LANGHAM, Jonathan Nicholas, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Hillsdale, Indiana County, Pa., August 4, 1861; attended the common schools; taught school; was graduated from the…
DAVIS, Joseph Jonathan, a Representative from North Carolina; born near Louisburg, Franklin County, N.C., April 13, 1828; attended Louisburg Academy, Wake Forest (N.C.) College, and the…
BANKS, Linn, a Representative from Virginia; born in Madison (then Culpeper) County, Va., January 23, 1784; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Madison County April 10, 1809; member of the…
LEWIS, Elijah Banks, a Representative from Georgia; born in Coney, Dooly County, Ga., March 27, 1854; attended the common schools of Dooly and Macon Counties, Spalding Seminary, Spalding, Ga…
MANLOVE, Joe Jonathan, a Representative from Missouri; born on a farm near Carthage, Jasper County, Mo., October 1, 1876; attended the public schools and was graduated from Presbyterian…
Born: 1944Birthplace: North Carolina PCR, Polymerase chain reaction—Mullis invented PCR, the process for amplifying nucleic acids, in 1993 while at Cetus Corporation. PCR has revolutionized the…
BINGHAM, Jonathan Brewster, (son of Hiram Bingham), a Representative from New York; born in New Haven, Conn., April 24, 1914; attended Groton School; graduated from Yale University, New Haven…
WAINWRIGHT, Jonathan Mayhew, a Representative from New York; born in New York City December 10, 1864; was graduated from Columbia College and Columbia School of Political Science, New York…
SERGEANT, Jonathan Dickinson, (father of John Sergeant), a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Newark, N.J., in 1746; moved with his parents to Princeton, N.J., in 1758; completed preparatory…
BANKS, Nathaniel Prentice, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Waltham, Mass., January 30, 1816; attended the common schools; a machinist by trade; editor of a weekly paper in Waltham…
