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…
JOHNSON, Francis, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Caroline County, Va., June 19, 1776; pursued preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; moved to…
Senate Years of Service: 1822-1825Party: Democratic Republican; JacksonianKELLY, William, a Senator from Alabama; born September 22, 1786; probably in South Carolina; received a classical…
Senate Years of Service: 1982-1982Party: RepublicanBRADY, Nicholas Frederick, a Senator from New Jersey; born in New York City, April 11, 1930; graduated, St. Markâs School, Southboro, Mass…
GIBBS, Willis Benjamin, (husband of Florence Reville Gibbs), a Representative from Georgia; born in Dupont, Clinch County, Ga., April 15, 1889; attended the public schools and Mercer…
Senate Years of Service: 1879-1897Party: DemocratCALL, Wilkinson, (nephew of Richard Keith Call and cousin of James David Walker), a Senator from Florida; born in Russellville, Logan County,…
HOFFMAN, Clare Eugene, a Representative from Michigan; born in Vicksburg, Union County, Pa., September 10, 1875; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of…
SHEATS, Charles Christopher, a Representative from Alabama; born in Walker County, Ala., April 10, 1839; attended the common schools; elected a member of the secession convention in 1860 but…
(Encyclopedia) Cumberland Gap, natural passage through the Cumberland Mts., near the point where Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee meet. The gap was formed by the erosive action of a stream that once…
(Encyclopedia) Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder, 1843–1928, American geologist, b. Mattoon, Ill., grad. Beloit College, 1866. He was professor of geology at Beloit (1873–82), president of the Univ. of…
