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Persistence paid off for 13-year-old Nathan Cornelius from Cottonwood, Minn. The home-schooled seventh grader represented Minnesota at the National Geographic…
Senate Years of Service: 1839-1845Party: DemocratTAPPAN, Benjamin, a Senator from Ohio; born in Northampton, Mass., May 25, 1773; attended the public schools; apprenticed as printer and…
Senate Years of Service: 1797-1815 Party: Democratic Republican ANDERSON, Joseph, (father of Alexander Outlaw Anderson), a Senator from Tennessee; born near Philadelphia, Pa., November 5,…
BINGHAM, John Armor, a Representative from Ohio; born in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., January 21, 1815; pursued academic studies; apprentice in a printing office for two years; attended…
THAYER, Eli, (father of John Alden Thayer), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Mendon, Worcester County, Mass., June 11, 1819; attended the common schools, the academies in…
Senate Years of Service: 1807-1809Party: Democratic RepublicanTIFFIN, Edward, a Senator from Ohio; born in Carlisle, England, June 19, 1766; attended the common schools; studied medicine;…
Senate Years of Service: 1825-1840Party: Jacksonian; Anti-Jacksonian; WhigWHITE, Hugh Lawson, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Iredell County, N.C., October 30, 1773; moved with his parents…
Senate Years of Service: 1798-1801Party: Democratic RepublicanPINCKNEY, Charles, (father of Henry Laurens Pinckney), a Delegate, a Senator and a Representative from South Carolina; born in…
Senate Years of Service: 1825-1826; 1827-1832Party: Jacksonian; JacksonianELLIS, Powhatan, a Senator from Mississippi; born at âRed Hill,â Amherst County, Va., January 17, 1790; graduated…
