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Cyrus LOCHER, Congress, OH (1878-1929)

Senate Years of Service: 1928-1928Party: DemocratLOCHER, Cyrus, a Senator from Ohio; born on a farm in Putnam County, Ohio, March 8, 1878; attended the country schools; graduated from Ohio…

Robert Jones (Rob) PORTMAN, Congress, OH (1955)

Senate Years of Service: 2011-Party: RepublicanPORTMAN, Robert Jones (Rob), a Senator and a Representative from Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 19, 1955; graduated…

Bonds, Barry Lamar

(Encyclopedia) Bonds, Barry Lamar, 1964–, American baseball player, b. Riverside, Calif. Bonds grew up surrounded by baseball; his father, Bobby Bonds, was a San Francisco Giants outfielder (1968–74…

William Kerr SCOTT, Congress, NC (1896-1958)

Senate Years of Service: 1954-1958Party: DemocratSCOTT, William Kerr, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Haw River, Alamance County, N.C., April 17, 1896; attended the public schools of…

William Joshua ALLEN, Congress, IL (1829-1901)

ALLEN, William Joshua, (son of Willis Allen), a Representative from Illinois; born in Wilson County, Tenn., June 9, 1829; moved with his father to Franklin (now Williamson) County, Ill., about…

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Black Scientists and Inventors

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