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HULSHOF, Kenny, a Representative from Missouri; born in Sikeston, Scott County, Mo., May 22, 1958; graduated from Thomas W. Kelly High School, Benton, Mo.; B.S., University of Missouri, 1980;…
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BARR, Thomas Jefferson, a Representative from New York; born in New York City in 1812; attended the public schools; moved to Scotch Plains, N.J., in 1835 and conducted a roadhouse; returned to…
HILL, William Silas, a Representative from Colorado; born in Kelly, Nemaha County, Kans., January 20, 1886; attended the public schools, Kansas State Normal at Emporia, and Colorado State…
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