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Ralph IZARD, Congress, SC (17411742-1804)

Senate Years of Service: 1789-1795Party: Pro-AdministrationIZARD, Ralph, a Delegate and a Senator from South Carolina; born at “The Elms,” near Charleston, S.C., January 23, in 1741 or…

William Lewis DAYTON, Congress, NJ (1807-1864)

Senate Years of Service: 1842-1851Party: WhigDAYTON, William Lewis, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Basking Ridge, Somerset County, N.J., February 17, 1807; attended Trenton (N.J.) Academy…

William SPRAGUE, Congress, RI (1830-1915)

Senate Years of Service: 1863-1875Party: Republican; Liberal RepublicanSPRAGUE, William, (nephew of William Sprague [1799-1856], son-in-law of Salmon P. Chase), a Senator from Rhode Island;…

James Thomas RAPIER, Congress, AL (1837-1883)

RAPIER, James Thomas, a Representative from Alabama; born a free black in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala., November 13, 1837; educated by private tutors in Alabama and studied in Canada;…

Albion Keith PARRIS, Congress, MA (1788-1857)

Senate Years of Service: 1827-1828Party: JacksonianPARRIS, Albion Keith, (cousin of Virgil Delphini Parris), a Representative from Massachusetts and a Senator from Maine; born in Hebron, Maine…

Frank Morey COFFIN, Congress, ME (1919-2009)

COFFIN, Frank Morey, a Representative from Maine; born in Lewiston, Androscoggin County, Maine, July 11, 1919; educated in Lewiston public schools; graduated from Bates College in 1940, from…

Reuben Eaton FENTON, Congress, NY (1819-1885)

Senate Years of Service: 1869-1873; 1873-1875Party: Republican; Liberal RepublicanFENTON, Reuben Eaton, a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Carroll, Chautauqua County, N.Y.,…