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Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act
GRAMM-RUDMAN-HOLLINGS ACT GRAMM-RUDMAN-HOLLINGS ACT (1985), officially the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, was championed by Republican U.S. Senators Philip Gramm of Texas and Warren Rudman of New Hampshire, and Democratic U.S. Senator Ernest Hollings of South Carolina. Passage... Read more
Thomas Pelham-Holles duke of Newcastle Thomas Pelham-Holles duke of Newcastle
Thomas Pelham-Holles Newcastle, duke of 1693-1768, English politician, brother of Henry Pelham . He inherited (1711) the estates of his uncle, John Holles, duke of Newcastle, adopted his name, and received (1715) his title. In 1724 he became secretary of state under Sir Robert Walpole , and he... Read more
Ernest Joseph King Ernest Joseph King
Ernest Joseph King 1878-1956, American admiral, commander in chief of the U.S. fleet (1941-45), b. Lorain, Ohio. A graduate of Annapolis, he distinguished himself in many branches of naval service, including the submarine and air arms. In World War I he was assistant chief of staff to Admiral Henry... Read more
Robert Heron Bork Robert Heron Bork
Robert Heron Bork 1927-, American jurist, b. Pittsburgh. He received his law degree from the Univ. of Chicago in 1953, and served as professor of law at Yale Univ. (1962-73, 1977-81), U.S. Solicitor General (1973-77; see Watergate affair .), and judge for federal Circuit Court of Appeals for the... Read more
Eugene Joseph McCarthy Eugene Joseph McCarthy
Eugene Joseph McCarthy 1916-2005, U.S. political leader, b. Watkins, Minn. He served (1942-46) as a technical assistant for military intelligence during World War II and then taught (1946-49) at the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. As a liberal Democratic member of the U.S. House of... Read more
Thomas Hart Benton (statesman) Thomas Hart Benton (statesman)
Thomas Hart Benton 1782-1858, U.S. Senator (1821-51), b. Hillsboro, N.C. Benton moved to Tennessee in 1809, was admitted to the bar in 1811, and served (1809-11) in the state senate. In 1815, he went to St. Louis, where he became editor of the Missouri Enquirer, established a thriving law... Read more
William Thomas Sampson William Thomas Sampson
William Thomas Sampson 1840-1902, American naval officer, b. Palmyra, N.Y. After serving with Union naval forces in the Civil War, he saw varied naval service and was (1886-90) superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. As chief of the bureau of ordnance (1893-97), he made important... Read more
Tom Daschle Tom Daschle
Tom Daschle (Thomas Andrew Daschle) , 1947-, U.S. senator from South Dakota (1987-2005), b. Aberdeen, S.Dak. A Democrat, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978, where he served four terms; he was first elected to the Senate in 1986. A low-key centrist with a reputation as a... Read more
Ernest Knaebel Ernest Knaebel
KNAEBEL, ERNEST Ernest Knaebel was an attorney who became an assistant U.S. attorney for Colorado and later a U.S. Supreme Court reporter of decisions. Born June 14, 1872, in Manhasset, New York, and raised in New York, Knaebel received his college and legal education at Yale. He received his... Read more
Ernest Marsden Ernest Marsden
MARSDEN, ERNEST(b. Rishton, near Blackburn, Lancashire, England, 19 February 1889; d. Lowry Bay, New Zealand, 15 December 1970)atomic physics, administration.Ernest was the second of the five children, including four sons, of Phoebe (Holden) and Thomas Marsden, a weaver, later a draper and hardware... Read more

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