what does Charles Lanman do for a living?
author, journalist, and former secretary to Daniel Webster
what did he create?
Dictionary of Congress
when was it published?
1859
what year did congress approve an updated version?
In 1864
in the 1860s who carried on the job of making the congressional dictionary?
Benjamin Perley Poore
who originally published Lanman's dicitionary?
J. B. Lippincott & Co.
what is the Biographical dictionary of the United States Congress?
dictionary of Congress members
are delegates from territories also included in it?
yes
which ones?
unknown
who else is in included in the dictionary?
Resident Commissioners from the Philippines and Puerto Rico.
is it available online?
yes
is correspondence also included?
no