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Senate Years of Service: 1937-1943Party: DemocratLEE, Joshua Bryan, a Representative and a Senator from Oklahoma; born in Childersburg, Talladega County, Ala., January 23, 1892; moved with his…
Senate Years of Service:
1941-1941; 1943-1978
Party:
Democrat; Democrat
EASTLAND, James Oliver, a Senator from Mississippi; born in Doddsville, Sunflower County, Miss., November 28, 1904; moved…
Senate Years of Service: 1995-2001Party: RepublicanASHCROFT, John David, a Senator from Missouri; born in Chicago, Ill., on May 9, 1942; attended the public schools in Springfield, Missouri;…
ATWOOD, David, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Bedford, N.H., December 15, 1815; attended the public schools; moved to Hamilton, N.Y., in 1832; apprenticed as a printer and…