Senate Years of Service: 1993- Party: Republican HUTCHISON, Kathyrn Ann Bailey (Kay), a Senator from Texas; born in Galveston, Tex., July 22, 1943; attended the public schools in La Marque, Tex…
Senate Years of Service: 1892-1899Party: DemocratMILLS, Roger Quarles, a Representative and a Senator from Texas; born in Todd County, Ky., March 30, 1832; attended the common schools; moved…
founder of the Chisholm TrailBorn: circa 1806Birthplace: Cherokee Nation, eastern Tennessee Born to a father of Scottish ancestry and a Cherokee mother, Chisholm went to live with the Western…
Each year the American Lung Association issues their "State of the Air" report. They track year-round and short-term particle pollution as well as the…
WHY ARE MOST OBSERVATORIES ON TOP OF MOUNTAINS? HOW DO RADIO TELESCOPES WORK? ARRAYSFIND OUT MOREAstronomers gather information about space in buildings called observatories. Most astronomers use…
Senate Years of Service: 1941-1949 Party: Democrat O’DANIEL, Wilbert Lee (Pappy), a Senator from Texas; born in Malta, Morgan County, Ohio, March 11, 1890; reared on a cattle ranch near…
Senate Years of Service: 1831-1833; 1833-1837Party: Jacksonian; Anti-JacksonMOORE, Gabriel, a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Stokes County, N.C., around 1785; pursued an…
Senate Years of Service: 1846-1857Party: DemocratRUSK, Thomas Jefferson, a Senator from Texas; born in Pendleton District, S.C., December 5, 1803; self-taught; studied law; admitted to the bar…
CHILTON, Thomas, (grandfather of Horace Chilton), a Representative from Kentucky; born near Lancaster, Garrard County, Ky., July 30, 1798; attended the common schools in Paris, Ky.; studied…
U.S. congressmanBorn: 5/13/1916Birthplace: San Antonio, Tex. Gonzalez grew up on San Antonio's West Side in a shack with dirt floors and no running water. After being thrown out of swimming pools…
