Senate Years of Service: 1942-1943Party: RepublicanSHOTT, Hugh Ike, a Representative and a Senator from West Virginia; born in Staunton, Augusta County, Va., September 3, 1866; attended the…
HAMPTON, Wade, (grandfather of Wade Hampton [1818-1902]), a Representative from South Carolina; born in Virginia in 1752; received a thorough education; engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved…
Senate Years of Service: 1977-1983Party: RepublicanHAYAKAWA, Samuel Ichiye, a Senator from California; born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 18, 1906; educated in the public…
Senate Years of Service: 1967-1979Party: RepublicanBROOKE, Edward William, III, a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Washington, D.C., October 26, 1919; attended the public schools of…
Senate Years of Service: 1869-1875Party: RepublicanBROWNLOW, William Gannaway, (uncle of Walter Preston Brownlow), a Senator from Tennessee; born near Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., August 29…
Infoplease Spotlight: 52nd Little League World Series Pitching always seems to steal the limelight in the championship game. Eighteen final games (36 percent) have ended in shut-outs. Twice in…
The Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first person to walk in space. On March 18, 1965, he floated outside his Voskhod 2 spacecraft for more than 10 minutes. Even though his lifeline extended…
Senate Years of Service: 1917-1923Party: RepublicanNEW, Harry Stewart, a Senator from Indiana; born in Indianapolis, Ind., December 31, 1858; attended the public schools and Butler University…
Senate Years of Service: 1921-1933Party: RepublicanODDIE, Tasker Lowndes, a Senator from Nevada; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., October 20, 1870; reared in East Orange, N.J.; attended…
Senate Years of Service: 1817-1822Party: FederalistOTIS, Harrison Gray, (son of Samuel Allyne Otis), a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., on October 8,…
