Senate Years of Service: 1853-1855; 1855-1857; 1857-1859Party: Whig; Opposition; American (Know-Nothing)THOMPSON, John Burton, a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born near…
Senate Years of Service: 2009-Party: DemocratUDALL, Thomas, (son of Stewart Lee Udall; nephew of Morris K. Udall; cousin of Mark Udall; cousin of Gordon H. Smith), a Senator and a…
WAIT, John Turner, a Representative from Connecticut; born in New London, Conn., August 27, 1811; moved with his mother to Norwich, Conn.; attended the common schools and Trinity College,…
WEAVER, Claude, a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Gainesville, Cooke County, Tex., March 19, 1867; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of…
PENN, Alexander Gordon, a Representative from Louisiana; born near Stella, Patrick County, Va., May 10, 1799; moved with his parents to Lexington, Ky.; completed preparatory studies and…
RANDALL, William Joseph, a Representative from Missouri; born in Independence, Jackson County, Mo., July 16, 1909; graduated from William Chrisman High School in 1927, Junior College of Kansas…
RIDDLE, Albert Gallatin, a Representative from Ohio; was born in Monson, Mass., May 28, 1816; moved with his parents to Newbury, in the Western Reserve of Ohio, in 1817; completed preparatory…
FOSTER, Thomas Flournoy, a Representative from Georgia; born in Greensboro, Ga., November 23, 1790; pursued preparatory studies, and was graduated from Franklin College in 1812; studied law at…
GADSDEN, Christopher, a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., February 16, 1723; attended schools in England; employed in a commercial house in Philadelphia, Pa., 1742-1745;…
GARNETT, Muscoe Russell Hunter, (grandson of James Mercer Garnett), a Representative from Virginia; born at âElmwood,â near Loretto, Essex County, Va., July 25, 1821; tutored at home and…