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Phineas JONES, Congress, NJ (1819-1884)

JONES, Phineas, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Spencer, Worcester County, Mass., April 18, 1819; attended the common schools; moved to Elizabeth (then called Elizabethtown), N.J.,…

James W. STONE, Congress, KY (1813-1854)

STONE, James W., a Representative from Kentucky; born in Taylorsville, Spencer County, Ky., in 1813; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; held…

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

(Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh)authorBorn: 6/22/1906Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey Known in her own right as a writer, she was also co-pilot and navigator for her husband, Charles Lindbergh. The…

Francis Blackburn POSEY, Congress, IN (1848-1915)

POSEY, Francis Blackburn, a Representative from Indiana; born in Petersburg, Pike County, Ind., April 28, 1848; attended the public schools, Blythewood Academy, and Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw…

Newt Virgus MILLS, Congress, LA (1899-1996)

MILLS, Newt Virgus, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Calhoun, Ouachita Parish, La., September 27, 1899; attended the public schools of his native city, Louisiana Polytechnic Institute…

Frank MOREY, Congress, LA (1840-1890)

MOREY, Frank, a Representative from Louisiana; born in Boston, Mass., July 11, 1840; attended the public schools; moved to Illinois in 1857; studied law; entered the Union Army in 1861 in the…

John Milan ASHBROOK, Congress, OH (1928-1982)

ASHBROOK, John Milan, (son of William A. Ashbrook and husband of Jean Spencer Ashbrook), a Representative from Ohio; born in Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio, September 21, 1928; graduated from…

Earl Baker RUTH, Congress, NC (1916-1989)

RUTH, Earl Baker, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Spencer, Rowan County, N.C., February 7, 1916; graduated from Central High School, Charlotte, N.C., 1934; A.B., University of…

William Kirk KAYNOR, Congress, MA (1884-1929)

KAYNOR, William Kirk, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Sanborn, O’Brien County, Iowa, November 29, 1884; attended the common schools of Spencer and Clear Lake, Iowa; in his early…

William Elijah COX, Congress, IN (1861-1942)

COX, William Elijah, a Representative from Indiana; born on a farm near Birdseye, Dubois County, Ind., September 6, 1861; attended the common and high schools of Huntingburg and Jasper, Ind.;…