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  John Netherland Heiskell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Netherland Heiskell (November 2, 1872 - December 28, 1972) was the second U.S Senator to reach the age of 100.
He was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of then Senator Jefferson Davis (not to be confused with Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America).
Heiskell was a publisher by trade, he owned and edited the Arkansas Gazette, which garnered 2 Pulitzer Prizes (one for Meritorious Public Service in 1958) under his editorship.
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 Goodspeed's History of Shelby County, Tennessee (1887) - Biographical Appendix
Heiskell is a member of the prominent law firm of Heiskell and Heiskell, his father, J. Heiskell, being the senior member of the firm.
Heiskell is a member of the K. of H. His father is a native of Knoxville, Tenn., where he was educated and admitted to the bar in about 1843.
John L. Henderson (deceased) was born in Georgia in 1804 and when young moved with his parents to Lincoln County, afterward to Alabama and finally to Jackson, Tenn., where he married Letitia E. Reynolds, who was born September 3, 1807, and the daughter of William and Mary (Exum) Reynolds.
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 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette History
In 1902, the Gazette Publishing Co. was reorganized and John Netherland Heiskell, a Tennessean by birth, became president and editor-in-chief.
When Davis died suddenly in 1913, Heiskell, in a sweet bit of irony, was appointed by Gov. George Donaghey to fill his old rival's vacant Senate seat.
Heiskell's term lasted only three weeks, so his maiden Senate speech was also his farewell speech.
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 The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
Of the eight founders of the Medical Department of Arkansas Industrial University (now University of Arkansas Medical Center) in 1879, six are buried at Mount Holly, including Augustus L. Breysacher, the attending physician at the birth of General Douglas MacArthur at the officers’ quarters in Little Rock’s City Park (renamed MacArthur Park).
The community mausoleum, designed by Charles L. Thompson, a noted Little Rock architect, is reminiscent of the style of John Russell Pope, architect of the National Archives in Washington, and typical of the period from 1915 to 1925.
Mount Holly was one of the earliest cemeteries to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places (March 5, 1970) and in 1993 its sesquicentennial anniversary was highlighted by the publication of Jubilee, an illustrated cemetery history, and an every-name burial index.
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 U.S. Congressional Delegations from Arkansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Because the districts were redrawn for the 1884 election, this is not accurately reflected in the chart.
John M. Clayton successfully contested the election, but died before the contest was complete, and the seat was declared vacant.
Elected to fill the vacancy caused by the previous representative being elected to the next term, but dying before the term began.
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 John Netherland Heiskell -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
John Netherland Heiskell (November 2, 1872 - December 28, 1972) was the second (Click link for more info and facts about U.S Senator) U.S Senator to reach the age of 100.
He served as Senator from (A state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) Arkansas for a period of just 24 days, from January 6 to January 30, 1913.
Heiskell was a publisher by trade, he owned and edited the (Click link for more info and facts about Arkansas Gazette) Arkansas Gazette, which garnered 2 (Click link for more info and facts about Pulitzer Prize) Pulitzer Prizes (one for Meritorious Public Service in 1958) under his editorship.
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 ANF UofA Zenger Award
John Peter Zenger was editor of the New York Weekly Journal in 1734 when he was jailed by British colonial authorities on charges of seditious libel.
In the early 18th century, John Peter Zenger made a stand for a free press.
Zenger came to New York a poor immigrant boy from Palatinate, a region of ancient Germany of which Heidelberg was capitol until 1720.
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 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Arkansas Democrat-Gazette   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Gazette was owned by John Netherland Heiskell who guided the Gazette with a firm hand through most of the twentieth century.
In 1979 Hussman appointed John Robert Starr to the position of managing editor.
The fiery and irascible Starr was photographed squatting atop a Gazette newspaper box with a dagger between his teeth to show his seriousness.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Arkansas-Democrat-Gazette.html   (1138 words)

  
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Later that year Smithee engaged in a shutout at the corner of Markham and Main Street in Little Rock with Major John A. Adams, a part-owner of the Gazette.
When Heiskell bought the Gazette, its circulation was 6000; when he dies, it was more than 100,000.
Long before 1957, a highlight oh Heiskell's career had been his sustained opposition to Jeff Davis, a turn of the century Arkansas governor and United States senator.
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 Centenarian - PLAAF.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
John Haden Badley (1865-1967) educator, founder of the Bedales School.
However, Le Monde newspaper revealed that one couple in France was even older than the Arrowsmiths or Browns: André Debry (June 15, 1898-August 31, 2005) and Marguerite Pingaud (born October 10, 1904) were married on August 12, 1924 and celebrated their 81st wedding anniversary in August 2005 shortly before his death.
John Rocchio of North Providence, Rhode Island (age 101) and his wife Emelia, 99,celebrated their 82nd wedding anniversary February 10, 2005 and were recognized by Guinness in late July.
