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Joseph Carter ABBOTT, Congress, NC (1825-1881)

Senate Years of Service: 1868-1871Party: RepublicanABBOTT, Joseph Carter, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Concord, N.H., July 15, 1825; graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.,…

Chester Alan ARTHUR, Congress, (1829-1886)

ARTHUR, Chester Alan, a Vice President and 21st President of the United States; born in Fairfield, Franklin County, Vt., October 5, 1829; attended the public schools and graduated from Union…

Charles BROWN, Congress, PA (1797-1883)

BROWN, Charles, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., September 23, 1797; attended the public schools; in early boyhood moved with his father to Cumberland County, N.J…

Newton Martin CURTIS, Congress, NY (1835-1910)

CURTIS, Newton Martin, a Representative from New York; born in De Peyster, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., May 21, 1835; attended the common schools and Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary; entered the…

Wriston, Walter Bigelow

(Encyclopedia) Wriston, Walter Bigelow, 1919–2005, American banker, b. Middletown, Conn., grad. Wesleyan (B.A., 1941); Fletcher School, Tufts Univ. (M.A., 1942). Widely considered the most important…

Billings, John Shaw

(Encyclopedia) Billings, John Shaw, 1838–1913, American surgeon and librarian, b. Indiana. In the Civil War he was medical inspector of the Army of the Potomac. After the war he was given charge of…

Elbert Duncan THOMAS, Congress, UT (1883-1953)

Senate Years of Service: 1933-1951Party: DemocratTHOMAS, Elbert Duncan, a Senator from Utah; born in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 17, 1883; attended the public schools; graduated from the…

William Oscar ATKESON, Congress, MO (1854-1931)

ATKESON, William Oscar, a Representative from Missouri; born on a farm near Buffalo, Putnam County, Va. (now West Virginia), August 24, 1854; attended the public schools and the University of…

John BIDDLE, Congress, MI (1792-1859)

BIDDLE, John, a Delegate from the Territory of Michigan; born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 2, 1792; attended the common schools and Princeton College; enlisted in the War of 1812; appointed a…