WATTERSON, Harvey Magee, (father of Henry Watterson), a Representative from Tennessee; born at âBeechgrove,â the family homestead, in Bedford County, Tenn., November 23, 1811; pursued…
ESTABROOK, Experience, a Delegate from the Territory of Nebraska; born in Lebanon, N.H., April 30, 1813; moved with his parents to Clarence, Erie County, N.Y., in 1822; attended the public…
GREENWAY, Isabella Selmes, (later Mrs. Harry Orland King), a Representative from Arizona; born Isabella Selmes in Boone County, Ky., March 22, 1886; attended the public schools and Miss…
Senate Years of Service: 1993-2000Party: RepublicanCOVERDELL, Paul, a Senator from Georgia; born in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, January 20, 1939; attended Cobb County, Ga. public schools;…
People in the NewsRecent ObituariesBiographies by CategoryBelzoni, Giovanni Battista, Italian adventurer and antiquities dealer Bent, James Theodore, English explorer and archaeologist Bingham,…
MASON, John Calvin, a Representative from Kentucky; born near Mount Sterling, Montgomery County, Ky., August 4, 1802; attended country and city schools in Montgomery County and Mount Sterling…
WISE, Richard Alsop, (son of Henry Alexander Wise, grandson of John Sergeant, brother of John Sergeant Wise, and cousin of George Douglas Wise), a Representative from Virginia; born in…
DOTY, James Duane, (cousin of Morgan Lewis Martin), a Delegate and a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Salem, Washington County, N.Y., November 5, 1799; attended the common schools;…
Senate Years of Service: 1997-Party: DemocratDURBIN, Richard Joseph, a Senator and a Representative from Illinois; born in East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Ill., November 21, 1944; graduated…
HALLECK, Charles Abraham, a Representative from Indiana; born in Demotte, Jasper County, Ind., August 22, 1900; attended the public schools; during the First World War served in the Infantry…
