Senate Years of Service: 1867-1871Party: RepublicanTHAYER, John Milton, (uncle of Arthur Laban Bates), a Senator from Nebraska; born in Bellingham, Mass., January 24, 1820; graduated from…
Senate Years of Service: 1893-1899Party: DemocratWHITE, Stephen Mallory, a Senator from California; born in San Francisco, Calif., January 19, 1853; moved with his parents to Santa Cruz County…
Senate Years of Service: 1929-1930Party: RepublicanALLEN, Henry Justin, a Senator from Kansas; born in Pittsfield, Warren County, Pa., September 11, 1868; moved with his parents to Kansas in…
(Encyclopedia) Roger II, c.1095–1154, count (1101–30) and first king (1130–54) of Sicily, son and successor of Roger I. He conquered (1127) Apulia and Salerno and sided with the antipope Anacletus II…
WISE, John Sergeant, (son of Henry Alexander Wise, grandson of John Sergeant, brother of Richard Alsop Wise, and cousin of George Douglas Wise), a Representative from Virginia; born in Rio de…
Senate Years of Service: 1930-1939Party: DemocratMcGILL, George, a Senator from Kansas; born on a farm near Russell, Lucas County, Iowa, February 12, 1879; moved to Kansas with his parents,…
Senate Years of Service: 1883-1895Party: RepublicanWILSON, James Falconer, a Representative and a Senator from Iowa; born in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, October 19, 1828; pursued an academic…
Senate Years of Service: 1946-1949Party: RepublicanBALDWIN, Raymond Earl, a Senator from Connecticut; born in Rye, Westchester County, N.Y., August 31, 1893; moved to Middletown, Conn., in…