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Cropsey may refer to: People * Alan Cropsey (born 1952), Michigan politician * Harman B. Cropsey (c. 1775-?), New York politician * Harmon G. Cropsey (1917–2009), American politician and farmer * James Church Cropsey, New York police commissioner * Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900), American landscape artist * Joseph Cropsey (1919–2012), American political philosopher * Seth Cropsey (born 1948), American politician Places * Cropsey, Illinois * Cropsey Township, McLean County, Illinois Cropsey Township is located in McLean County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro ... Other * Cropsey Avenue, a major street in Brooklyn, New York * ''Cropsey'' (film), a 2009 American film {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Cropsey
Alan Lee Cropsey (born June 13, 1952) is an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of both houses of the Michigan Legislature between 1979 and 2010. He is a member of the Republican Party. Early life and education Cropsey was born in Paw Paw, Michigan, the son of Harmon G. Cropsey, who was a member of the state house of representatives from the 42nd district, 1981–1982; and of the state senate from the 21st district, 1983–1990. Cropsey holds a B.S. in mathematics education from Bob Jones University and a J.D. from Thomas Cooley Law School. Political career Cropsey served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1979 to 1982 and from 1993 to 1998. He was vice chairman of the State Board of Canvassers from 1999 to 2001, and chairman in 2001. Cropsey was a member of the Michigan Senate from 1983 to 1986 and also from 2003 to 2010, serving as majority floor leader during his second term (2007 to 2010). In March 2007 Cropsey became co-chairman of the " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harman B
Harman may refer to: People * Harman (surname) Places * Harman, Australian Capital Territory * Hărman, Romania * Harman, West Virginia * Harmans, Maryland * Harman, Virginia * Harman's Cross, Dorset, England Other uses * Harman International, an electronics audio manufacturer owned by Samsung Electronics * Harmane Harmane (harman) is a heterocyclic amine found in a variety of foods including coffee, sauces, and cooked meat. It is also present in tobacco smoke. Chemistry Harmane is a methylated derivative of β-carboline with the molecular formula C12H10N ... or harman, 1-methyl-9''H''-pyrido ,4-''b''ndole, one of the harmala alkaloids, a reversible inhibitor of MAO-A (RIMA) * USS ''Harman'' (PF-79), a United States Navy patrol frigate which served in the Royal Navy as See also * Harmon (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmon G
__NOTOC__ Harmon may refer to: Places Canada * Ernest Harmon Air Force Base, also known as Harmon, a former United States military installation * Harmon Links, a golf course in Stephenville, Newfoundland United States * Harmon, Illinois * Harmon, Louisiana * Harmon, Oklahoma * Harmon, Wisconsin, a ghost town * Harmon Air Force Base, former United States Air Forces base in Guam * Harmon County, Oklahoma * Harmon Industrial Park, an area of Tamuning, Guam * Croton-Harmon (Metro-North station), in New York People * Harmon (name), people named Harmon Arts, entertainment, and media * '' HarmonQuest'', an animated series by Dan Harmon * ''Harmontown'', a weekly comedy show and podcast by Dan Harmon * Harmon, a brand of trumpet mute * Harmon, a fictional town in the film '' Accepted'' * Beth Harmon, protagonist of novel, and Netflix miniseries adaptation '' The Queen's Gambit'' Aviation * Harmon Der Donnerschlag, an American homebuilt aircraft design * Harmon Engineering Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Church Cropsey
James Church Cropsey (1872 - June 16, 1937) was a New York City Police Commissioner and a New York State Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the New York State Unified Court System. (Its Appellate Division is also the highest intermediate appellate court.) It is vested with unlimited civ ... judge. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cropsey, James Church 1937 deaths 1872 births New York Supreme Court Justices New York City Police Commissioners Kings County District Attorneys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasper Francis Cropsey
Jasper Francis Cropsey (February 18, 1823 – June 22, 1900) was an important American landscape artist of the Hudson River School. Early years Cropsey was born on his father Jacob Rezeau Cropsey's farm in Rossville on Staten Island, New York, the oldest of eight children. As a young boy, Cropsey had recurring periods of poor health. While absent from school, Cropsey taught himself to draw. His early drawings included architectural sketches and landscapes drawn on notepads and in the margins of his schoolbooks. Career Trained as an architect, he set up his own office in 1843. Cropsey studied watercolor and life drawing at the National Academy of Design under the instruction of Edward Maury and first exhibited there in 1844. A year later he was elected an associate member and turned exclusively to landscape painting; shortly after he was featured in an exhibition entitled "Italian Compositions". Cropsy traveled in Europe from 1847–1849, visiting England, France, Switzerl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Cropsey
