TURNER, Jim, a Representative from Texas; born in Fort Lewis, Pierce County, Wash., February 6, 1946; graduated from Crockett High School, Crockett, Tex; B.A., University of Texas, Austin, Tex…
MAY, Edwin Hyland, Jr., a Representative from Connecticut; born in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., May 28, 1924; graduated from Wethersfield High School, Wethersfield, Conn., 1942; graduated…
DOBBIN, James Cochrane, (grandson of James Cochran), a Representative from North Carolina; born in Fayetteville, N.C., January 17, 1814; attended the Fayetteville Academy and the William…
ROBINSON, John Larne, a Representative from Indiana; born near Maysville, Mason County, Ky., May 3, 1813; attended the public schools; moved to Rush County, Ind.; engaged in the mercantile…
SCOVILLE, Jonathan, a Representative from New York; born in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Conn., July 14, 1830; attended various educational institutions in Massachusetts, including the…
PEASLEE, Charles Hazen, a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Gilmanton, N.H., on February 6, 1804; attended Gilmanton Academy, and was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.,…
(Encyclopedia) Kansas-Nebraska Act, bill that became law on May 30, 1854, by which the U.S. Congress established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. By 1854 the organization of the vast Platte…
(Encyclopedia) Angell, James BurrillAngell, James Burrilljāmz bûrˈəl ānˈjəl [key], 1829–1916, American educator, editor, and diplomat, b. Scituate, R.I., grad. Brown, 1849, and studied abroad. He…
YOUNG, John Duncan, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Owingsville, Bath County, Ky., September 22, 1823; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1854 and…
