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David TURPIE, Congress, IN (1828-1909)

Senate Years of Service: 1863-1863; 1887-1899Party: Democrat; DemocratTURPIE, David, a Senator from Indiana; born in Hamilton County, Ohio, July 8, 1828; graduated from Kenyon College, Gambier…

Isidor RAYNER, Congress, MD (1850-1912)

Senate Years of Service: 1905-1912Party: DemocratRAYNER, Isidor, a Representative and a Senator from Maryland; born in Baltimore, Md., April 11, 1850; attended private schools, the University…

Anthony CAMINETTI, Congress, CA (1854-1923)

CAMINETTI, Anthony, a Representative from California; born in Jackson, Amador County, Calif., July 30, 1854; attended the public schools of his native county, the grammar schools in San…

Indiana

Indiana State Facts Entered Union: December 11, 1816 (19th State) Organized as territory: May 7, 1800 Present constitution adopted: 1851 Fun Facts State abbreviation/Postal code: Ind./…

Grey, Zane

(Encyclopedia) Grey, Zane, 1872–1939, American writer of Western stories, b. Zanesville, Ohio, as Pearl Zane Gray, grad. Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1896. His melodramatic tales of the West and Southwest…

Baldwin, Simeon Eben

(Encyclopedia) Baldwin, Simeon Eben, 1840–1927, American jurist and politician, b. New Haven, Conn., grad. Yale, 1861. He taught at Yale from 1869 to 1919, serving as a professor of law after 1872.…

Harrisonburg

(Encyclopedia) Harrisonburg, city (2020 pop. 51,814), seat of Rockingham co., NW Va., in the Shenandoah Valley; settled 1739, inc. 1916. It is a…

Charles Elroy TOWNSEND, Congress, MI (1856-1924)

Senate Years of Service: 1911-1923Party: RepublicanTOWNSEND, Charles Elroy, a Representative and a Senator from Michigan; born near Concord, Jackson County, Mich., August 15, 1856; attended…

Charles Wayne DOWDY, Congress, MS (1943)

DOWDY, Charles Wayne, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia, July 27, 1943; attended the public schools; graduated from Gulfport High School, Gulfport…

John Henry EATON, Congress, TN (1790-1856)

Senate Years of Service: 1818-1821; 1821-1829Party: Democratic Republican; Jackson Republican; JacksonianEATON, John Henry, a Senator from Tennessee; born near Scotland Neck, Halifax County, N…