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unusual facts about Joseph B. Lancaster


George W. MacRae

In 1847, the Whigs gained sufficient control of the legislature to replace the non partisan MacRae with Joseph B. Lancaster.


Edward Graham Paley

He took over from Sharpe as Bridgemaster of the South Lonsdale Hundred in 1860, and in 1868 he was appointed as inspector of Lancaster Gaol and the Judge's Lodgings.

Emory Kristof

Kristof has participated in multiple undersea expeditions with Canadian explorers Joseph MacInnis and Phil Nuytten, including the exploration of the Breadalbane, the world's northernmost known shipwreck, and the 1995 expedition to recover the bell from the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

Ephraim Buchwald

Ordained at Yeshiva University, where he was a student of Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik, he served from 1973 for 15 years as the Director of Education at Lincoln Square Synagogue in New York, which became one of the largest and most successful centers for adult Jewish education programs in America.

First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Since McLaws had not yet arrived, the brigades were led by Brig. Gen. Joseph Kershaw.

Frank S. Tavenner, Jr.

Following World War II he was assigned by the Department of the Army to be Counsel under Joseph B. Keenan and later Acting Chief of Counsel of the International Prosecution Section for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East from late 1945 to the end of the trial in 1948.

Fylde College, Lancaster

The college emblem is a windmill and is represented in the JCR logo as a sketch of the Marsh Mill at Thornton.

Galloway's Society for the Blind

The Charity has developed an extensive programme of Adult Education and works in partnership with Lancashire College, The Adult College, Lancaster, and Lancashire County Council.

Grand Theatre, Lancaster

In that first summer, the plays Hamlet and The Belle's Stratagem were performed at the theatre, and received good reviews.

Historic Columbia River Highway

The original highway was promoted by lawyer and entrepreneur Sam Hill and engineer Samuel C. Lancaster, to be modeled after the great scenic roads of Europe.

--photo of the Maryhill Loops here?-->The eventual highway was primarily designed by engineer and landscape architect Samuel C. Lancaster, a lifelong friend of good roads promoter Samuel Hill.

J. Hayward Haight

He was not a candidate for re-election the following year, and was succeeded by Joseph B. Reynolds, who ran on both the Greenback and Democratic tickets.

John Lancaster

John L. Lancaster, president of the Texas and Pacific Railroad during the first half of the 20th century

Joseph B. Anderson

The footage they recorded became a documentary titled The Anderson Platoon (La Section Anderson), directed by Pierre Schoendoerffer.

Joseph B. Bennett

He continued the practice of his profession until his death in Greenup, Kentucky, November 7, 1923.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress.

Joseph B. Cheadle

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890, and for nomination to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses in 1892 and 1894.

Joseph B. Keeler

Keeler later went to Poughkeepsie, New York where he received a Master of Accounts degree from Eastman Business College.

Joseph B. Martin

During his academic career he has been an editor of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine and has published over 325 articles.

As Dean, he was instrumental in funding and building a major new research building across the street from the quad and Boston Latin School.

Joseph B. Murdock

After an education in public schools in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, he was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, from the 4th Congressional District of Massachusetts on 26 July 1866.

In mid-1911, Rear Admiral Reginald F. Nicholson was chosen to succeed Murdock as commander-in-chief of the fleet as of November 1911, but Murdock had gained distinction in his handling of unrest in China related to the Xinhai Revolution of that year, and United States Secretary of State Philander C. Knox requested that Murdock be kept on as fleet commander-in-chief to allow continuity until the situation in China stabilized.

Joseph B. Reynolds

After the close of the war, he went to Europe for further study, taking a post-graduate course at Heidelberg University.

Reynolds was elected to the Assembly in 1878, receiving 1,740 votes to 810 for Republican J. B. Nugent (the incumbent, Greenbacker J. Hayward Haight, was not running for re-election).

