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Hugh Swinton LEGARÉ, Congress, SC (1797-1843)

  LEGARɉ, Hugh Swinton, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., January 2, 1797; attended Charleston College and the school of Rev. Moses Waddell at Abbeville; was…

Clement Comer CLAY, Congress, AL (1789-1866)

Senate Years of Service: 1837-1841Party: DemocratCLAY, Clement Comer, (father of Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr.), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Halifax County, Va.,…

LAWRENCE, William, Congress, OH (1819-1899)

LAWRENCE, William, a Representative from Ohio; born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, June 26, 1819; attended the common schools and Tidball’s Academy, near Knoxville, Tenn.; taught school in Pennsville…

Carl SCHURZ, Congress, MO (1829-1906)

Senate Years of Service: 1869-1871; 1871-1875Party: Republican; Liberal RepublicanSCHURZ, Carl, a Senator from Missouri; born in Liblar, near Cologne, Germany, March 2, 1829; educated at the…

Thomas Ward OSBORN, Congress, FL (1833-1898)

Senate Years of Service: 1868-1873Party: RepublicanOSBORN, Thomas Ward, a Senator from Florida; born in Scotch Plains, Union County, N.J., March 9, 1833; moved to New York in 1842 with his…

Felix Kirk ZOLLICOFFER, Congress, TN (1812-1862)

ZOLLICOFFER, Felix Kirk, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Bigbyville, Maury County, Tenn., May 19, 1812; attended the “old field” schools and Jackson College, Columbia, Tenn.;…

Julie Christie

actressBorn: 4/14/1941Birthplace: Chukua, Assam, India Academy Award-winning actress (Darling, 1965) who was a leading star of the 1960s and 1970s. Her films include Dr. Zhivago (1965), Shampoo (…

Robbie Tilley Branscum

writerBorn: 6/17/1937Birthplace: near Big Flat, Arkansas A popular children's author, she drew on her own childhood in rural Arkansas to tell stories of hardship and good times in some 20 books.…

Howard Finster

folk artist, Baptist preacherBorn: 12/02/1916Birthplace: Valley Head, Alabama Baptist preacher and prolific folk artist known as much for his outsized personality as for his sculpture made out of…

Sammy Davis, Jr.

singer, actorBorn: 12/8/1925Birthplace: New York City Popular singer and stage and film actor who started touring with his family's troupe, the Will Mastin Trio, at age three. He was a member of…