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 William M. Allen Biographies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
William Allen is considered to be the father of modern commercial jet aviation.
Allen was born in Lolo, Mont. He was graduated from the University of Montana and the Harvard University Law School.
Allen served as president of Boeing from 1945 to 1968 and then as chairman and chief executive officer until his retirement in 1972.
users.moscow.com /woodisgood/bios/wmallen.htm   (1035 words)

  
 William Allen
William Allen, of Quaker ancestry, was the son of a Revolutionary War officer.
Allen's skill in debate and his overall demeanor inspired the Jackson Democrats of his district to nominate him as their congressional candidate; he won, even though the district was Republican.
Allen made a political comeback in 1873 when he was elected governor of Ohio.
www.aoc.gov /cc/art/nsh/allen_w.cfm   (239 words)

  
 WILLIAM ALLEN
Allen moved his establishment to Reims under the protection of the house of Guise; and it was here that the English translation of the Scriptures, known as the Douai Version, was begun under his direction.
Allen wrote that all Englishmen were bound, under pain of damnation, to follow this example, as Elizabeth was no lawful queen.
Allen helped plan the invasion of England, and was to have been Archbishop of Canterbury and lord chancellor had it succeeded.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/WILLIAM+ALLEN   (1132 words)

  
 William M. Allen Biographies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
William McPherson Allen was born on September 1, 1900, in Lolo, a tiny town in the foothills of Montana's Bitteroot Mountains.
Allen was a central figure in the wartime negotiations between Government and industry to develop the standard cost-plus contract, which called for the war industry to manufacture armaments at their cost plus a certain fixed fee.
Allen's - and the company's - biggest gamble was asking the board of directors in 1952 to risk $16 million, more than the net income of the company in 1952, on the prototype of a commercial jetliner called the Dash 80, precursor to the 707.
users.moscow.com /woodisgood/bios/wmallen3.htm   (5096 words)

  
 Cities
Allen County is located in the southeastern part of the State and was formed from a part of the territory included in the New York Indian Reservation.
Allen County is twenty-one miles north and south, and twenty-four miles east and west containing 504 square miles, or 322,560 acres.
Allen County was founded in 1855 and named for William Allen, U.S. Senator and Governor of Ohio.
www.allencounty.org /cities/cities.htm   (96 words)

  
 William Allen and the Search for Economic Security
Allen had many other real estate investments in the city, from the docks along the Delaware, to his townhouse and stores on Water Street, to his country estate Mount Airy on the road to Germantown.  In fact, Allen was one of the largest purchasers of Philadelphia real estate in the eighteenth century.
Allen was one of the seven commissioners representing Pennsylvania at the joint commission which met to resolve this dispute at New Castle, Delaware in 1750.
William Allen to Thomas Penn, November 17, 1752, in Edwin Swift Balch, “Arctic Expeditions sent from the American Colonies,” PMHB 31(1907), 421.
www.earlyamerica.com /review/2001_summer_fall/william_allen.html   (3072 words)

  
 Wakefield Biography
JOHN ALLEN WAKEFIELD, second son of William and Diana (Varner) Wakefield, was born February 11, 1797, at Pendleton, South Carolina.
In 1818 Wakefield was married to Eliza Thompson, a native of Bourbon County, Kentucky, daughter of Abram Thompson and Elizabeth (Brown) Thompson.
William H. Wakefield, fourth son, to whom I am under obligation for the facts herein stated, is a resident of Mound City, Kansas.
lincoln.lib.niu.edu /498R/croslow/Biography.html   (1811 words)

  
 Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.3, Entry 8, OHIO: Library of Economics and Liberty
The governor was to be chosen by popular vote, but was to have no veto power, nor any other power than to grant reprieves and pardons, convene extra sessions of the legislature, command the state forces, commission appointees, and temporarily fill vacancies occurring when the legislature was not in session.
The secret of this restriction upon the governor's powers, which was continued in the constitution of 1851, may probably be found in the frequent disagreements which had taken place between Governor St. Clair and the territorial legislatures.
In 1850 Wood, a democrat, was elected governor by a vote of 133,093 to 121,105 whig, and 13,802 free-soil; and in 1853 the vote for Medill, democrat, was 147,663 to 85,820 whig, and 50,346 free-soil.
www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy778.html   (2147 words)

  
 NEWS RELEASE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Governor Kathleen Sebelius is not staying in Topeka during this Legislative break, instead, she is going on the road.
Governor Sebelius will be making her first stop at William Allen White Elementary School in Emporia on Tuesday, April 6th.
Governor Sebelius will be spending the morning of April 6th at a meeting discussing the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Cottonwood Falls.
www.ksgovernor.org /news/docs/news_rel040204b.html   (143 words)

