historian, educator
Born: 1875
Birthplace: New Canton, Virginia
Taught to read by family members, Woodson worked as a coal miner in West Virginia and put himself through high school…
DAVIS, Samuel, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Bath, Maine (until 1820 a district of Massachusetts), in 1774; engaged in mercantile pursuits; became a shipowner in 1801; member of…
NORTON, Richard Henry, a Representative from Missouri; born in Troy, Lincoln County, Mo., November 6, 1849; attended the common schools and the St. Louis (Mo.) University, where he took a…
WOOD, Abiel, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Wiscasset, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts), July 22, 1772; attended the common schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits;…
WOOLSEY, Lynn C., a Representative from California; born in Seattle, King County, Wash., November 3, 1937; graduated from Lincoln High School, Seattle, Wash.; attended the University of…
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Rhode Island, smallest state in the United States, located in New England; bounded by Massachusetts (N and E), the Atlantic Ocean (S), and Connecticut (W).
Until well into…
MOSIER, Harold Gerard, a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 24, 1889; attended the public and high schools of his native city; was graduated from…
SWIFT, Allan Byron, a Representative from Washington; born in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., September 12, 1935; attended the Pierce County public schools; graduated from Lincoln High School,…
ANDERSEN, Herman Carl, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Newcastle, Kings County, Wash., January 27, 1897; moved with his parents to a farm near Tyler, Lincoln County, Minn., in 1901;…
