BEAMAN, Fernando Cortez, a Representative from Michigan; born in Chester, Vt., June 28, 1814; moved with his parents to a farm in Franklin County, N.Y., in 1819; attended the district schools…
Senate Years of Service: 1935-1947Party: DemocratBILBO, Theodore Gilmore, a Senator from Mississippi; born on a farm near Poplarville, Pearl River County, Miss., October 13, 1877; attended the…
Senate Years of Service: 1895-1899Party: RepublicanWILSON, John Lockwood, (son of James Wilson of Indiana [1825-1867]), a Representative and a Senator from Washington; born in Crawfordsville,…
RODENBERG, William August, a Representative from Illinois; born near Chester, Randolph County, Ill., October 30, 1865; attended the public schools; was graduated from Central Wesleyan College…
FLYNN, Dennis Thomas, a Delegate from the Territory of Oklahoma; born in Phoenixville, Chester County, Pa., February 13, 1861; moved with his mother to Buffalo, N.Y., in 1863; became an orphan…
LIVERMORE, Arthur, (son of Samuel Livermore and brother of Edward St. Loe Livermore), a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., July 29, 1766; received…
Senate Years of Service: 1848-1861Party: DemocratSEBASTIAN, William King, a Senator from Arkansas; born in Centerville, Hickman County, Tenn., in 1812; graduated from Columbia College,…
(Encyclopedia) Atkins, Chet (Chester Burton Atkins), 1924–2001, American country guitarist, singer, and record company executive, b. Luttrell, Tenn. Part of a musical family, he played fiddle and…
Senate Years of Service: 1941-1953Party: DemocratMcFARLAND, Ernest William, a Senator from Arizona; born on a farm near Earlsboro, Pottawatomie County, Okla., October 9, 1894; attended the…
Senate Years of Service: 1881-1911Party: RepublicanALDRICH, Nelson Wilmarth, (father of Richard Steere Aldrich, cousin of William Aldrich, grandfather of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, and great-…
