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Edgar COWAN, Congress, PA (1815-1885)

Senate Years of Service: 1861-1867Party: RepublicanCOWAN, Edgar, a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Westmoreland County, Pa., September 19, 1815; graduated from Franklin College, Ohio, in…

Nathan DANE, Congress, MA (1752-1835)

DANE, Nathan, a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Ipswich, Mass., December 29, 1752; was graduated from Harvard College in 1778; taught school; studied law; was admitted to the bar and…

William KELLOGG, Congress, IL (1814-1872)

KELLOGG, William, a Representative from Illinois; born in Kelloggsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio, July 8, 1814; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced…

John DAWSON, Congress, VA (1762-1814)

DAWSON, John, a Delegate and a Representative from Virginia; born in that State in 1762; was graduated from Harvard University in 1782; studied law; was admitted to the bar, and practiced;…

Benjamin Gwinn HARRIS, Congress, MD (1805-1895)

HARRIS, Benjamin Gwinn, a Representative from Maryland; born near Leonardtown, St. Marys County, Md., December 13, 1805; attended Yale College and Cambridge (Mass.) Law School; studied law;…

John CONARD, Congress, PA (1773-1857)

CONARD, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Chester Valley, Chester County, Pa., in November 1773; educated at the Friends School; moved to Germantown about 1795; studied law;…

John ROBERTSON, Congress, VA (1787-1873)

ROBERTSON, John, (brother of Thomas Bolling Robertson), a Representative from Virginia; born at “Bellefield,” near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Va., April 13, 1787; completed preparatory…

BUTLER, William, Congress, SC (1790-1850)

BUTLER, William, (son of William Butler [1759-1821], brother of Andrew Pickens Butler, and father of Matthew Calbraith Butler), a Representative from South Carolina; born in the Edgefield…

John HUTCHINS, Congress, OH (1812-1891)

HUTCHINS, John, (cousin of Wells Andrews Hutchins), a Representative from Ohio; born in Vienna, Trumbull County, Ohio, July 25, 1812; attended the district schools and Western Reserve College…