Senate Years of Service: 1847-1853Party: DemocratDOWNS, Solomon Weathersbee, a Senator from Louisiana; born in Montgomery County, Tenn., in 1801; pursued classical studies and graduated from…
THOMPSON, Frank, Jr., a Representative from New Jersey; born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., July 26, 1918; attended parochial and public schools and Wake Forest (N.C.) College, 1941 and the…
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Senate Years of Service: 1897-1907Party: DemocratPETTUS, Edmund Winston, a Senator from Alabama; born in Limestone County, Ala., July 6, 1821; attended the common schools of Alabama and…
RICE, Edmund, (brother of Henry Mower Rice), a Representative from Minnesota; born in Waitsfield, Vt., February 14, 1819; attended the common schools; moved to Kalamazoo, Mich., in November…
LIVERMORE, Arthur, (son of Samuel Livermore and brother of Edward St. Loe Livermore), a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Londonderry, Rockingham County, N.H., July 29, 1766; received…
LIVINGSTON, William, (brother of Philip Livingston and cousin of Edward Livingston and Robert R. Livingston), a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Albany, N.Y., November 30, 1723; was graduated…
Senate Years of Service: 1941-1941Party: DemocratLUMPKIN, Alva Moore, a Senator from South Carolina; born in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., on November 13, 1886; moved with his parents to…
Senate Years of Service: 1895-1919Party: DemocratMARTIN, Thomas Staples, a Senator from Virginia; born in Scottsville, Albemarle County, Va., July 29, 1847; attended the Virginia Military…
McFARLANE, William Doddridge, a Representative from Texas; born in Greenwood, Sebastian County, Ark., July 17, 1894; attended the public schools and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville…