Rienzi Melville Johnstonpapers 1899-1926

Johnston, Rienzi Melville, 1849-1926

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Rienzi Melville Johnston was born in Georgia in 1849. He served as a drummer in the Confederate Army when he was twelve then reenlisted as a soldier when he came of age. Johnston moved to Texas in 1878 in order to edit the Crockett Patron newspaper, but after a year began to edit the Coriscana Observer . In Corsicana, Johnston founded the Independent newspaper. In 1880 he moved to Austin and quickly became a correspondent for the Austin Statesman, later to be renamed the Austin-American Statesma...

House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938

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Edward Mandell House was born July 26, 1858, in Houston, Texas. He became active in Texas politics and served as an advisor to President Woodrow Wilson, particularly in the area of foreign affairs. House functioned as Wilson's chief negotiator in Europe during the negotiations for peace (1917-1919), and as chief deputy for Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference. He died on March 28, 1938, in New York City. From the description of Edward Mandell House papers, 1885-2007 (inclusive), 1885...

Colquitt, Oscar Branch, 1861-1940

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Texas state senator (1895-1899); Texas railroad commissioner (1903-1911); governor of Texas (1910-1915); U.S. Senate candidate (1916); member of the United States Board of Mediation (1929-1933); representative of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1935-1940). Newspaperman and lawyer. From the guide to the Oscar Branch Colquitt Papers, 1873-1941., (Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) Texas state senator (1895-1899); Texas railroad...

MacGregor, H. F., 1855-1923

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Phillips, Nelson, 1873-1939

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Wortham, John, 1862-1924

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Lovett, Edgar Odell, 1871-1957

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Edgar Odell Lovett, mathematics professor and president of Rice Institute (now Rice University), was born in Shreve, Ohio, on April 14, 1871, the son of Zephania and Maria Elizabeth (Spreng) Lovett. After graduating from Shreve High School he entered Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia, where he graduated in 1890 at the age of nineteen. From 1890 until 1892 he was professor of mathematics at West Kentucky College; in 1892 he became an instructor at the University of Virginia, wh...