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John HAMMOND, Congress, NY (1827-1889)

HAMMOND, John, a Representative from New York; born at Crown Point, Essex County, N.Y., August 17, 1827; attended the public schools and St. Albans Academy, St. Albans, Vt.; was graduated from…

Albert Cole HOPKINS, Congress, PA (1837-1911)

HOPKINS, Albert Cole, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Villanovia, near Jamestown, Chautauqua County, N.Y., September 15, 1837; attended the public schools; was graduated from…

Ajax

(Encyclopedia) AjaxAjaxāˈjăks [key], Gr. Aias, in Greek mythology. 1 Hero of the Trojan War, son of Telamon, thus called the Telamonian Ajax, also called Ajax the Greater. In the Iliad he is…

Helen

(Encyclopedia) Helen, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful of women; daughter of Leda and Zeus, and sister of Castor and Pollux and Clytemnestra. While still a young girl Helen was abducted to…

Earl Dewitt HUTTO, Congress, FL (1926)

HUTTO, Earl Dewitt, a Representative from Florida; born in Midland City, Dale County, Ala., May 12, 1926; attended the Dale County public schools; B.S., Troy State University, 1949; graduate…

Otto Godfrey FOELKER, Congress, NY (1875-1943)

FOELKER, Otto Godfrey, a Representative from New York; born in the city of Mainz, Germany, December 29, 1875; immigrated to the United States in 1888 with his parents, who settled in Troy, N.Y…

Richard FRANCHOT, Congress, NY (1816-1875)

FRANCHOT, Richard, a Representative from New York; born in Morris, Otsego County, N.Y., June 2, 1816; attended the public schools and the Hartwick and Cherry Valley Academies; studied civil…

John R. LEWIS, Congress, GA (1940)

LEWIS, John R., a Representative from Georgia; born in Troy, Pike County, Ala., February 21, 1940; attended public schools; B.A., American Baptist Theological Seminary, Nashville, Tenn., 1961…