(Encyclopedia) Kennedy, Robert Francis, 1925–68, American politician, U.S. Attorney General (1961–64), b. Brookline, Mass., younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and son of Joseph P. Kennedy.…
Senate Years of Service: 1906-1925Party: RepublicanLA FOLLETTE, Robert Marion, (father of Robert Marion La Follette, Jr.), a Representative and a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Primrose, Dane…
(Encyclopedia) Sherwood, Robert Emmet, 1896–1955, American dramatist, b. New Rochelle, N.Y., grad. Harvard, 1918. After serving in World War I, he wrote for Vanity Fair and Life, serving as editor of…
HYNEMAN, John M., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., about April 25, 1771; received a common-school education; member of the State house of representatives…
Senate Years of Service: 2005-Party: RepublicanBURR, Richard M., a Senator and a Representative from North Carolina; born in Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., November 30, 1955;…
LANDRY, Jeffrey M., a Representative from Louisiana; born in Saint Martinville, Saint Martin Parish, Louisiana, on December 23, 1970; B.S., University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, La…
LOWEY, Nita M., a Representative from New York; born Nita Sue Melnikoff in New York, N.Y., July 5, 1937; graduated from Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, N.Y., 1955; B.S., Mount Holyoke…
LUMMIS, Cynthia M., a Representative from Wyoming; born in Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyo.; September 10, 1954; B. S., University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo., 1976; B. A., University of Wyoming,…
KOSMAS, Suzanne M., a Representative from Florida; born in Washington, Washington County, D.C., February 25, 1944; attended Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa., 1961-1963;…