STURGISS, George Cookman, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Poland, Mahoning County, Ohio, August 16, 1842; attended country schools; moved to Morgantown, Va. (now West Virginia),…
Senate Years of Service: 1876-1877Party: DemocratPRICE, Samuel, a Senator from West Virginia; born in Fauquier County, Va., July 28, 1805; moved with his parents to Preston County in 1815;…
BACHMANN, Carl George, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Wheeling, Ohio County, W.Va., May 14, 1890; attended the public schools; was graduated from Linsly Institute, Wheeling, W.Va…
EDMISTON, Andrew, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Weston, Lewis County, W.Va., November 13, 1892; attended the Friendsâ Select School, Washington, D.C., Kentucky Military…
HARRISON, Benjamin, (father of Carter Bassett Harrison and William Henry Harrison, grandfather of John Scott Harrison, great-grandfather of Benjamin Harrison [1833-1901] and great-great-great…
DARDEN, Colgate Whitehead, Jr., a Representative from Virginia; born on a farm near Franklin, Southampton County, Va., February 11, 1897; attended the public schools; was graduated from the…
Senate Years of Service: 1870-1883Party: DemocratJOHNSTON, John Warfield, (uncle of Henry Bowen and nephew of Charles Clement Johnston and Joseph Eggleston Johnston), a Senator from Virginia;…
prevailed in Supreme Court caseDied: May 2, 2008Best Known as: A Black woman whose marriage to a white man led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling Deathplace: Central Point, Virginia In 1958, Mildred…
RIGELL, E. Scott, a Representative from Virginia; born in Titusville, Brevard County, Fla., May 28, 1960; A.A., Brevard Community College, Cocoa, Fla., 1981; B.B.A., Mercer University, Macon,…
HURT, Robert, a Representative from Virginia; born in New York, New York County, N.Y.; June 16, 1969; B.A., Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Va., 1991; J.D., Mississippi College, Clinton,…
