York and arrived in the colony in... Read more |
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Carol Browner
Carol Browner (1955 – ) American former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Carol Browner headed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clinton administration. She served from 1993 until 2001, making her the longest-serving director the agency had ever... Read more |
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Democratic party
Democratic party American political party; the oldest continuous political party in the United States. Origins in Jeffersonian Democracy When political alignments first emerged in George Washington's administration, opposing factions were led by Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson . In the... Read more |
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Maggie Williams
Maggie Williams1954— Government official A public relations consultant and Democratic campaign strategist, MaggieWilliams is a powerful and controversial figure in American politics. During the 1990s she served in the White House as chief of staff to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and as an... Read more |
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Albrecht
Albrecht For rulers thus named, use Albert.... Read more |
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William James Perry
William James Perry 1927-, U.S. government official, b. Vandergrift, Pa. A Ph.D. in mathematics, former Stanford engineering professor, and founder of a military electronics firm, he served (1977-81) as defense undersecretary for research and development during the Carter administration. Appointed... Read more |
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James Clinton
James Clinton 1733-1812, American Revolutionary general, b. Orange co., N.Y.; brother of George Clinton and father of De Witt Clinton. He served in the French and Indian Wars and early in the Revolution took part in the disastrous Quebec campaign. His most noted exploit was his heroic but futile... Read more |
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Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright 1937-, American government official, b. Prague, Czechoslovakia, as Maria Jana Körbel. Her family emigrated to the United States in 1948, and she attended Wellesley College (B.A., 1959) and Columbia Univ. (M.A., 1968; Ph.D., 1976). A lifelong Democrat, she was chief... Read more |
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Clinton
Clinton ♂ Mainly North American: transferred use of the English surname, a local name from Glympton in Oxfordshire or Glinton in Northants. It was originally used as a given name in America in honour of the Clinton family, whose members included the statesman George Clinton... Read more |
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