ROONEY, John James, a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., November 29, 1903; attended the parochial schools and St. Francis Preparatory School and College; the law department…
EVANS, Marcellus Hugh, a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., September 22, 1884; attended St. John the Baptist School and St. James Academy, Brooklyn, N.Y.; was graduated…
FLYNN, Joseph Vincent, a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., September 2, 1883; attended the public schools and the Boysâ High School of Brooklyn; was graduated from the…
GRAHAM, John Hugh, a Representative from New York; born in Belfast, Ireland, April 1, 1835; immigrated in 1836 to the United States with his parents, who settled in Brooklyn, N.Y.; attended…
KALBFLEISCH, Martin, a Representative from New York; born in Flushing, Holland, on February 8, 1804; attended the public schools; studied chemistry; immigrated to the United States and settled…
OâREILLY, Daniel, a Representative from New York; born in Limerick, Ireland, June 3, 1838; pursued an academic course; immigrated to the United States in July 1856 with his parents, who…
(Encyclopedia) Handlin, Oscar, 1915–2011, American historian, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Brooklyn College (B.A., 1934). He received his Ph.D (1940) from Harvard and taught there from 1939 to 1984. Most…
(Encyclopedia) Chadwick, Henry, 1824–1908, Anglo-American journalist who helped popularize baseball in the United States, b. Exeter, England. Moving to Brooklyn, N.Y., with his family in 1837, he was…
WALLACE, William Copeland, a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 21, 1856; was graduated from Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1873, from Wesleyan University,…
