Senate Years of Service: 1969-1987Party: RepublicanMATHIAS, Charles McCurdy, Jr., a Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born in Frederick, Md., July 24, 1922; attended the public…
Senate Years of Service: 1816-1818; 1829-1833Party: Democratic Republican; JacksonianTROUP, George Michael, a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born at McIntosh Bluff, on the…
(Encyclopedia) Tudor, royal family that ruled England from 1485 to 1603. Its founder was Owen Tudor, of a Welsh family of great antiquity, who was a squire at the court of Henry V and who married…
GREY, Benjamin Edwards, (grandson of Benjamin Edwards), a Representative from Kentucky; born at âShiloh,â near Bardstown, Nelson County, Ky., birth date unknown; pursued an academic course…
SOUDER, Mark Edward, a Representative from Indiana; born in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Ind., July 18, 1950; graduated from Leo High School, Leo, Ind., 1968; B.S., Indiana University, Fort Wayne…
SCHROCK, Edward, a Representative from Virginia; born in Middletown, Ohio, April 6, 1941; B.A., Alderson-Broaddus College, Philippi, W.Va., 1964; M.A., American University, Washington, D.C.,…
(Egbert Roscoe Murrow)news broadcasterBorn: 4/24/1908Birthplace: Pole Creek, North Carolina Emmy Award-winning radio and news broadcaster remembered for his work as CBS's war correspondent and his…
financier, railroad executiveBorn: 2/25/1848Birthplace: Hempstead, N.Y. He began his career on Wall Street, but became involved in railroads when he married Mary Averell, whose father was president…
candy manufacturerBorn: 1904 The son of the man who invented the Milky Way candy bar, Forrest Mars left the country after a disagreement with his father. The younger Mars settled in Britain and…
financier, arts patron, conservationistBorn: October 4, 1916Birthplace: Graaff-Reinet, South AfricaDied: January 18, 2006 After studying and teaching chemistry at Pretoria University, he entered…
