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FRANCE, Joseph Irwin, Congress, MD (1873-1939)

Senate Years of Service: 1917-1923 Party: Republican FRANCE, Joseph Irwin, a Senator from Maryland; born in Cameron, Clinton County, Mo., October 11, 1873; attended the common schools and…

Joseph Irwin FRANCE, Congress, MD (1873-1939)

Senate Years of Service: 1917-1923Party: RepublicanFRANCE, Joseph Irwin, a Senator from Maryland; born in Cameron, Clinton County, Mo., October 11, 1873; attended the common schools and…

Henry DODGE, Congress, WI (1782-1867)

Senate Years of Service: 1848-1857Party: DemocratDODGE, Henry, (half-brother of Lewis Fields Linn, father of Augustus Caesar Dodge), a Delegate and a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Vincennes…

William Bauchop WILSON, Congress, PA (1862-1934)

WILSON, William Bauchop, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Blantyre, Scotland, April 2, 1862; immigrated to this country with his parents, who settled in Arnot, Tioga County, Pa., in…

Celluloid Santas

Pudgy Red Elf vs. Little Green Men Seventy-five years after Clement Moore penned The Night Before Christmas, which gave us the first detailed description of Mr. Claus, the jolly old elf made his…

Members of Congress: Iowa, Congress,

Biographies of U.S. representatives and senators from Iowa Member Name Birth-Death AINSWORTH, Lucien Lester 1831-1902 ALLISON, William Boyd 1829-1908…

John Davison Rockefeller

industrialist, philanthropistBorn: 7/8/1839Birthplace: Richford, N.Y. An American business icon, Rockefeller made his first business transaction at age 12. His parents had taught him to save his…

Frank Jenne CANNON, Congress, UT (1859-1933)

Senate Years of Service: 1896-1897; 1897-1899Party: Republican; Silver RepublicanCANNON, Frank Jenne, (son of George Quayle Cannon), a Delegate from the Territory of Utah and a Senator from…