  
 IAGenWeb: Pott. Co. - 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co.
Her father, William Allen, was a relative of William Allen, ex-Governor of Ohio.
WILLIAM SIEDENTOPF, a prominent real-estate dealer of Council Bluffs, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1846, and came direct to this city in 1865, where he has since resided.
William STEVENSON, the subject of this sketch, was born on his father's farm in Greene County, Ohio, November 17, 1814, and learned farming in early life.
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 William Allen
ALLEN, William, statesman, born in Edenton, North Carolina, in 1806; died 11 July 1879.
Allen took no part in public affairs until he was elected governor of Ohio in 1873.
Governor Allen was the foremost representative and advocate of the policy of an irredeemable paper currency, and therefore the "Ohio idea" was peculiarly associated with his name.
www.famousamericans.net /williamallen2   (818 words)

  
 William Allen White House, History
White was born to Allen and Mary Ann Hatten White in Emporia in 1868.
William Allen began his first job at the age of thirteen as a printer's devil for the El Dorado Democrat.
William Lindsay White was born in 1900; Mary Katherine White was born in 1904.
www.kshs.org /places/white/history.htm   (1118 words)

  
 William Allen (governor) - Vocabridge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
William Allen (December 27, 1803 - July 11, 1879) was a Democratic
and Senator from Ohio and Governor of Ohio.
His sister, Mary Granberry Allen, married Pleasant Thurman, and their son, Allen G.
www.kotonoba.net /~mutiyama/vocabridge/course-8/william_allen__governor_.html   (143 words)

  
 Allen County Homepage - allencounty.org is the official website of Allen County Kansas, and the communities within.
Allen County Homepage - allencounty.org is the official website of Allen County Kansas, and the communities within.
Allen County [Kansas], founded in 1855 and named for William Allen, U.S. Senator and Governor of Ohio, is located in the southeast part of the State.
Allen County is 505 square miles, or 322,560 acres, in size, and is divided into ten townships.
www.allencounty.org   (148 words)

  
 LearnThis.Info Encyclopedia articles beginning with 'Wi'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield
William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham
William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chattingham
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /w/wi/index.html   (104 words)

  
 William Allen White's 1924 Gubernatorial Campaign by Jack Wayne Traylor, Summer 1976
IN 1924, at the age of 56, William Allen White was a nationally known editor, author, and political observer.
William Allen, or Will as he was known during his youth and by boyhood friends the rest of his life, made satisfactory progress at the public schools, but never was an outstanding student.
Allen filed charges against White, but the attorney general refused to prosecute, much to the editor's chagrin since he had hoped to test the issue in the courts.
www.kancoll.org /khq/1976/76_2_traylor.htm   (4909 words)

  
 William Allen
William Allen (1803-July 11, 1879) was a Representative and Senator from Ohio and Governor of Ohio.
He served as a Representative from Ohio from 1832 to 1834 and Senator from Ohio from 1837 to 1849.
The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/William_Allen.html   (104 words)

  
 Allen Granbery Thurman
His father was the Reverend Pleasant Thurman, a minister of the Methodist church, and his mother the only daughter of Colonel Nathaniel Allen, nephew and adopted son of Joseph Hewes, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
In 1867 he was the choice of his party for governor of Ohio.
Thurman with William M. Evarts, of New York, and Timothy O. Howe, of Wisconsin, on the commission to the International monetary conference to be held in Paris.
www.famousamericans.net /allengranberythurman   (1036 words)

  
 morrison
William was the son of Alan Morison (abt.1845-abt.1815) and Josepha (Jane) Wadden [she was the daughter of Jean Etienne Wadden/Wadin who was killed on the English River in 1780 - he was married to an Ojibwe woman.
The mother of William's first wife took the children about 1826 when William intended to take her grand children east with him when he retired to eastern Canada.
Allen came to the Fond du Lac Dept. and worked as a clerk for his older brother in 1821.
www.usinternet.com /users/dfnels/morrison.htm   (643 words)

  
 Home Page - Coalition to Stop Governor Warner's Tax Increase   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
When all of Governor Warner's spin is peeled away, the plan will increase tax revenue in Virginia by $1 billion over the next two years -- one of the biggest tax increases in Virginia history.
The Coalition to Stop Governor Warner's Tax Increase is a grassroots organization of elected officials and citizens of Virginia who understand the truth about Gov. Warner's plan and are dedicated to stopping this latest attempt to suck more money out of Virginia's families and into Richmond.
Governor Warner's first major attempt to increase our taxes, the Sales Tax Increase Referendums in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads in 2002, was soundly defeated by the voters in November, 2002.
www.notaxhike.net   (685 words)

