HAMILL, James Alphonsus, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., March 30, 1877; attended St. Bridgetâs Academy; was graduated from St. Peterâs College, Jersey City, N…
HUBBARD, William Pallister, (son of Chester Dorman Hubbard), a Representative from West Virginia; born in Wheeling, Va. (later West Virginia), December 24, 1843; attended the public schools…
founder of ChicagoBorn: c. 1750Birthplace: St. Marc, Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) Du Sable had a French father and an African-born slave mother. He was educated (possibly in France) and may…
JOHNSON, Albert, a Representative from Washington; born in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., March 5, 1869; attended the public and high schools at Atchison and Hiawatha, Kans.; reporter on…
SCROGGY, Thomas Edmund, a Representative from Ohio; born in Harveysburg, Warren County, Ohio, March 18, 1843; attended the public schools; engaged in manufacturing; enlisted in July 1861 as a…
SMITH, Charles Brooks, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Elizabeth, Wirt County, Va. (now West Virginia), February 24, 1844; attended a private school at Parkersburg; enlisted on…
STOKES, William Brickly, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Chatham County, N.C., September 9, 1814; attended the common schools; moved to Tennessee; engaged in agricultural pursuits;…
CONNER, John Coggswell, a Representative from Texas; born in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Ind., October 14, 1842; attended the Noblesville public schools and Wabash College, Crawfordsville,…
COOK, Daniel Pope, a Representative from Illinois; born in Scott County, Ky., in 1794; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Kaskaskia,…
CROFT, Theodore Gaillard, (son of George William Croft), a Representative from South Carolina; born in Aiken, Aiken County, S.C., November 26, 1874; attended the common schools; was graduated…
