LYLE, John Emmett, Jr., a Representative from Texas; born in Boyd, Wise County, Tex., September 4, 1910; graduated from Wichita Falls High School, Wichita Falls, Tex.; attended the Junior…
EDWARDS, William Posey, a Representative from Georgia; born near Talbotton, Talbot County, Ga., November 9, 1835; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Collinsworth Institute,…
BUFFINGTON, Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in West Chester, Pa., November 27, 1803; attended the common schools and Western University, Pittsburgh, Pa.; moved to Butler…
HOLBROCK, Greg John, a Representative from Ohio; born in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, June 21, 1906; graduated from St. Xavier High School; attended Notre Dame University, South Bend, Ind.;…
(Encyclopedia) Burleson, Albert SidneyBurleson, Albert Sidneybûrˈləsən [key], 1863–1937, U.S. Postmaster General (1913–21), b. San Marcos, Tex.; grandson of Edward Burleson. He was a lawyer of Austin…
CHRISTOPHER, George Henry, a Representative from Missouri; born on a farm in Bates County, near Butler, Mo., December 9, 1888; attended the public schools of Bates County, Mo.; was graduated…
CLARDY, Kit Francis, a Representative from Michigan; born in Butler, Bates County, Mo., June 17, 1892; moved with his family to Kansas City and then to a farm near Liberty, Mo., in 1907;…
SHIELDS, James, (uncle of James Shields [1810-1879]), a Representative from Ohio; born in Banbridge, County Down, Ireland, April 13, 1762; received a good common-school education; entered the…
SNOVER, Horace Greeley, a Representative from Michigan; born in Romeo, Macomb County, Mich., September 21, 1847; attended the public schools and Dickenson Institute at Romeo; was graduated…
PICKLE, James Jarrell (Jake), a Representative from Texas; born in Big Spring, Howard County, Tex., October 11, 1913; educated in the public schools of Big Spring, Tex.; B.A., University of…