Senate Years of Service: 1927-1932Party: RepublicanWATERMAN, Charles Winfield, a Senator from Colorado; born in Waitsfield, Washington County, Vt., November 2, 1861; attended the rural schools…
LIVERNASH, Edward James, (subsequently Edward James de Nivernais), a Representative from California; born in Lower Calveritas, a California mining camp, near San Andreas, February 14, 1866;…
Senate Years of Service: 1997-Party: RepublicanENZI, Michael B., a Senator from Wyoming; born in Bremerton, Wash., February 1, 1944; attended public schools of Thermopolis and Sheridan…
BURNEY, William Evans, a Representative from Colorado; born in Hubbard, Hill County, Tex., September 11, 1893; attended the public schools in Texas and the University of New Mexico at…
RAKER, John Edward, a Representative from California; born near Knoxville, Knox County, Ill., February 22, 1863; moved with his parents to Lassen County, Calif., in 1873; attended the public…
(Encyclopedia) Waters, Muddy, 1915–83, African-American blues singer and guitarist, b. Rolling Fork, Miss., as McKinley Morganfield. As a teenager he began singing and playing traditional country…
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architectBorn: 1946Birthplace: Lodz, Poland Born in Poland, Libeskind's family immigrated to Israel when he was 11, and then to New York. He studied music seriously as a teenager, but at age 19…
HARALSON, Jeremiah, a Representative from Alabama; born on a plantation near Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga., April 1, 1846; raised as a slave; self-educated; moved to Alabama and engaged in…
