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Waite Phillips (January 19, 1883 – January 27, 1964) was an American petroleum businessman who created a fully integrated operation that combined petroleum producing, refining and marketing. With headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma , he also developed several office complexes and engaged in banking and ranching.
Diane Luckey (December 12, 1960 – July 19, 2022), known professionally as Q Lazzarus, was an American singer. She is best known for her 1988 song "Goodbye Horses", which became a cult classic after being prominently featured in a scene from Jonathan Demme's 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs. Several of her songs were featured in other films ...
When word reached home that Giddings's older brother, Giles, died of wounds received at the battle of San Jacinto, another brother, Jabez Demming Giddings, traveled to Texas to Claim Giles's land bounty. Giddings joined his brother in Brenham, Texas in 1852 and in 1853 was admitted to the Texas bar. He was his brother's junior partner in a law ...
Palmer Luckey. In the 2020 cycle, Luckey and his wife poured nearly $3 million into the coffers of Republican Party committees and congressional candidates in 45 states, and threw in $1.7 million ...
Luckey founded the defense-tech startup Anduril Industries and the Meta-acquired Oculus VR. His sister, Ginger, is married to Gaetz.
Marsh Giddings (19 November 1816 – 3 June 1875) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, who was appointed as U.S. consul-general to India and later served as the governor of New Mexico Territory from 1871 to 1875.
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Giddings was born at Sherman, Connecticut. [3] [4] His father was an Evangelical minister. [4] He graduated with a degree from Union College in 1877. [3] For ten years he wrote items for the Springfield, Massachusetts Republican and the Daily Union. From 1888 to 1894, he was lecturer in political science at Bryn Mawr College.