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Uriah FORREST, Congress, MD (1756-1805)

FORREST, Uriah, a Delegate and a Representative from Maryland; born near Leonardtown, St. Marys County, Md., in 1756; received a limited schooling; served as a first lieutenant, captain, and…

John GLONINGER, Congress, PA (1758-1836)

GLONINGER, John, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Lebanon Township, Lancaster County, Pa., September 19, 1758; attended the common schools; served as a subaltern officer in the…

James LOVELL, Congress, MA (1737-1814)

LOVELL, James, a Delegate from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., October 31, 1737; attended the public schools; was graduated from the Boston Latin School in 1752 and from Harvard College…

Thomas LYNCH, Jr., Congress, SC (1749-1779)

LYNCH, Thomas, Jr., (son of Thomas Lynch [1727-1776]), a Delegate from South Carolina; born in Prince George’s Parish, Winyah, S.C., August 5, 1749; educated at Eton and Cambridge, England,…

James MERCER, Congress, VA (1736-1793)

MERCER, James, (brother of John Francis Mercer), a Delegate from Virginia; born at “Marlborough,” Stafford County, Va., February 26, 1736; received private schooling at home; was graduated…

MERIWETHER, David, Congress, GA (1755-1822)

MERIWETHER, David, (father of James Meriwether), a Representative from Georgia; born at Clover Field, near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., April 10, 1755; completed preparatory studies…

Samuel Jordan CABELL, Congress, VA (1756-1818)

CABELL, Samuel Jordan, a Representative from Virginia; born in Albemarle (now Nelson) County, Va., December 15, 1756; attended the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; left school…

Gabriel CHRISTIE, Congress, MD (1755-1808)

CHRISTIE, Gabriel, a Representative from Maryland; born in Perryman, Harford County, Md., in 1755; during the Revolutionary War was a member of a company of militia organized September 12,…

Isaac GRIFFIN, Congress, PA (1756-1827)

GRIFFIN, Isaac, (great-grandfather of Eugene McLanahan Wilson and great-great-grandfather of Charles Hudson Griffin), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Kent County, Del., February 27…