GUYER, Ulysses Samuel, a Representative from Kansas; born near Pawpaw, Lee County, Ill., December 13, 1868; attended the public schools, Lane University at Lecompton, Kans., and the University…
FOX, Andrew Fuller, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Reform, Pickens County, Ala., April 26, 1849; moved to Calhoun County, Miss., with his parents in 1853; attended private schools…
(Encyclopedia) Adams, Abigail, 1744–1818, wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams, b. Weymouth, Mass., as Abigail Smith. A lively, intelligent woman, she married John…
SMITH, Samuel, a Representative from Pennsylvania; birth date unknown; associate judge of Erie County, Pa., 1803-1805, when he resigned; elected as a Republican to the Ninth Congress to fill the…
Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Colorado
Member Name Birth-Death ADAMS, Alva Blanchard 1875-1941 ALLARD, A. Wayne 1943- ALLOTT, Gordon Llewellyn 1907-1989…
BRECKINRIDGE, William Campbell Preston, (grandson of John Breckinridge, uncle of Levin Irving Handy, and great-uncle of John Bayne Breckinridge), a Representative from Kentucky; born in…
(Encyclopedia) Devoy, JohnDevoy, Johndĭvoiˈ [key], 1842–1928, Irish-American journalist and Irish revolutionary, b. Ireland. He joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood (see Fenian movement) in 1861.…
(Encyclopedia) Dillinger, JohnDillinger, Johndĭlˈĭnjər [key], 1902–34, American bank robber, probably b. Indianapolis. Paroled after serving a prison term for attempted robbery, Dillinger organized a…
