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Isaac TICHENOR, Congress, VT (1754-1838)

Senate Years of Service: 1796-1797; 1815-1821Party: Federalist; FederalistTICHENOR, Isaac, a Senator from Vermont; born in Newark, N.J., February 8, 1754; completed preparatory studies;…

Isaac LEFFLER, Congress, VA (1788-1866)

LEFFLER, Isaac, (brother of Shepherd Leffler), a Representative from Virginia; born on his grandfather’s plantation, “Sylvia’s Plain,” Washington County, Pa., near Wheeling, Va. (now…

Isaac Clason DELAPLAINE, Congress, NY (1817-1866)

DELAPLAINE, Isaac Clason, a Representative from New York; born in New York City October 27, 1817; pursued an academic course; was graduated from Columbia College (now Columbia University), New…

Asian-American Scientists

Kaplana Chawla Bose, Amar, physicist Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan, astrophysicist Chawla, Kalpana, astronaut Chu, Steven, physicist Gong, Lue Gim, horticulturist Ho, David, AIDS…

Hooker, John Lee

(Encyclopedia) Hooker, John Lee, 1917–2001, American blues singer and guitarist, b. near Clarksdale, Miss. From a cotton-sharecropping family, he learned the blues from his stepfather and various…

Isaac Gray FARLEE, Congress, NJ (1787-1855)

FARLEE, Isaac Gray, a Representative from New Jersey; born at White House, Hunterdon County, N.J., May 18, 1787; attended the public schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Flemington;…

Isaac M. JORDAN, Congress, OH (1835-1890)

JORDAN, Isaac M., a Representative from Ohio; born in Mifflinburg, Union County, Pa., May 5, 1835; moved with his parents to Springfield, Ohio, in 1837; attended Northwood (Ohio) Institute for…

Barbara LEE, Congress, CA (1946)

LEE, Barbara, a Representative from California; born in El Paso, Tex., July 16, 1946; graduated from San Fernando High School, San Fernando, Calif., 1964; B.A., Mills College, Oakland, Calif…

Isaac Newton MORRIS, Congress, IL (1812-1879)

MORRIS, Isaac Newton, (son of Thomas Morris and brother of Jonathan David Morris), a Representative from Illinois; born in Bethel, Ohio, January 22, 1812; attended Miami University, Oxford,…

Isaac Hamilton TAYLOR, Congress, OH (1840-1936)

TAYLOR, Isaac Hamilton, a Representative from Ohio; born near New Harrisburg (later Hibbetts), Carroll County, Ohio, April 18, 1840; attended the common schools and completed an academic…