Senate Years of Service: 1892-1897Party: DemocratHILL, David Bennett, a Senator from New York; born in Havana (now Montour Falls), Chemung (now Schuyler) County, N.Y., August 29, 1843;…
GARDNER, Washington, a Representative from Michigan; born in Morrow County, Ohio, February 16, 1845; entered the Union Army and served in Company D, Sixty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer…
STEELE, George Washington, a Representative from Indiana; born near Connersville, Fayette County, Ind., December 13, 1839; attended the common schools and Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware…
CATE, George Washington, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Montpelier, Washington County, Vt., September 17, 1825; attended the common schools; studied law and was admitted to the bar…
(Encyclopedia) Opie, John, 1761–1807, English portrait and historical painter. Opie showed a remarkable talent as a young man. He became the protégé of the poet John Wolcot, and enjoyed a brief…
(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…
WASHINGTON, George Corbin, (grandnephew of George Washington), a Representative from Maryland; born on âHaywood Farms,â near Oak Grove, Westmoreland County, Va., August 20, 1789; attended…
WRIGHT, George Washington, a Representative from California; was born in Concord, Mass., on June 4, 1816; attended the public schools; employed in the business department of the Boston Courier…
TRIGG, John Johns, (brother of Abram Trigg), a Representative from Virginia; born on his fatherâs estate near Old Liberty (now Bedford), Va., in 1748; received a liberal schooling; engaged…
WASHINGTON, Joseph Edwin, a Representative from Tennessee; was born on the family homestead, âWessyngton,â near Cedar Hill, Robertson County, Tenn., November 10, 1851; received his early…
