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John Chiles HOUK, Congress, TN (1860-1923)

HOUK, John Chiles, (son of Leonidas Campbell Houk), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Clinton, Anderson County, Tenn., February 26, 1860; attended the local schools; moved with his…

Ephraim Knight SMART, Congress, ME (1813-1872)

SMART, Ephraim Knight, a Representative from Maine; born in Prospect (now Searsport), Maine, September 3, 1813; attended the common schools; completed preparatory studies under private tutors…

Deborah Samson

war heroineBorn: 1760Birthplace: Plympton, Massachusetts The oldest of at least seven children, Samson learned responsibility at an early age. Her father abandoned the family when she was five. A…

Howard Henry BAKER, Congress, TN (1902-1964)

BAKER, Howard Henry, (husband of Irene Bailey Baker and father of Howard Henry Baker, Jr.), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky., January 12, 1902; moved with…

Pepper, Beverly

(Encyclopedia) Pepper, Beverly, American sculptor, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. She lived in Italy from the 1950s. Pepper began as a social realist painter but soon turned to sculpture, inspired by the carvings…

Charles Franklin WEST, Congress, OH (1895-1955)

WEST, Charles Franklin, a Representative from Ohio; born in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, January 12, 1895; attended the public schools; was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University,…