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Sidney EDGERTON, Congress, OH (1818-1900)

EDGERTON, Sidney, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cazenovia, N.Y., August 17, 1818; attended the country schools and the academy at Lima, N.Y., where he was later an instructor; moved to…

John Parks NEWSOME, Congress, AL (1893-1961)

NEWSOME, John Parks, a Representative from Alabama; born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., February 13, 1893; attended the public schools of Thompsons Station, Tenn., and Battle Ground Academy…

Hugh Hiram PRICE, Congress, WI (1859-1904)

PRICE, Hugh Hiram, (son of William Thompson Price), a Representative from Wisconsin; born at Black River Falls, Jackson County, Wis., December 2, 1859; attended the grade and high schools, and…

Sherrard CLEMENS, Congress, VA (1820-1881)

CLEMENS, Sherrard, a Representative from Virginia; born in Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia), on April 28, 1820; appointed a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point, but…

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(Encyclopedia) nomadnomadnōˈmădˌ [key], one of a group of people without fixed habitation, especially pastoralists. (Some authorities prefer the terms “nonsedentary” or “migratory” rather than “…

James Mercer GARNETT, Congress, VA (1770-1843)

GARNETT, James Mercer, (brother of Robert Selden Garnett and grandfather of Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett), a Representative from Virginia; born at “Mount Pleasant,” near Loretto, Essex…

Lorenzo SABINE, Congress, MA (1803-1877)

SABINE, Lorenzo, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in New Concord (now Lisbon), N.H., February 28, 1803; moved to Boston, Mass., with his parents in 1811 and to Hampden, Maine, in 1814…

William Allen TRIMBLE, Congress, OH (1786-1821)

Senate Years of Service: 1819-1821Party: Democratic RepublicanTRIMBLE, William Allen, a Senator from Ohio; born in Woodford, Ky., April 4, 1786; graduated from Transylvania College, Lexington…

William Leo IGOE, Congress, MO (1879-1953)

IGOE, William Leo, a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, Mo., on October 19, 1879; attended the public and parochial schools of St. Louis and was graduated from the law department…