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Greenest Colleges in the U.S.

The Sierra Magazine selected the top ten most environmentally friendly colleges and universities in the country. Results are based on clean-energy…

Willard Duncan VANDIVER, Congress, MO (1854-1932)

VANDIVER, Willard Duncan, a Representative from Missouri; born near Moorefield, Hardy County, Va. (now West Virginia), March 30, 1854; moved to Missouri with his parents, who settled on a farm…

Felix WALKER, Congress, NC (1753-1828)

WALKER, Felix, a Representative from North Carolina; born on the south branch of the Potomac River, in Hampshire County, Va. (now West Virginia), July 19, 1753; attended country school on the…

Leonard Sidney ECHOLS, Congress, WV (1871-1946)

ECHOLS, Leonard Sidney, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Madison, Boone County, W.Va., October 30, 1871; attended the public schools; was graduated from the commercial department…

William Dayton BOIES, Congress, IA (1857-1932)

BOIES, William Dayton, a Representative from Iowa; born on a farm in Boone County, Ill., January 3, 1857; moved with his parents to Buchanan County, Iowa, in 1873 and settled near Quasqueton;…

Gracie Bowers PFOST, Congress, ID (1906-1965)

PFOST, Gracie Bowers, a Representative from Idaho; born in Harrison, Boone County, Ark., March 12, 1906; moved with her parents to a farm in the Boise Valley, Idaho, in 1911; attended the…

James ROOSEVELT, Congress, CA (1907-1991)

ROOSEVELT, James, (son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and brother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.), a Representative from California; born in New York City December 23, 1907; attended…

James Thomas BROYHILL, Congress, NC (1927)

Senate Years of Service: 1986-1986Party: RepublicanBROYHILL, James Thomas, a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born in Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C., August 19, 1927; attended…

John Finis PHILIPS, Congress, MO (1834-1919)

PHILIPS, John Finis, a Representative from Missouri; born in Thralls Prairie, Boone County, Mo., December 31, 1834; attended the common schools, the University of Missouri at Columbia, and was…

William COCKE, Congress, TN (1748-1828)

Senate Years of Service: 1796-1797; 1799-1805Party: Democratic Republican; Democratic RepublicanCOCKE, William, (father of John Cocke and grandfather of William Michael Cocke), a Senator from…