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Robert S. Stallings
Robert Samuel Stallings (August 15, 1927 – June 6, 2012) was an American politician in the state of Tennessee. Stallings served in the Tennessee House of Representatives as a Democrat from the 80th District from 1975 to 1991 (89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, 93rd, 94th, 95th and 96th General Assemblies). A native of Bolivar, Tennessee, he was an agricultural product dealer. He was succeeded by Republican Party (United States), Republican Page Walley. References 1927 births 2012 deaths Democratic Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives People from Bolivar, Tennessee {{Tennessee-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Ross
Curtis or Curtiss is a common English given name and surname of Anglo-Norman origin from the Old French ''curteis'' (Modern French ''courtois'') which derived from the Spanish Cortes (surname), Cortés (of which Cortez is a variation) and the Portuguese language, Portuguese and Galician language, Galician Cardoso (surname), Cardoso. The name means "polite, courteous, or well-bred". It is a compound of ''curt-'' "court" and ''-eis'' "-ish". The spelling ''u'' to render [u] in Old French was mainly Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman and Norman, when the spelling ''o'' [u] was the usual Parisian French one, Modern French ''ou'' [u]. ''-eis'' is the Old French suffix for ''-ois'', Western French (including Anglo-Norman) keeps ''-eis'', simplified to ''-is'' in English. The word ''court'' shares the same etymology but retains a Modern French spelling, after the orthography had changed.T. F. Hoad, ''English Etymology'', Oxford University Press paperbook 1993. p. 101a It was brought t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |