PALMER, Alexander Mitchell, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near White Haven, Luzerne County, Pa., May 4, 1872; attended the public schools and prepared for college at the Moravian…
CHASE, James Mitchell, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Glen Richey, Clearfield County, Pa., December 19, 1891; attended the public schools, the high school at Clearfield, Pa., and…
CHIPERFIELD, Burnett Mitchell, (father of Robert Bruce Chiperfield), a Representative from Illinois; born in Dover, Bureau County, Ill., June 14, 1870; attended the public schools of Illinois…
BRINSON, Samuel Mitchell, a Representative from North Carolina; born in New Bern, Craven County, N.C., March 20, 1870; attended private and public schools, and was graduated from Wake Forest…
Senate Years of Service: 1930-1931Party: DemocratWILLIAMSON, Ben Mitchell, a Senator from Kentucky; born in White Post, Pike County, Ky., October 16, 1864; attended the rural schools of…
First African American CongressmanBorn: June 21, 1832Birthplace: Georgetown, South Carolina. Rainey was born a slave, but his father bought the family's freedom. During the Civil War, the…
(Sengbe Pieh)slave leaderBorn: 1811Birthplace: Sierra Leone, Africa Cinqué was a rice farmer in his native Sierra Leone when he was captured by Portuguese slavers and brought by ship to Havana,…
journalistBorn: 4/10/1847Birthplace: Mako, Hungary Newspaperman who emigrated to the United States in 1864 and began a successful career as editor and publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He…
animator, producerBorn: 3/24/1911Birthplace: New York City He joined MGM studios in 1937 and, with William Hanna, created the characters Tom and Jerry in 1940 and went on to garner seven Academy…
COAD, Merwin, a Representative from Iowa; born in Cawker City, Mitchell County, Kans., September 28, 1924; in 1932 moved with his parents to a farm near Auburn, Nebr.; graduated from high…
