Senate Years of Service: 1845-1847Party: DemocratPENNYBACKER, Isaac Samuels, (cousin of Green Berry Samuels), a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born at Pine Forge, near Newmarket,…
AKIN, Theron, a Representative from New York; born in Johnstown, Fulton County, N.Y., May 23, 1855; attended the common schools of Amsterdam, N.Y., and also was privately tutored at home;…
founder of ChicagoBorn: c. 1750Birthplace: St. Marc, Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) Du Sable had a French father and an African-born slave mother. He was educated (possibly in France) and may…
GROUT, William Wallace, a Representative from Vermont; born in Compton, Province of Quebec, May 24, 1836; pursued an academic course and graduated from the Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Law School in…
FORNES, Charles Vincent, a Representative from New York; born on a farm near Williamsville, Erie County, N.Y., January 22, 1844; attended the public schools, and was graduated from Union…
DUNLAP, Robert Pinckney, a Representative from Maine; born in Brunswick, Maine, August 17, 1794; educated by private tutors; was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1815;…
EDWARDS, Don Calvin, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Moulton, Appanoose County, Iowa, on July 13, 1861; moved to Erie, Neosho County, Kans., with his parents in 1869; attended the…
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BENTLEY, Alvin Morell, a Representative from Michigan; born in Portland, Maine, August 30, 1918; graduated from Southern Pines (N.C.) High School in 1934, Asheville (N.C.) Prep School in 1936…
BOUTELL, Henry Sherman, (great-great grandson of Roger Sherman) a Representative from Illinois; born in Boston, Mass., March 14, 1856; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1863; pursued academic studies…
