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2 unusual facts about William B. Francis


William B. Francis

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

Francis was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1915).


Amalgamated Sugar Company

Directors included Charles Nibley, William Lewis, Abraham O. Woodruff, Rudger Clawson, William B. Preston, and Joseph Howell, with Charles Nibley as president, Lewis as vice president, and Charles W. Nibley Jr. as secretary.

Battle of Wilmington

Under the direction of Lt. Commander William B. Cushing the Federal Navy constructed a Quaker (or fake) monitor to trick the Rebels into detonating their water mines to make way for Porter's gunboats.

Cape Mayo

It was discovered by Sir Hubert Wilkins on a flight of December 20, 1928, and named by him for William B. Mayo of the Ford Motor Company.

Church and Convent of St. Francis

San Francisco houses over 3,500 works of colonial art, of varied artistic styles and techniques, most notably those of the famous Quito School of art, which had it genesis precisely here.

Colonial American military history

As a result of the war, Maine fell to the New Englanders with the defeat of Father Sébastien Rale at Norridgewock and the subsequent retreat of the native population from the Kennebec and Penobscot rivers to St. Francis and Becancour, Quebec.

Crédit Mobilier of America scandal

In 1872, the House of Representatives submitted the names of nine politicians to the Senate for investigation: Senators William B. Allison (R-IA), James A. Bayard, Jr. (D-DE), George S. Boutwell (R-MA), Roscoe Conkling (R-NY), James Harlan (R-IA), John Logan (R-IL), James W. Patterson (R-NH), and Henry Wilson (R-MA); and Vice President Schuyler Colfax (R-IN).

Cronyn

William B. Cronyn House, also known as the House at 271 Ninth Street, is a historic home located in Brooklyn, New York, New York

Edmund W. Wells

He was appointed to the newly created 4th district by President Benjamin Harrison and his nomination was supported by U.S. Senator William B. Allison of Iowa, Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen J. Field, Arizona Territorial Governors Richard C. McCormick, Anson P. K. Safford, and Lewis Wolfley, Arizona Territorial Justices Charles G. W. French and William W. Porter, Arizona Territorial Secretary John J. Gosper, and Oakes Murphy.

Elzéar of Sabran

Saint Elzéar of Sabran, T.O.S.F., Baron of Ansouis, Count of Ariano, was born in the castle of Saint-Jean-de-Robians, near Cabrières-d'Aigues in Provence, southern France, in 1285.

Engineers Club of Dayton

Among the distinguished guests present at the event were Governor James M. Cox, Major J.G. Vincent and William B. Mayo.

Fort Wayne Freedom

He had worked previously as an assistant coach at the University of St. Francis, an NAIA institution, and NCAA Division II Hillsdale College in Michigan.

Frank Morey

His election in 1876 was contested and he lost his seat in June of that year to Democrat William B. Spencer.

George A. Gillett

George Gillett and Arthur 'Bolla' Francis rescued Anglo-Welsh (British Lions) player Percy Down who had fallen into the sea, keeping him afloat until a rope was lowered from the ship upon which Down was about to return to Great Britain.

George B. Lyle

Roy LeCraw had fought a tough campaign against incumbent William Hartsfield and won on a slim margin but just a few months after taking office, he joined the army leaving mayor pro-tem Lyle until new elections could be held.

George B. Throop

After their father's death, their mother married George W. Hatch, and among their children were Congressman Israel T. Hatch (1808–1875) and Eliza Hatch (1800–1885) who married first Congressman Gershom Powers (1789–1831) and then Judge William B. Rochester (1789–1838).

Gerardus Odonis

After he had entered the Order of St. Francis, most probably at Châteauroux, and consequently had belonged to the Touraine province of the order, he became a member of the Aquitanian province and still belonged to this latter (without, however, being provincial minister) when he was elected minister general of the order, 10 June 1329, at the general chapter.

Henry B. Clarke House

Clarke House may have been modeled on the home of William B. Ogden.