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 NETHERLAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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 HEISKELL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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 Guide to Selected Manuscript Collections
Letter from John Byrne, Jr., of St. Louis, Missouri, to Bonneville, June 7, 1870, regarding personal affairs, and papers, 1908-1910, relating to the pension claim of Mexican War widow Susan News Bonneville.
William and Mary Fulsom to Governor of Territory of Missouri, May 28, 1819, in estate of Ebenezer Fulsom, and James Jackson to John Pope, Governor of Territory of Arkansas, August 19, 1829, in estate of Elijah H. Barton.
Indenture executed in Middlesex County, England February 22, 1525, by Rauf Jackson and Eustace Ripley, leasing to John Bek a tenancy in the parish of St. Clement Dane.
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 Annotated Bibliography Contents for Letter J   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Mollenhoff on Deadly Dilemma: Defense and Democracy; the 1962 lecture by John C. Colburn on The Press and an Informed Electorate; the 1963 lecture by James B. Reston on The Press in a World of Change; and the 1964 lecture by John Netherland Heiskell on The Newspaper: Keeper of the Community Conscience.
An account of the presentation made in 1772 by the City of London of a silver cup to John Wilkes to celebrate his defense of the liberty of the press.
Substance of the Speeches of John Gale Jones delivered at the British Forum, March 11, 18, and 22, 1819, on the.
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 Annotated bibliography--- Addendum D of Contents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The report is arranged in three parts: The Practice, by Samuel Dash; The Fools, by Richard F. Schwartz; and The Law, by Robert E. Knowlton.
A comparison of the Zenger libel case of 1734 with the defamation case against New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison in 1964.
Some 700 copies of the book printed by John Skot were seized and probably destroyed since no copies are extant, and the nun and five clerics were executed.
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 The University of Tennessee - Distinguished Alumni
John Cullum (Knoxville ’53) is a Tony award winning actor.
John Netherland Heiskell (Knoxville 1893) was publisher and editor of the Arkansas Gazette from 1902 to 1972.
John Noble Wilford (Knoxville ’55) has won two Pulitzer Prizes for national reporting.
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 Centenarian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
John Netherland Heiskell (1872-1972), 2nd US senator to reach 100 years
Rose Kennedy (1890-1995), mother of John F. Kennedy
John Linus Paschang (1895-1999), bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska
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 Netherland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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 Univ. of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville: Walter John Lemke Papers, 1821-1969
The Walter John Lemke Papers were a gift to the University of Arkansas in 1969, following his death, from the Lemke heirs, through Ernest Cecil Deane.
The papers consist of correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, maps, bulletins, newspapers and other material created, received, or collected by journalist columnist-collector Lemke, University of Arkansas Professor of Journalism from 1928 to 1956.
Limited restrictions apply to one of the two correspondence series.
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 Centenarian - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
John L. Hines (1868-1968), General, Chief of Staff US Army
Willem Drees (1886-1988), prime minister of the Netherlands
Marinus van der Goes van Naters (1900-Living), Dutch politician
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 netherland - OneLook Dictionary Search
We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word netherland:
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Phrases that include netherland: new netherland, john netherland heiskell
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 Senators alphabetically
IN D 1963.01.03 1981.01.02 1928 Beall, James Glenn MD R 1953.01.03 1965.01.02 1894 1971 Beall, John Glenn, Jr.
CO D 1909.03.04 1911.01.11 1853 1911 Hughes, Harold Everett IA D 1969.01.03 1975.01.02 1922 1996 Hughes, James Hurd DE D 1937.01.03 1943.01.02 1867 1953 Hughes, William NJ D 1913.03.04 1918.01.30 1872 1918 Hull, Cordell TN D 1931.03.04 1933.03.03 1871 1955 Humphrey, Gordon John NH R 1979.01.03 1990.12.04 1940 Humphrey, Hubert Horatio, Jr.
2 MN D 1971.01.03 1978.01.13 1911 1978 Humphrey, Muriel Fay Buck MN D 1978.01.25 1978.11.07 1912 1998 Humphreys, Robert KY D 1956.06.21 1956.11.06 1893 1977 Hunt, Lester Callaway WY D 1949.01.03 1954.06.19 1892 1954 Hunter, John SC D 1796.12.08 1798.11.26 1732 1802 Hunter, Richard Charles NB D 1934.11.07 1935.01.02 1884 1941 Hunter, Robert Mercer Taliafe.
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 Cooper Mss. II List of Correspondents
Jamison, John C. Johnston, Cora S. Jones, Vincent Starbuck, 1906-
Pfadt, John M. Phillippi, Wendell C. Pope, James S. Pulliam, Eugene Collins, 1889-1974
Wilson, Walter A. Wolff, Miles H. Wood, John Howard, 1901-1988
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 Kids Be Safe : Article 'Henry Lucas'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
See also List of members of the U.S. Senate, List of former members of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senators from 1789 (by State).
Lucius Q. Lamar John Langdon Milton S. Latham Henry Latimer Paul Laxalt Richard Henry Lee Samuel Livermore Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Text: List of former members of the U.S. Senate
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