FOOTE, Wallace Turner, Jr., a Representative from New York; born in Port Henry, Essex County, N.Y., April 7, 1864; attended the Port Henry Union School and Williston Seminary, Easthampton,…
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ROBINSON, James Wallace, a Representative from Ohio; born in the township of Carby, near Unionville Center, Union County, Ohio, on November 26, 1826; attended the common schools and Marysville…
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