STRONG, Theron Rudd, (cousin of William Strong of Pennsylvania), a Representative from New York; born in Salisbury, Conn., November 7, 1802; attended the common schools; studied law at…
CODD, George Pierre, a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Mich., December 7, 1869; attended the public schools and was graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in…
DUNWELL, Charles Tappan, a Representative from New York; born in Newark, Wayne County, N.Y., February 13, 1852; moved with his parents to Lyons, Wayne County, N.Y., in 1854; attended the Lyons…
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LESINSKI, John, Jr., (son of John Lesinski), a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 28, 1914; at the age of eleven years moved with his parents to…
MANSFIELD, Joseph Jefferson, a Representative from Texas; born in Wayne, Wayne County, Va. (now West Virginia), February 9, 1861; attended the public schools; moved to Alleyton, Tex., in 1881…
DANIELSON, George Elmore, a Representative from California; born in Wausa, Knox County, Nebr., February 20, 1915; attended the Wausa public schools, and Wayne State Teachers College, Wayne,…
SPINK, Cyrus, a Representative from Ohio; born in Berkshire County, Mass., March 24, 1793; moved to Stark County, Ohio, in 1815; taught school for several years in Kendall, Stark County, Ohio…
EDGERTON, Alfred Peck, (brother of Joseph Ketchum Edgerton), a Representative from Ohio; born in Plattsburg, N.Y., January 11, 1813; was graduated from Plattsburg Academy; engaged in newspaper…
