Senate Years of Service: 1845-1847Party: DemocratSPEIGHT, Jesse, a Representative from North Carolina and a Senator from Mississippi; born in Greene County, N.C., September 22, 1795; attended…
JACKSON, Amos Henry, a Representative from Ohio; born near Franklin, Delaware County, N.Y., May 10, 1846; moved with his parents to Gibson, Steuben County, N.Y., in 1854 and to a farm near…
JACKSON, Ebenezer, Jr., a Representative from Connecticut; born in Savannah, Ga., January 31, 1796; pursued academic studies; was graduated from St. Maryâs College, near Baltimore, Md., in…
JACKSON, Joseph Webber, a Representative from Georgia; born at Cedar Hill, near Savannah, Ga., December 6, 1796; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced…
JACKSON, William Terry, a Representative from New York; born in Chester, Orange County, N.Y., December 29, 1794; attended the common schools and later studied surveying; taught school in…
Senate Years of Service: 1869-1885Party: DemocratBAYARD, Thomas Francis, Sr., (son of James Asheton Bayard, Jr., and father of Thomas Francis Bayard, Jr.), a Senator from Delaware; born in…
BOGGS, Thomas Hale, Sr., (husband of Corinne Claiborne Boggs), a Representative from Louisiana; born in Long Beach, Harrison County, Miss., February 15, 1914; attended the public and parochial…
JACKSON, James Streshly, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Fayette County, Ky., September 27, 1823; pursued classical studies in Centre College, Danville, Ky.; was graduated from…
Senate Years of Service: 1799-1805; 1807-1813Party: Democratic Republican; Democratic RepublicanFRANKLIN, Jesse, (brother of Meshack Franklin), a Representative and a Senator from North…
(Encyclopedia) Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, 1815–75, American politician, b. Huntsville, Ala. Moving to Texas in 1846, he served (1849) as attorney general, was a member of the legislature (1851–53),…
