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John Holmes PRENTISS, Congress, NY (1784-1861)

PRENTISS, John Holmes, (brother of Samuel Prentiss), a Representative from New York; born in Worcester, Mass., April 17, 1784; attended local and private schools; foreman of the New York…

John Holmes BURLEIGH, Congress, ME (1822-1877)

BURLEIGH, John Holmes, (son of William Burleigh), a Representative from Maine; born in South Berwick, York County, Maine, October 9, 1822; attended the local academy; became a sailor when…

Holm Olaf BURSUM, Congress, NM (1867-1953)

Senate Years of Service: 1921-1925Party: RepublicanBURSUM, Holm Olaf, a Senator from New Mexico; born at Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa, February 10, 1867; attended the public schools; moved…

Rogers, Henry Huttleston

(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Henry Huttleston, 1840–1909, American financier, b. Fairhaven, Mass. After he moved (1860) to Pennsylvania, he entered the oil business, experimented in the refining of…

Members of Congress: Delaware, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Delaware Member Name Birth-Death ADAMS, Wilbur Louis 1884-1937 ALLEE, James Frank 1857-1938 ALLEN, William Franklin 1883-1946…

Thomas Hale BOGGS, Sr., Congress, LA (1914-1972)

BOGGS, Thomas Hale, Sr., (husband of Corinne Claiborne Boggs), a Representative from Louisiana; born in Long Beach, Harrison County, Miss., February 15, 1914; attended the public and parochial…