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Sumner, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Sumner, Charles, 1811–74, U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1851–74), b. Boston. He attended (1831–33) and was later a lecturer at Harvard law school, was admitted (1834) to the bar,…

Gary Arthur MYERS, Congress, PA (1937)

MYERS, Gary Arthur, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Toronto, Jefferson County, Ohio, August 16, 1937; attended Evans City (Pa.) Elementary School, 1943-1951; graduated, Evans City…

John HUNTER, Congress, SC (17321760-1802)

Senate Years of Service: 1796-1798Party: Democratic RepublicanHUNTER, John, a Representative and a Senator from South Carolina; born in South Carolina in either 1732 or 1760; completed…

Henry BALDWIN, Congress, PA (1780-1844)

BALDWIN, Henry, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in New Haven, Conn., January 14, 1780; was graduated from Hopkins Grammar School in 1793 and from Yale College in 1797; studied law;…

Taylor WEBSTER, Congress, OH (1800-1876)

WEBSTER, Taylor, a Representative from Ohio; born in Pennsylvania October 1, 1800; moved with his parents to Ohio in 1806, where he received a limited schooling; attended Miami University,…

Robert Lewis RODGERS, Congress, PA (1875-1960)

RODGERS, Robert Lewis, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in El Dorado, Butler County, Kans., June 2, 1875; raised on a farm near Jamestown, Mercer County, Pa.; attended district school…

Walter FLOWERS, Congress, AL (1933-1984)

FLOWERS, Walter, a Representative from Alabama; born in Greenville, Butler County, Ala., April 12, 1933; educated in public schools of Tuscaloosa; University of Alabama, A.B., 1955, and LL.B…

John Eugene HARDING, Congress, OH (1877-1959)

HARDING, John Eugene, a Representative from Ohio; born in Excello, Butler County, Ohio, June 27, 1877; attended the Amanda public schools and Pennsylvania Military Academy at Chester; was…