CAMPBELL, Guy Edgar, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Fetterman, Taylor County, W.Va., October 9, 1871; attended the grammar and high schools; moved to Pennsylvania with his parents…
CARSON, Henderson Haverfield, a Representative from Ohio; born on a farm near Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, October 25, 1893; attended the public and high schools; Cleveland (Ohio) Law School…
GWINN, Ralph Waldo, a Representative from New York; born in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Ind., March 29, 1884; attended the public schools and the preparatory school of Taylor University,…
Senate Years of Service: 1877-1881Party: DemocratHEREFORD, Frank, a Representative and a Senator from West Virginia; born near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va., July 4, 1825; completed…
LE FEVRE, Jay, a Representative from New York; born in New Paltz, Ulster County, N.Y., September 6, 1893; was graduated from the Lawrenceville (N.J.) Preparatory School and attended Dartmouth…
CROFT, Theodore Gaillard, (son of George William Croft), a Representative from South Carolina; born in Aiken, Aiken County, S.C., November 26, 1874; attended the common schools; was graduated…
(Encyclopedia) Compromise of 1850. The annexation of Texas to the United States and the gain of new territory by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the close of the Mexican War (1848) aggravated the…
Source: National Education Association (NEA). Web: www.nea.org/readacross/resources/kidsbooks.html . This list was tabulated from an online survey that the National Education Association ran from…
