JORGENSEN, Joseph, a Representative from Virginia; born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 11, 1844; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia;…
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COLLIER, John Allen, (great-grandfather of Edwin Arthur Hall), a Representative from New York; born in Litchfield, Conn., November 13, 1787; attended Yale College in 1803; studied law in the…
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(Encyclopedia) Mitchel, John, 1815–75, Irish revolutionist and journalist. A practicing lawyer, Mitchel contributed articles to the Nation (Dublin) and the United Irishman, which he founded in 1848,…
(Encyclopedia) Wirtz, William Willard, 1912–2010, U.S. secretary of labor (1962–69), b. DeKalb, Ill. A professor of law at Northwestern Univ. (1939–42), he served (1943–45) with the War Labor Board…