I due Foscari

Toye, Francis (1931), Giuseppe Verdi: His Life and Works, New York: Knopf

I vespri siciliani

Toye, Francis (1962), Giuseppe Verdi: His Life and Works, New York: Knopf, 1931

Ida B. Robinson

African-American Holiness Pentecostal Movement: An Annotated Bibliography By Sherry Sherrod DuPree Published by Taylor & Francis, 1996 ISBN 0-8240-1449-9, ISBN 978-0-8240-1449-0, 650 pages

International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research

IAHR publishes the International Journal of River Basin Management together with the International Association of Hydrological Sciences and INBO and in partnership with Taylor & Francis.

Joan Mahoney

Born in New York City, Joan Mahoney is the daughter of writer William B. Mahoney.

LaFayette L. Patterson

Patterson was elected as a Democrat to the 70th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William B. Bowling.

Little Devil

the personnel on the song included Al Caiola, Bucky Pizzarelli and Charles Macy on guitar, George Duvivier on bass, Phil Kraus on percussion, David "Panama" Francis on drums, Romeo Penque, Sol Schillinger and Herman Yorks on sax.

Order of the Ladies of the Cord

This rope with knots had been added by her step-grandfather Francis I, Duke of Brittany to his arms in honor of St. Francis its patron saint and her father Francis II, Duke of Brittany had continued the emblem.

Peter Mayo

He sits on the Editorial Advisory Boards of several international journals including International Journal of Lifelong Education (Taylor & Francis), Journal of Transformative Education (Sage), Policy Futures in Education (Symposium), Encylopaideia (ClueB, Bologna) and Educational Philosophy and Theory (Wiley-Blackwell).

Ponce High School

In that sense, these are the most representative examples of school building ideas being developed at the time in the United States by architects of renown, such as Haussander and Perkins of Chicago, Snyder of New York, Cooper of Boston and, especially, William B. Ittner of St. Louis.

Postage stamps and postal history of Oltre Giuba

The same process was followed for the Italian commemorative issues of the time - the "Victor Emmanuel" issue, the "St. Francis" issue.

QR algorithm

The QR transformation was developed in the late 1950s by John G.F. Francis (England) and by Vera N. Kublanovskaya (USSR), working independently.

The Flowers of St. Francis

8 - How Brother Francis and Brother Leon experienced those things that are perfect happiness.

Travis Jackson

He was the only child of William Jackson, a wholesale grocer, and his wife, Etta, who named their son after William B. Travis, a Lieutenant Colonel who died at the Battle of the Alamo.

Widnall

William B. Widnall (1906–1983), member of the United States House of Representatives for 24 years representing the 7th district of New Jersey

William B. Ault

On 5 August 1939, less than a month before the start of World War II in Poland, Ault assumed command of the Naval Reserve Aviation Base, Kansas City, Kansas, a billet in which he served into 1941.

William B. Baugh

Born July 7, 1930, in McKinney, Kentucky, William Bernard Baugh was employed by Harrison Shoe Corporation before his enlistment in the Marine Corps on January 23, 1948, at the age of 17.

William B. Bryant

In May 1972, he threw out the results of the 1969 United Mine Workers of America union elections, after allegations of fraud and the murder of losing candidate Joseph Yablonski.

William B. Cassel

Cassel was appointed to the court on April 26, 2012 by Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman, filling a position made vacant by the appointment of John M. Gerrard to the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.

William B. Cassel is a judge of the Nebraska Supreme Court, representing Nebraska's Third Judicial District.

William B. Hanna

At the age of four, he relocated with his family to Kansas City, Missouri.

William B. Meeks, Jr

In 1990, following court hearings, the original PAMS corporation, including all its copyrights, was purchased by JAM Creative Productions in Dallas.

William B. Murphy

Born in Mexia, a small city in Central Texas' Limestone County, William B. Murphy was 41 when his name first appeared in film credits as co-editor (with Richard Cahoon) of the independently-produced 1949 B-western, Massacre River, released by United Artists.

William B. Quandt

He is married to the writer Helena Cobban, has one daughter and two stepchildren, and lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

William B. Van Ingen

They are mounted in the Panama Canal Administration Building in Balboa, Panama.

William Lawlor

William B. Lawlor, educator and member of the Los Angeles, California, Common Council

William Washburn

William B. Washburn (1820–1887), American politician representing Massachusetts

Wolf of Gubbio

The wolf of Gubbio was a wolf that, according to the Fioretti di San Francesco, terrorized the city of Gubbio until it was tamed by St. Francis of Assisi acting on behalf of God.


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