Longworth

[ lawng-wurth, long- ]

/ ˈlɔŋ wɜrθ, ˈlɒŋ- /

Alice Lee Roosevelt "Princess Alice", 1884–1980, U.S. socialite: daughter of Theodore Roosevelt.

Nicholas, 1869–1931, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1925–31.

QUIZZES

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

Longworth was born in 1783 to Loyalist parents in Newark, New Jersey.
America’s First Great Wine…Made in 1842|Jordan Salcito|November 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
While the skins continued to produce a distinctly musky note, Longworth decided to press the grapes before fermentation.
America’s First Great Wine…Made in 1842|Jordan Salcito|November 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Longworth worked hard at odd jobs, passed the bar exam, moved to Cincinnati, and began practicing law.
America’s First Great Wine…Made in 1842|Jordan Salcito|November 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
More importantly, Longworth viewed wine as a critical piece of the temperance movement.
America’s First Great Wine…Made in 1842|Jordan Salcito|November 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Is “regime,” I wonder, a term Longworth would apply to the administrations of democratically elected leaders in the West?
When Did Oliver Stone Become Sensible?|Allen Barra|June 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST
In politics, Mr. Longworth was a Whig, and afterward a Republican.
Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made|James D. McCabe, Jr.
My last letter brought us up to our arrival at Cincinnati, and our passing the evening at Mr. Longworth's on the following day.
First Impressions of the New World|Isabella Strange Trotter
When young Longworth had left for his office, Susy swept and dusted out his room again, and then went downstairs.
A Woman Intervenes|Robert Barr
Mr. Longworth informs me the work will be published early in February in two duodecimo volumes.
The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III)|Philip Freneau
That necessary operation concluded, Kenyon sat down and thought over what young Longworth had told him.
A Woman Intervenes|Robert Barr