YANCEY, William Lowndes, (uncle of Joseph Haynsworth Earle), a Representative from Alabama; born at the Falls of the Ogeechee, Warren County, Ga., August 10, 1814; attended preparatory school…
Senate Years of Service: 1917-1923Party: RepublicanNEW, Harry Stewart, a Senator from Indiana; born in Indianapolis, Ind., December 31, 1858; attended the public schools and Butler University…
Senate Years of Service: 1981-2011Party: Republican; DemocratSPECTER, Arlen, a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kans., February 12, 1930; attended the public…
Senate Years of Service: 1943-1944Party: DemocratWALSH, Arthur, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., February 26, 1896; educated in the public schools, by private…
Senate Years of Service: 1889-1895Party: RepublicanWASHBURN, William Drew, (brother of Israel Washburn, Jr., Elihu Benjamin Washburne, and Cadwallader Colden Washburn), a Representative and a…
MAILLIARD, William Somers, a Representative from California; born in Belvedere, Marin County, Calif., June 10, 1917; attended elementary and secondary schools in the San Francisco Bay area,…
Senate Years of Service: 1913-1940Party: DemocratPITTMAN, Key, a Senator from Nevada; born in Vicksburg, Warren County, Miss., September 12, 1872; educated by private tutors and at the…
Senate Years of Service: 1987-Party: DemocratREID, Harry, a Senator and a Representative from Nevada; born in Searchlight, Nev., December 2, 1939; graduated, Southern Utah State College 1959,…
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Arlington National Cemetery occupies 612 acres in Virginia on the Potomac River, directly opposite Washington. This land was part of the estate of John Parke Custis, Martha Washington's son. His…