|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
|
James Baird Weaver
James Baird Weaver 1833-1912, American political leader, b. Dayton, Ohio. Reared in frontier areas of Michigan and Iowa, he practiced law in Iowa. He served in the Union army in the Civil War and rose from the rank of private to that of brevet brigadier general. He held several offices in Iowa... Read more |
|
|
Leslie Mortier Shaw
Leslie Mortier Shaw 1848-1932, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1902-7), b. Morristown, Vt. Admitted to the Iowa bar in 1876, he organized (1880) a banking firm that specialized in agricultural credit. His strong defense of the gold standard in the 1896 presidential campaign won for him the... Read more |
|
|
Iowa City
Iowa City city (1990 pop. 59,738), seat of Johnson co., E Iowa, on both sides of the Iowa River; founded 1839 as the capital of Iowa Territory, inc. 1853. Among its manufactures are foam rubber, animal feed, paper, and food products. The city is the seat of the Univ. of Iowa (1855) and is a major... Read more |
|
|
University of Iowa
University of Iowa at Iowa City; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1847, opened 1855. It has a noted program in the creative arts, including the Iowa Writers' Workshop, one of the most prestigious U.S. creative writing programs, attracting teachers and students from all over the world. It... Read more |
|
|
American Protective Association
AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICAN PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION (APA), founded at Clinton, Iowa, in 1887 by attorney Henry F. Bowers, represented anti-Catholic and anticapitalist sentiments during the 1890s. The APA movement grew slowly until the economic unrest of the panic of 1893 fueled its... Read more |
|
|
Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Iowa State University of Science and Technology at Ames, commonly known as Iowa State University; land-grant with state and federal support; coeducational; chartered 1858, opened 1868 as an agricultural college; called Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts from 1896 to 1959. It has... Read more |
|
|
William Edwards Deming
William Edwards Deming , 1900-1993, American statistician and quality-control expert, b. Sioux City, Iowa. Deming used statistics to examine industrial production processes for flaws and believed that improving product quality depended on increased management-labor cooperation as well as improved... Read more |
|
Charles Edward Russell
Charles Edward Russell 1860-1941, American author, b. Davenport, Iowa. He was a prominent newspaper editor (1894-1902) in New York and Chicago. A member of the Socialist party before World War I, he declined the party's presidential nomination in 1916. His many books include The Uprising of the... Read more |
|
|
Mason City
Mason City city (1990 pop. 29,040), seat of Cerro Gordo co., N central Iowa; inc. 1874. It is the rail, trade, and industrial center of a large agricultural area. There is food processing and meatpacking; manufactures include cement, fertilizers, electrical goods, metal and paper products, and... Read more |
|
|
Fort Madison
Fort Madison city (1990 pop. 11,618), seat of Lee co., SE Iowa, on the Mississippi River; inc. 1838. Fort Madison, a U.S. trading post, was established in 1808 as the first fort west of the Mississippi; it was named for James Madison, then President. The city is a river port for barge traffic as... Read more |
|
Analysis: Debating the necessity of the Iowa caucuses in the presidential...
...important. The Iowa Democrats...time the Iowa caucuses...good way to start the nominating process? NPR's...reporting: The Iowa caucuses...Missouri; Presidential Candidate): You...saying that if candidates skip the... |
|
How the candidates who skipped Iowa are faring in New Hampshire; Both Clark...
...frenzied presidential nominating process. While most...Democratic presidential candidates and national...fit with Iowa's more...needed to start much earlier...credible candidate. Yet their...presidential nominating process... |
|
US presidential candidates campaign until final minutes of unpredictable Iowa...
...ahead of the start of the first...midwestern state of Iowa were summoned...begin the process of selecting...national presidential nominating conventions...September. Iowa is the vital...the November presidential election...start, most candidates filled ... |
|
|
US presidential candidates stump until final minutes of unpredictable Iowa race
Presidential hopefuls...ahead of the start of 2008 U...party, the candidates withheld...state of Iowa were summoned...begin the process of selecting...national presidential nominating conventions...September. Iowa is the vital... |
|
Potential GOP presidential candidates visit Iowa
...in the process of exploring" a presidential bid. "We...commitments on candidates so soon...looking for a candidate they think...throughout Iowa and sponsored...Republican presidential candidates to address...potential candidate Donald Trump landed in Iowa for a ... |
|
|
US presidential candidates restrain their expectations as unpredictable Iowa...
...wide-open presidential race. The...begin the process of selecting...national presidential nominating conventions...September. Iowa is the vital...November presidential election...raiser, most candidates filled their...Republican candidate in the strongest...chance to ... |
 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
|
Iowa GOP moves caucus to the head of voting line; The Jan. 3 caucuses will be...
...Moines, Iowa -- Determined...line of the presidential nominating process, Iowa's Republican...earliest formal presidential contest in...rolling and start organizing...presidential candidates deserve a...Republican candidate Mike Huckabee... |
 "Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)")
|
Early contests do their jobs well ; Iowa and New Hampshire are not the...
...point in the presidential election cycle...states look to Iowa and New Hampshire...monopolized presidential candidates' time and...four years, Iowa and New Hampshire...voice in the nominating process. And every...the place to start. There is... |
|
|
Early contests do their jobs well [Corrected 01/08/08] ; Iowa and New...
...point in the presidential election cycle...states look to Iowa and New Hampshire...monopolized presidential candidates' time and...four years, Iowa and New Hampshire...voice in the nominating process. And every...the place to start. There is... |
|
New Hampshire and Iowa have too much power - let's switch to regional primaries
...improve the presidential nominating process. Hearings...Our current nominating system is a mess. The Iowa caucuses...At the start of each presidential season...frontloaded candidate selection...presidential candidates to a very... |
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
