Senate Years of Service: 2001- Party: Democrat NELSON, Earl Benjamin (Ben), a Senator from Nebraska; born on May 17, 1941, in McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska; graduated University of…
YOUNG, Todd, a Representative from Indiana; born in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa., August 24, 1972; B.S., United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 1995; M.B.A., University of Chicago,…
(Encyclopedia) Maxwell, William Keepers, Jr., 1908–2000, American novelist, short-story writer, and editor, b. Lincoln, Ill. Educated at the Univ. of Illinois and Harvard, he began his career as a…
Senate Years of Service: 1999-2011Party: DemocratBAYH, Evan, (son of Birch Evan Bayh), a Senator from Indiana; born in Shirkieville, Indiana, on December 26, 1955; graduated Indiana University…
PETERS, Gary C., a Representative from Michigan; born in Pontiac, Oakland County, Mich., December 1, 1958; B.A., Alma College, Alma, Mich., 1980; M.B.A., University of Detroit, Detroit, Mich…
Senate Years of Service: 1995-2001Party: RepublicanABRAHAM, Spencer, a Senator from Michigan; born in East Lansing, Mich., June 12, 1952; attended the public schools in East Lansing; graduated…
Senate Years of Service: 1975-Party: DemocratLEAHY, Patrick Joseph, a Senator from Vermont; born in Montpelier, Washington County, Vt., March 31, 1940; graduated, St. Michaelâs College,…
GIBBONS, James A., a Representative from Nevada; born in Sparks, Washoe County, Nev., December 16, 1944; B.S., University of Nevada, Reno, Nev., 1967; M.S., University of Nevada, Reno, Nev.,…
GILBERT, Edward, a Representative from California; born in Cherry Valley, Otsego County, N.Y., about 1819; attended the public schools; was a compositor on the Albany Argus in 1839, and later…
(Encyclopedia) Anderson, John Bayard, 1922–2017, U.S. politician, b. Rockford, Ill., grad. Univ. of Illinois (B.A. 1939, J.D. 1946), Harvard law school (LL.M. 1949). After serving in the army (1943–…
