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4 unusual facts about Robert B. Elliott


Robert B. Elliott

Elliott was elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third United States Congress.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1870

Robert B. Elliott was nominated by the Republicans and defeated Union Reform challenger John E. Bacon in the general election.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1872

Incumbent Republican Congressman Robert B. Elliott of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1871, defeated two Democratic candidates in the general election.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1874

Incumbent Republican Congressman Robert B. Elliott of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1871, resigned in 1874 so that he could return to South Carolina and stem the massive corruption on the part of the state Republican Party.


43rd Sustainment Brigade

Operation Restore Hope was declared a success in May 1993 and President Clinton celebrated on the White House lawn with Marine Corps Lieutenant General Robert B. Johnston and other Somalia veterans.

Bayless W. Hanna

He lost to fellow Wabash alum and Crawfordsville lawyer Robert B. F. Peirce having only earned 43% of the vote to Peirce's 49%.

Briggs v. Elliott

Reverend Joseph A. DeLaine, Harry and Eliza Briggs, and Levi Pearson were awarded Congressional Gold Medals posthumously in 2003.

Caroline Miskel-Hoyt

She later portrayed Marguerite in Charles Osborne’s The Face in the Moonlight opposite Robert B. Mantell and the following season as Ruth Hardman, in Charles H. Hoyt's satiric comedy A Temperance Town, that opened on the 17th of September, 1893 at Hoyt’s Madison Square Theatre and ran for 125 performances.

Cold Rock a Party

The original version of the song that appeared on the album was produced by Jermaine Dupri and sampled Audio Two's "Top Billin", the single version featured Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, was produced by Sean Combs and Rashad Smith and sampled Diana Ross' 1980 hit "Upside Down".

Darfur Peace Agreement

The accord was orchestrated by the chief negotiator Salim Ahmed Salim (working on behalf of the African Union), U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick, AU representatives, and other foreign officials operating in Abuja, Nigeria.

David J. Elliott

He was subsequently appointed assistant, associate, and full professor of music education at U of T. At several points during his career at Toronto he also served as a Visiting Professor at other university music schools, including the University of North Texas, Indiana University, the University of Limerick, Northwestern University, and Rutgers.

Elliott Nunatak

The name, for Raymond L. Elliott, a geologist with the United States Geological Survey Thiel Mountains party that surveyed these mountains in 1960–61, was proposed by Peter Bermel and Arthur Ford, co-leaders of the party.

G. H. Elliott

G. H. Elliott retired to Rottingdean, Brighton where he lived in a cottage he named "Silvery Moon" after his song "I Used to Sigh for the Silvery Moon".

He made several appearances in television variety shows and was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1957 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith, London.

George F. Kugler, Jr.

He was survived by his wife, the former Gloria Hicks, and their four sons: George F. Kugler III; Robert B. Kugler, judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey; Jeffrey R. Kugler; and Pete Kugler.

Jacob Beser

There he met or worked with various illuminaries in the Manhattan Project, such as Robert B. Brode, Norman Ramsey, Niels Bohr, Enrico Fermi, Edward Doll, and General Leslie Groves.

James T. Elliott

He was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Hinds, and served from January 13, 1869, to March 3, 1869.

L. M. Elliott

The author is currently featured in a series of video segments designed for educators which was produced by Washington, D.C. Public Television WETA-TV for their "Readingrockets" program, an on-line resource for educators involved in youth literacy.

Outward Bound

Some of the more notable Outward Bound teachers include James Kielsmeier, Stan Hugill, Tom Kennerley, Paul Petzoldt, Robert B. Rheault, Karl Rohnke, and Willi Unsoeld.

Pete Kugler

His brother Robert B. Kugler is a judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Portland Art Museum

The museum is currently under the leadership of Brian Ferriso, The Marilyn H. and Dr. Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. Director since 2006.

Ralph Leighton

He is the son of the late Caltech physicist Robert B. Leighton, who was also a close personal friend of Feynman.