Joseph B. Scarnati

In 1996, Scarnati first ran for Pennsylvania's 25th senate district when incumbent Republican State Senator John E. Peterson decided to retire in order to run for congress.

Scarnati narrowly won the race to replace Jubelirer against veteran lawmakers Stewart Greenleaf and Jeffrey Piccola.

Joseph B. Varnum, Jr.

Varnum was chosen Speaker pro tempore in June 1851, and presided over the Assembly for the duration of the special session.

Joseph Palmer

Joseph B. Palmer (1825–1890), American lawyer, legislator, and Confederate general in the American Civil War

Joseph Wirthlin

Joseph B. Wirthlin (1917–2008), American apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Maryhill Loops Road

The Maryhill Loops Road was an experimental road in south central Washington, United States, built by Good Roads promoter Samuel Hill with the help of engineer and landscape architect Samuel C. Lancaster, climbing the Columbia Hills from the Columbia River and Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway to his planned Quaker utopian community at Maryhill, Washington.

Maximos V Hakim

Joseph Schechtman in his 1949 publication book The Arab Refugee Problem quotes Hakim's comment to Karl Baehr, the then Executive Secretary of the American Christian Palestine Committee.

Michael Everitt

From 1998 to 2002 he was Chaplain at St Martin's College, Lancaster then Rector of Standish until his Archdeacon’s appointment.

Patricia J. Lancaster

After moving to New York City in 1982, Lancaster worked with architects Perkins and Will, and served as Associate Director for Interiors at Michael Lynn.

Robert S. Lancaster

In October 2008, during Lancaster's recovery, the domain registration for StopSylviaBrowne.com lapsed and was purchased by Boris Kreiman, who replaced the site with one advertising psychic services.

Lancaster also created several shareware DOS computer games known collectively as The MicroLink Games.

St Martin's Church, Bowness-on-Windermere

One of the older features of the window, at the top, is the coat of arms of George Washington, whose ancestor, John Wessington, owned land at nearby Warton.

The County College, Lancaster

In October 2006 County South expanded with the opening of three large residence houses built on the site of demolished Cartmel residence blocks.

United States v. Extreme Associates

On January 20, 2005, District Court Judge Gary L. Lancaster dropped the charges, agreeing with the defense that the federal anti-obscenity statutes were unconstitutional, as they violated a person's fundamental right to possess and view whatever they want in the privacy of their own home.

Warton, Lancaster

Warton is the birthplace of the medieval ancestors of George Washington, the first popularly elected President of the United States.

Lawrence Washington, seven generations prior to George Washington and his family, arrived in Warton around 1300, and Robert Washington, Lawrence's great-grandson, is rumoured to have help build the clock tower of St Oswald's Church.

Water Resources Collections and Archives

Some highlights include the papers of engineers and attorneys such as Joseph B. Lippincott, Hans Albert Einstein, Frank Adams, Charles Derleth, John S. Eastwood, John D. Galloway, Sidney T. Harding, Walter L. Huber, Edward Hyatt, Joe W. Johnson, Robert Kelley, Bernard Etcheverry, Harvey Oren Banks, Milton N. Nathanson, Luna Leopold and Murrough P. O'Brien, amongst others.

William H. J. Ely

Ely was the second cousin of Massachusetts Governor Joseph B. Ely, since they shared a greatgrandfather, Rev. Elihu Ely (1777-1839), son of Captain Levi Ely (1732-1780).

William H. Lancaster

Lancaster represented a district that covered eastern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County including the cities of Covina and Upland.

William M. Richardson

He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph B. Varnum; and was reelected to the Thirteenth Congress and served from November 4, 1811, to April 18, 1814, when he resigned.

Windermere House

:For the house with the same name in Lancaster, England, see Windermere House, Lancaster

Windermere House, Lancaster

:For the house with the same name in Windermere, Ontario, Canada, see Windermere House

Wirthlin

Joseph B. Wirthlin (1917–2008), American businessman and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The LDS Church


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