Senate Years of Service: 1840-1845Party: WhigPORTER, Augustus Seymour, (nephew of Peter Buell Porter), a Senator from Michigan; born in Canandaigua, N.Y., January 18, 1798; attended…
RICHARDSON, William Blaine, a Representative from New Mexico; born in Pasadena, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 15, 1947; graduated from Middlesex High School, Concord, Mass., 1966; B.A…
CAMP, David Lee, a Representative from Michigan; born in Midland, Midland County, Mich., July 9, 1953; graduated from Midland Dow High School, Midland, Mich.; attended the University of Sussex,…
Senate Years of Service: 1845-1847Party: DemocratCHALMERS, Joseph Williams, (father of James Ronald Chalmers), a Senator from Mississippi; born in Halifax County, Va., 1807; studied law in the…
CHASE, Jeremiah Townley, a Delegate from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., May 23, 1748; was a member of the committees of observation and correspondence in 1774; delegate to the Maryland…
CLAY, William Lacy, Sr., (father of William Lacy Clay, Jr.), a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., April 30, 1931; B.S., St. Louis University, 1953; real…
commentator, political activistBorn: 8/19/1953Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois Mary Joe Matalin dropped out of Western Illinois University to work in a steel mill in the early 1970s. She later…
directorBirthplace: Houston, Texas Anderson achieved by age 30 what few directors have been able to do: create intelligent, quirky, independent-minded Hollywood films. Born and raised in Houston,…
actressBorn: 3/11/1982Birthplace: Los Angeles, Calif. Birch, who was named after the Norse god of thunder, began exhibiting her thespian talents as a toddler, landing parts in TV commercials for…
KELLER, Oscar Edward, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Helenville, Jefferson County, Wis., July 30, 1878; attended the public schools and the University of Wisconsin at Madison; moved…
