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John Chiles HOUK, Congress, TN (1860-1923)

HOUK, John Chiles, (son of Leonidas Campbell Houk), a Representative from Tennessee; born in Clinton, Anderson County, Tenn., February 26, 1860; attended the local schools; moved with his…

Ephraim Knight SMART, Congress, ME (1813-1872)

SMART, Ephraim Knight, a Representative from Maine; born in Prospect (now Searsport), Maine, September 3, 1813; attended the common schools; completed preparatory studies under private tutors…

Edwin Hurd CONGER, Congress, IA (1843-1907)

CONGER, Edwin Hurd, a Representative from Iowa; born in Knox County, Ill., March 7, 1843; was graduated from Lombard University, Galesburg, Ill., in 1862; during the Civil War enlisted as a…

Charles Franklin WEST, Congress, OH (1895-1955)

WEST, Charles Franklin, a Representative from Ohio; born in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, January 12, 1895; attended the public schools; was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University,…

John King LUTTRELL, Congress, CA (1831-1893)

LUTTRELL, John King, a Representative from California; born near Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., June 27, 1831; attended the common schools; moved with his parents to a farm in Alabama in 1844…

Bishop Walden PERKINS, Congress, KS (1841-1894)

Senate Years of Service: 1892-1893Party: RepublicanPERKINS, Bishop Walden, a Representative and a Senator from Kansas; born in Rochester, Lorain County, Ohio, October 18, 1841; attended the…

Pepper, Beverly

(Encyclopedia) Pepper, Beverly, American sculptor, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. She lived in Italy from the 1950s. Pepper began as a social realist painter but soon turned to sculpture, inspired by the carvings…