WIGGINTON, Peter Dinwiddie, a Representative from California; born in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., September 6, 1839; moved to Wisconsin with his parents in 1843; completed preparatory…
TILLINGHAST, Thomas, (cousin of Joseph Leonard Tillinghast), a Representative from Rhode Island; born in East Greenwich, R.I., August 21, 1742; completed preparatory studies; member of the…
WELLER, Gerald C. (Jerry), a Representative from Illinois; born in Streator, La Salle County, Ill., July 7, 1957; graduated from Dwight High School, Ill., 1975; attended Joliet Junior College,…
WELLER, Gerald C. (Jerry), a Representative from Illinois; born in Streator, La Salle County, Ill., July 7, 1957; graduated from Dwight High School, Ill., 1975; attended Joliet Junior College…
SCHNEEBELI, Herman Theodore, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa., July 7, 1907; attended the public schools; graduated from Mercersburg Academy in 1926…
Senate Years of Service: 1852-1853Party: DemocratDE SAUSSURE, William Ford, a Senator from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., February 22, 1792; graduated from Harvard University in…
(Encyclopedia) Custer, George Armstrong, 1839–76, American army officer, b. New Rumley, Ohio, grad. West Point, 1861.
In the reorganization of the U.S. army after the war Custer was assigned to the…
