12) Davis, John William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...when, after a two-week deadlock at the Democratic convention, the forces of Alfred E. Smith and William Gibbs McAdoo agreed to compromise on a third candidate. Hampered...

13) Doniphan, Alexander William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...practice law in Lexington, Mo., and served three terms in the state legislature, becoming involved in the Mormon issue. In 1838, Doniphan, as brigadier general of...

14) Norris, George William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Republican, Norris secured (1910), through an alliance of insurgent Republicans with Democrats, the passage of a resolution that reformed the House rules and wrested...

15) McAdoo, William Gibbs. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...post. In 1914, after the death (1912) of his first wife, he married Eleanor Randolph Wilson, daughter of the President. The Federal Reserve System was begun during...

16) Donovan, William Joseph. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...on foreign missions, and in 1942 he was made head of the newly created OSS, which he made into a formidable and successful intelligence agency. Donovan, given the...

17) Pitt, William, 1759-1806, British statesman. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...coalition government of Lord North and Charles James Fox, who was to be Pitt's lifelong rival, Pitt was made prime minister by George III. He overcame strong opposition...

18) Bryan, William Jennings. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...fought in vain for a prohibition plank, and in 1924 at New York City he supported William G. McAdoo against Alfred E. Smith, but he was no longer the party's leader....

19) Tubman, William Vacanarat Shadrach. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...resigned again in 1937 to become an associate justice of the Liberian supreme court. He was elected president in 1943 and took office in 1944. He was reelected several...

20) Shakespeare, William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...tone. Caroline Spurgeon began the careful classification of Shakespeare's imagery, and although her attempts were later felt to be somewhat naive and morally biased,...