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Milton SAYLER, Congress, OH (1831-1892)

SAYLER, Milton, (cousin of Henry Benton Sayler), a Representative from Ohio; born in Lewisburg, Preble County, Ohio, November 4, 1831; attended the public schools; pursued classical studies…

Samuel ADAMS, Congress, MA (1722-1803)

ADAMS, Samuel, (uncle of Joseph Allen; granduncle of Charles Allen; cousin of John Adams), a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., September 27, 1722; graduated from Harvard…

Ernest Harold CLUETT, Congress, NY (1874-1954)

CLUETT, Ernest Harold, a Representative from New York; born in Troy, N.Y., July 13, 1874; attended the public schools; was graduated from Albany (N.Y.) Academy in 1892 and from Williams…

Jeffery COHELAN, Congress, CA (1914-1999)

COHELAN, Jeffery, a Representative from California; born in San Francisco, Calif., June 24, 1914; attended the public schools and San Mateo Junior College; University of California School of…

Thomas Kinsella

poetBorn: 1928Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Considered to be the most experimental of the contemporary Irish poets, Kinsella is credited with bringing the techniques of international modernism to…

Paul Muldoon

poetBorn: 1951Birthplace: Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland Designated “one of the two or three most accomplished rhymers now writing in the English language” by the New York Times,…

John KERSHAW, Congress, SC (1765-1829)

KERSHAW, John, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Camden, Kershaw County, S.C., September 12, 1765; attended Rushworth School and Oxford College, England; studied law; was admitted…

Samuel Freeman HERSEY, Congress, ME (1812-1875)

HERSEY, Samuel Freeman, a Representative from Maine; born in Sumner, Oxford County, Maine, April 12, 1812; attended the common schools of Sumner and Buckfield; taught school 1828-1831; was…

Wilson Shedric HILL, Congress, MS (1863-1921)

HILL, Wilson Shedric, a Representative from Mississippi; born near Lodi, Choctaw County, Miss., January 19, 1863; attended the common schools and the University of Mississippi at Oxford; was…

Henry Richard HARRIS, Congress, GA (1828-1909)

HARRIS, Henry Richard, a Representative from Georgia; born in Sparta, Hancock County, Ga., February 2, 1828; moved to Greenville, Meriwether County, Ga., in 1833; attended an academy in Mount…