Rika Elliott

Together with her husband, Robin J. Elliott, Rika co-directed at the Institute for Dynamic Development while simultaneously running her own company, Success Consultants.

Robert B. Ammons

Ammons was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of several divisions of the American Psychological Association.

Robert B. Chiperfield

Chiperfield was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1963).

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress.

Robert B. Crosby

Governor Crosby, who was known as "The Boy Governor from North Platte," was particularly proud that he was a great-grandson of John Holbrook Powers.

Robert B. Downs

While Downs looked to heroes Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson for guidance when challenges were encumbered, it was the influences of this his distant cousin, Mr. Louis Round Wilson, that formed Downs’ librarian leadership foundation.

Robert B. Duncan

In the 1966 U.S. Senate election, Duncan was the Democratic candidate for the Senate seat vacated by retiring Senator Maurine B. Neuberger.

Robert B. F. Peirce

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.

Robert B. Glenn High School

Robert B. Glenn High School is located in the town of Kernersville in Forsyth County, North Carolina.

Robert B. Hawkins, Jr.

Hawkins was chairman of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations from 1982-1993.

Robert B. Ingebretsen

Ingebretsen worked with Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull in 1972 to produce one of the first digital films, a 20-second portrait of a human hand.

Robert B. Laughlin

Between 2004 and 2006 he served as the president of KAIST in Daejeon, South Korea.

Robert B. McNeill

In 1954, the southern branch of the Presbyterian Church, was considering rejoining the northern, and ending the split existing since the Civil War.

Robert B. Meyner

At the 1960 Democratic National Convention Meyner received 43 votes for president, finishing fifth behind John F. Kennedy (806 votes), Lyndon Johnson (409 votes), Stuart Symington (86 votes) and Adlai Stevenson (79.5 votes) and just ahead of Hubert Humphrey who received 41 votes.

Robert B. Pinter

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and visiting fellow of the center for visual sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Robert B. Pirie, Jr.

After leaving government service, Pirie held a variety of positions in the private sector, including that of president of Essex Corporation and vice president of the Center for Naval Analyses and vice president of the Institute for Defense Analyses.

Robert B. Sanderson

He was born in Slaidburn, West Riding of Yorkshire, England in 1825, and moved to the United States at the age of 23, arriving in New York City but moving on to Buffalo, New York, where he went into the slaughtering business for a couple of years.

Robert B. Stepto

Robert B. Stepto is a literary theorist and professor of African American studies, English and American Studies at Yale University.

Robert B. Weide

In 1978, while taking film production courses at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California, he announced his intention to produce a documentary film on the Marx Brothers.

Robert Bates

Robert B. Bates (1789–1841), attorney and politician who served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives

Robert Pamplin

Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. (born 1941), American businessman and philanthropist, current CEO of R.B. Pamplin Corporation

Robert B. Pamplin (1911–2009), American businessman and philanthropist, founder of R.B. Pamplin Corporation

Robert Pirie

Robert B. Pirie (1905–1990), Vice Admiral in the United States Navy

Robert Semple

Robert B. Semple (1806–1854), California newspaperman & politician, who helped found Benicia, California

Sadr City

Task Force Lancer consisted primarily of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment from the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division under the command of Colonel Robert B. Abrams.

Springvale, Columbia County, Wisconsin

Robert B. Sanderson, state assemblyman and senator; former chair of Springvale town board

State v. Elliott

On October 18, 1987, St. Francis organized a "fish-in" with 35 other tribal members on the Missisquoi River, conducted without licenses from the state.

Stuart Schreiber

He joined the research group of Robert B. Woodward and after Woodward's death continued his studies under the supervision of Yoshito Kishi.

Tony Elliott

Tony L. Elliott (born 1979), American college football assistant coach

World Development Report

“A dynamic ‘agriculture for development’ agenda can benefit the estimated 900 million rural people in the Developing world who live on less than $1 a day, most of whom are engaged in agriculture,” said Robert B. Zoellick, World Bank Group President.


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