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(Encyclopedia) Presidents of the United States
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George Washington
1789–97
John Adams
John Adams
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1797–1801
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MILLS, Ogden Livingston, a Representative from New York; born in Newport, R.I., August 23, 1884; attended the public schools; was graduated from the academic department of Harvard University…
Senate Years of Service: 1863-1869Party: RepublicanMORGAN, Edwin Denison, (cousin of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley), a Senator from New York; born in Washington, Mass., February 8, 1811; moved with…
Senate Years of Service: 1903-1917Party: DemocratNEWLANDS, Francis Griffith, (son-in-law of William Sharon), a Representative and a Senator from Nevada; born in Natchez, Adams County, Miss.,…
Senate Years of Service: 1877-1883Party: RepublicanROLLINS, Edward Henry, a Representative and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Somersworth (Rollinsford), Strafford County, N.H., October…
Senate Years of Service: 1965-1966Party: DemocratRUSSELL, Donald Stuart, a Senator from South Carolina; born in Lafayette Springs, Lafayette County, Miss., February 22, 1906; moved with his…
MAY, Catherine Dean, (later Catherine May Bedell), a Representative from Washington; born Catherine Dean Barnes, May 18, 1914, in Yakima, Wash.; graduated from Yakima Valley Junior College,…
McCLERNAND, John Alexander, a Representative from Illinois; born in Breckinridge County, Ky., on May 30, 1812; moved with his parents to Shawneetown, Ill., in 1813; attended the village…