Joseph Cropsey ( New York, August 27, 1919 – Washington, D.C., July 1, 2012) was an American political philosopher and professor emeritus of political science at the University of Chicago, where he was also associate director of the John M. Olin Center for Inquiry into the Theory and Practice of Democracy. Biography Cropsey was a student of Leo Strauss, who inspired him to move from his original academic field— economic thought—to a much more theoretical approach to political thought. Since then, Cropsey had focused on Plato and the "esoteric", interstitial philosophical aspects of the theories developed by such thinkers as Adam Smith and Karl Marx. His son, Seth Cropsey (a graduate of St. John's College), is an American neoconservative analyst for the Hudson Institute, where he is the Director for the Center for American Seapower. Bibliography * Joseph Cropsey (ed.), ''Ancients and Moderns: Essays on the Tradition of Political Philosophy in Honor of Leo Strauss'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth Cropsey
Seth Cropsey is an American political figure and former United States Department of Defense official. He is the president of the Yorktown Institute, which describes itself as "a think tank dedicated to securing American liberty, prosperity, and self-governance under the U.S. Constitution." He is a former U.S. Navy officer. Early life and education He is the son of Joseph Cropsey and father of Gabriel, noted Straussian political philosopher and professor at the University of Chicago. Cropsey graduated from Harvard-St. George School in Chicago and St. John's College and received his M.A. from Boston College. Career From 1977 to 1980, he was a reporter for '' Fortune'' magazine. In 1981, Cropsey was speechwriter and assistant to Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. Between 1982 and 1984, Cropsey was Director of Policy at the Voice of America. He was Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy during both the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush Presidential administrations, and in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cropsey, Illinois
Cropsey is a small unincorporated community in McLean County, Illinois, United States. It was named for a Civil War colonel in the Union Army. History Founding of Cropsey Cropsey was laid out 8 October 1880 by Henry L. Terpening (13 April 1836 – 11 August 1919). and Ira C. Pratt (12 January 1832 – 14 April 1917). Pratt was a native of Vermont who had been trained as a blacksmith and Wagon-maker. He came to Illinois in 1855, settling first at Morton in Tazewell County. In 1867 he purchased land in Belle Prairie Township, Livingston County, just north of Cropsey. In 1882 he began buying tile to drain his farmland and then decided to manufacture his own tile in Cropsey. In 1883 he built a large house on the west side of the town of Cropsey. Terpening, whose name was sometimes spelled, Henry L. Terpenning, was a native of New York who had been a farmer in Cropsey Township. He was a justice of the peace and represented McLean County in the Illinois State Legislature in the 36 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cropsey Township, McLean County, Illinois
Cropsey Township is located in McLean County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita .... As of the 2010 census, its population was 222 and it contained 90 housing units. It was named after Col. A. J. Cropsey, the owner of a large farm in the area. In 1860 there were 25 families living in the township; by the 2000 census the total population was reported at 256. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land. Demographics References External linksCity-data.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cropsey Avenue
Cropsey Avenue is a major street in Brooklyn, New York City. It generally runs northwest-southeast, from Poly Place/14th Avenue in Bath Beach to Neptune Avenue/West 17th Street in Coney Island. It forms the northeastern boundary of Dreier-Offerman Park. Cropsey Avenue intersects the Belt Parkway at exits 6-N and 6-S. South of its bridge crossing Coney Island Creek, Cropsey Avenue continues as West 17th Street at Neptune Avenue. For about half of its length (south of 23rd Avenue), Cropsey Avenue has a central median, making it a divided highway/ boulevard. The street is named for the Cropsey family, one of the first to settle in New Utrecht. (New York Court of Appeals, 1890) Public transportation Cropsey Avenue is served by the following[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
