(Encyclopedia) Rivers, Richard Woodville, 1st Earl, d. 1469, English nobleman. He was knighted (1426) by Henry VI and acquired wealth and power by marrying (c.1436) Jacquetta of Luxemburg, widow of…
BIDDLE, Charles John, (nephew of Richard Biddle), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 30, 1819; was graduated from Princeton College in 1837; studied law; was…
MARTIN, John Cunningham, a Representative from Illinois; born in Salem, Marion County, Ill., April 29, 1880; attended the public schools and Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill.; became…
DAUB, Harold John, Jr., (Hal), a Representative from Nebraska; born in Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, N.C., April 23, 1941; graduated from Benson High School, Omaha, Nebr., 1959; B.S.,…
KINDEL, George John, a Representative from Colorado; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 2, 1855; attended the public schools and St. Augustineâs School in Cincinnati; apprenticed as an…
JONES, Evan John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pa., October 23, 1872; attended the public schools; was graduated from Clarion Normal School,…
DAWSON, John Bennett, a Representative from Louisiana; born near Nashville, Tenn., March 17, 1798; attended Centre College, Danville, Ky.; moved to Louisiana and became a planter and was also…
DE HART, John, a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), N.J., in 1728; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; was made a…
SHERWIN, John Crocker, a Representative from Illinois; born in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., February 8, 1838; was educated in the common schools, Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary in New…
WOOD, John M., a Representative from Maine; born in Minisink, Orange County, N.Y., November 17, 1813; attended the common schools; engaged in railroad construction in New Jersey; moved to…
