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Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hurricanes are severe tropical storms that form in the southern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.…

Morgan Calvin HAMILTON, Congress, TX (1809-1893)

Senate Years of Service: 1870-1873; 1873-1875; 1875-1877Party: Republican; Liberal Republican; RepublicanHAMILTON, Morgan Calvin, (brother of Andrew Jackson Hamilton), a Senator from Texas;…

John Armor BINGHAM, Congress, OH (1815-1900)

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…

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…

Hugh Lawson WHITE, Congress, TN (1773-1840)

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…

Levi WOODBURY, Congress, NH (1789-1851)

Senate Years of Service: 1825-1831; 1841-1845Party: Jacksonian; DemocratWOODBURY, Levi, a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Francestown, N.H., December 22, 1789; graduated from Dartmouth…

Ephraim Hubbard FOSTER, Congress, TN (1794-1854)

Senate Years of Service: 1838-1839; 1843-1845Party: Whig; WhigFOSTER, Ephraim Hubbard, a Senator from Tennessee; born near Bardstown, Nelson County, Ky., September 17, 1794; moved to Tennessee…

Wyche FOWLER, Jr., Congress, GA (1940)

Senate Years of Service: 1987-1993Party: DemocratFOWLER, Wyche, Jr., a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Ga., October 6, 1940; attended the public schools; graduated…

James Warren NYE, Congress, NV (1815-1876)

Senate Years of Service: 1864-1873Party: RepublicanNYE, James Warren, a Senator from Nevada; born in De Ruyter, Madison County, N.Y., June 10, 1815; attended the common schools and Homer…