novelist, poetBorn: 1956Birthplace: Liaoning Province, China From the age of 14 until he was 20, Jin served in the People's Liberation Army in China. Upon release, he taught himself English…
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HUGHES, William John, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Salem, Salem County, N.J., October 17, 1932; attended public schools; A.B., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., 1955; J.D…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Alaska
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