Senate Years of Service: 1842-1843Party: DemocratWILCOX, Leonard, (son of Jeduthun Wilcox), a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Hanover, N.H., January 29, 1799; graduated from Dartmouth…
WILSON, Stephen Fowler, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Columbia, Pa., September 4, 1821; received an academic education; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; held…
TIPTON, Thomas Foster, a Representative from Illinois; born near Harrisburg, Franklin County, Ohio, August 29, 1833; attended the public schools; moved with his parents to McLean County, Ill…
SHEREDINE, Upton, a Representative from Maryland; born near Baltimore, Baltimore County, Md., in 1740; moved to a farm near Liberty, Frederick County, Md., in 1754; pursued academic studies;…
SMITH, John Joseph, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., January 25, 1904; attended the public schools; B.A., Yale University, 1925; law department of…
BETTS, Samuel Rossiter, a Representative from New York; born in Richmond, Berkshire County, Mass., June 8, 1787; was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1806; studied law…
GARRISON, George Tankard, a Representative from Virginia; born in Accomack County, Va., January 14, 1835; was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1853 and from the law…
GILBERT, Sylvester, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Hebron, Tolland County, Conn., October 20, 1755; pursued classical studies, and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.…
GLONINGER, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Lebanon Township, Lancaster County, Pa., September 19, 1758; attended the common schools; served as a subaltern officer in the…
GRANT, Robert Allen, a Representative from Indiana; born near Bourbon, Marshall County, Ind., July 31, 1905; moved to Hamlet, Ind., in 1912 and to South Bend, Ind., in 1922; attended the…