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Georgie Anne Geyer

foreign correspondentBorn: 4/2/1935Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. After graduating from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in 1956, Geyer won a Fulbright Scholarship to the University…

Joseph NEVILLE, Congress, VA (1730-1819)

NEVILLE, Joseph, a Representative from Virginia; born in 1730; burgess for Hampshire County 1773-1776; member of the conventions of December 1, 1775, and May 6, 1776; served in the Continental…

Reuben HUMPHREY, Congress, NY (1757-1831)

HUMPHREY, Reuben, a Representative from New York; born in West Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn., September 2, 1757; completed preparatory studies; enlisted in the Revolutionary War as a…

Daniel ILSLEY, Congress, MA (1740-1813)

ILSLEY, Daniel, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Falmouth, Cumberland County, Maine (then a part of Massachusetts), May 30, 1740; received a liberal schooling; became a distiller…

Jared IRWIN, Congress, PA (1768-1818)

IRWIN, Jared, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Georgia on January 19, 1768; appointed commissioner for valuation of lands and dwellings and enumeration of slaves for the second…

James GILLESPIE, Congress, NC (747-1805)

GILLESPIE, James, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Kenansville, Duplin County, N.C., ca. 1747; pursued classical studies; North Carolina militia, Revolutionary War; member of the…

Henry GLEN, Congress, NY (1739-1814)

GLEN, Henry, a Representative from New York; born in Schenectady, N.Y., July 13, 1739; appointed clerk of Schenectady County February 27, 1767, and served until March 11, 1809; served as a…

Levi CASEY, Congress, SC (17521807)

CASEY, Levi, a Representative from South Carolina; born in that State about 1752; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; elected brigadier general of militia; justice of…

Blair McCLENACHAN, Congress, PA (1812)

McCLENACHAN, Blair, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Ireland, birth date unknown; immigrated to the United States at an early age and settled in Philadelphia, Pa.; engaged in…

John McCREARY, Congress, SC (17611833)

McCREARY, John, a Representative from South Carolina; born near Fishing Creek, about eighteen miles from Chester, S.C., in 1761; received his schooling from private tutors; became a surveyor;…