MORGAN, John Jordan, (father-in-law of John Adams Dix), a Representative from New York; born in Queens County, N.Y., in 1770; attended the public schools; member of the state assembly in 1819…
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Though there is plenty of diversity within the categories, many of the same artists appear repeatedly throughout the list of nominees. Sure, you can fault the Grammys for honoring commercial…
ALMON, Edward Berton, a Representative from Alabama; born near Moulton, Lawrence County, Ala., April 18, 1860; attended the rural schools; was graduated from the State Normal College, Florence…
HACKLEY, Aaron, Jr., a Representative from New York; born in Wallingford, New Haven County, Conn., May 6, 1783; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Williams College,…
BARBOUR, Henry Ellsworth, a Representative from California; born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., March 8, 1877; attended the public schools of his native city, the local Free Academy…
McEWEN, Robert Cameron, a Representative from New York; born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., January 5, 1920; attended the public schools, the Mount Hermon (Mass.) School, the…
KNOWLES, Freeman Tulley, a Representative from South Dakota; born in Harmony, Somerset County, Maine, October 10, 1846; attended Bloomfield Academy, Skowhegan, Maine; enlisted in the Sixteenth…
JENKINS, Thomas Albert, a Representative from Ohio; born at Oak Hill, Jackson County, Ohio, October 28, 1880; attended the grade and high schools; was graduated from Providence University, Oak…