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Leonard Henly SIMS, Congress, MO (1807-1886)

SIMS, Leonard Henly, a Representative from Missouri; born in Burke County, N.C., February 6, 1807; received a limited schooling; moved to Rutherford County, Tenn., in 1830 and engaged in…

Martin Leonard SWEENEY, Congress, OH (1885-1960)

SWEENEY, Martin Leonard, (father of Robert E. Sweeney), a Representative from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, April 15, 1885; attended the parochial and public schools; was…

Leonard George WOLF, Congress, IA (1925-1970)

WOLF, Leonard George, a Representative from Iowa; born on a farm in Dane County, near Mazomanie, Wis., October 29, 1925; attended the public schools of Mazomanie, Wis.; served in the United…

Stephen Banks LEONARD, Congress, NY (1793-1876)

LEONARD, Stephen Banks, a Representative from New York; born in New York City April 15, 1793; attended the public schools; moved with his parents to Owego, N.Y., and learned the printer’s…

Joseph Leonard CARRIGG, Congress, PA (1901-1989)

CARRIGG, Joseph Leonard, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Susquehanna, Pa., February 23, 1901; attended Laurel Hill Academy, Susquehanna, Pa., was graduated from Niagara University…

Leonard Wood HALL, Congress, NY (1900-1979)

HALL, Leonard Wood, a Representative from New York; born in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, N.Y., October 2, 1900; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department of Georgetown…

Roberts, John Glover, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Roberts, John Glover, Jr., 1955–, American public official, 17th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2005–), b. Buffalo, N.Y., grad. Harvard (B.A. 1976, J.D. 1979). He clerked (…

Alexander, Andrew Lamar, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Alexander, Andrew Lamar, Jr., American politician, b. Maryville, Tn., Vanderbilt Univ. (B.A., 1962); New York Univ. (J.D., 1965). The son of educators, Alexander studied…