  
 William Allen's Revolutionary War Pension Application
William Allen, a resident of the said county of Hamilton and State of Illinois, aged seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.
William Allen married Jemima Chaffin in Washington County, VA January 3, 1792.
County commissioners Court Record, Special Term, 08 Mar 1845; Bannister Fuller and John Allen reported to the Court that William Allen, a Revolutionary War soldier, died 31 Dec 1844 leaving no widow, but leaving legal children: Kezia Baugh, Jacob Allen, William Allen, Rebecca Fuller, Robert Allen, James Allen, John Allen and Chaffin Allen.
www.carolyar.com /Illinois/Allen.htm   (474 words)

  
 William Allen White Home Dedication, Emporia, Kansas
William Lindsay served in the Kansas legislature in 1931-32, working in Washington, and was a war correspondent for 40 American daily newspapers during the 1930s.
In 2001 William Lindsay White's daughter, Barbara, and her husband, David Walker, donated the house to the Kansas State Historical Society.
William Allen contracted with Wight and Wight architectural firm of Kansas City for reconstruction, changing the look to Tutor Revival and moving the entrance from Exchange St. to 10th St. Simultaneously the house was enlarged.
www.washburn.edu /cas/art/cyoho/archive/Events/WAWhite/index.html   (896 words)

  
 Cool Things, White's Printing Press, Kansas State Historical Society
The cylinder press pictured at left was used by William Allen White at the Emporia Gazette.
William Allen White was a Pulitzer-prize winning writer, best-selling novelist, and prolific free-lancer who built the Emporia Gazette into one of the nation's finest small-town newspapers from 1895 until his death in 1944.
In 1924 he ran for Governor essentially on a single issue--an anti-Ku Klux Klan platform--and lost the election but enhanced his national reputation as an independent political voice.
www.kshs.org /cool2/coolwhit.htm   (814 words)

  
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In this conflict William supported his father and on his deathbed (1087), William I designated him King of England as William II and this was confirmed by the witan.
WOODBRIDGE, WILLIAM, lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, governor, United States senator, was born Aug. 20, 1780, in Norwich, Conn. In 1807 he was elected to the assembly of Ohio, and in 1808 was prosecuting attorney for his county, which office he held until 1814.
In 1839 he was chosen governor of the state, and was a senator in congress from 1841 to 1847.
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 About Biographies of Governor Jonathan Belcher
Biographies written about Governor Jonathan Belcher (1682-1757) in the Colonial and Revolutionary time periods--during or close to his own lifetime--were overall positive.
It is no surprise that as skepticism gradually gained a foothold in the late 1860's-90's and at the turn of the twentieth century, liberals began to write in a more skeptical vein about Christians, and socialists began to verbally attack economic and social conservatives.
Short biographies that take into account Governor Belcher's religious and social beliefs are Jonathan Belcher: Patriarch of Princeton and Jonathan Belcher: Christian Governor.
www.belcherfoundation.org /biographies.htm   (1408 words)

  
 Original Artwork: Mark Schuler: William Allen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This was the extent to which William Allen was willing to go to seek his fortune in the West.
With his sister's help and some preparation at the Chillicothe Academy, Allen was admitted to the practice of law at the age of twenty-one.
Allen's work in the Senate was marked by participation in expansionist fights.
www.windriverstudios.com /EB5TB6FW.htm   (417 words)

  
 William Allen (governor) Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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William Allen (December 18 or December 27, 1803 – July 11, 1879) was a Democratic Representative and Senator from the U.S. state of Ohio, as well as Governor of Ohio.
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 PRESIDENT ALLEN’S
By WILLIAM ALLEN, A.M. In the House of Representatives, June 4, 1818
Osborne, Dyer, and Boody, with such as the Senate may join, be a committee to wait on President ALLEN and present him with the thanks of the Legislature for his ingenious, learned and patriotic discourse this day delivered before his Excellency the Governor, the Hon.
Editor’s note: This work by William Allen, which is all the more important due to his position as president of Dartmouth University, forcefully presents the founding and maintenance of the United States as a function of the Reformation’s rule that the Bible only is the is only infallible rule of life (politics included).
www.angelfire.com /nh/politicalscience/1818allen.html   (6580 words)

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