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Dixon Hall LEWIS, Congress, AL (1802-1848)

Senate Years of Service: 1844-1848Party: DemocratLEWIS, Dixon Hall, (nephew of Bolling Hall), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born on Bothwick plantation, Dinwiddie County, Va.,…

Glenn Robert DAVIS, Congress, WI (1914-1988)

DAVIS, Glenn Robert, a Representative from Wisconsin; born on a farm in Vernon, Waukesha County, Wis., October 28, 1914; attended the rural schools; was graduated from Mukwonago High School in…

Reed SMOOT, Congress, UT (1862-1941)

Senate Years of Service: 1903-1933Party: RepublicanSMOOT, Reed, a Senator from Utah; born in Salt Lake City, Utah, January 10, 1862; moved with his parents to Provo, Utah County, Utah, in 1874…

Joseph Roswell HAWLEY, Congress, CT (1826-1905)

Senate Years of Service: 1881-1905Party: RepublicanHAWLEY, Joseph Roswell, a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Stewartsville, Richmond County, N.C., October 31, 1826;…

Cesar Estrada Chavez

An American agrarian labor leader Cesar Estrada Chavez, 1927–93, was an American agrarian labor leader, born near Yuma, Ariz. A migrant worker, he became involved (1952) in the self-help…