HOPKINS, Francis Alexander, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, Va., May 27, 1853; attended the public schools and the Tazewell High School; studied law;…
ALEXANDER, Adam Rankin, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Rockbridge County, Va., November 1, 1781; surveyor; member of the Tennessee state senate, 1817; register of the land office for…
DE WITT, Alexander, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in New Braintree, Mass., April 2, 1798; pursued an academic course; engaged in textile manufacturing in Oxford; member of the…
(Encyclopedia) Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847–1922, American scientist, inventor of the telephone, b. Edinburgh, Scotland, educated at the Univ. of Edinburgh and University College, London; son of…
(Encyclopedia) Alexander III, 1845–94, czar of Russia (1881–94), son and successor of Alexander II. Factors that contributed to Alexander's reactionary policies included his father's assassination,…
MITCHELL, Alexander Clark, a Representative from Kansas; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 11, 1860; moved to Kansas in 1867 with his parents, who settled in Douglas County, near Lawrence;…
SUTHERLAND, Daniel Alexander, a Delegate from the Territory of Alaska; born in Pleasant Bay on Cape Breton Island, Canada, April 17, 1869; moved with his parents to Essex, Mass., in 1876;…
BOKEE, David Alexander, a Representative from New York; born in New York City, October 6, 1805; attended the public schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits; studied law; was admitted to the…
BOTELER, Alexander Robinson, a Representative from Virginia; born in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Va. (now West Virginia), May 16, 1815; was graduated from Princeton College in 1835;…
BOYD, Thomas Alexander, a Representative from Illinois; born near Bedford, Adams County, Pa., June 25, 1830; attended the public schools; was graduated from Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pa…
