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2015 Nobel Prize Winners

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Philemon DICKINSON, Congress, NJ (1739-1809)

Senate Years of Service: 1790-1793Party: Pro-AdministrationDICKINSON, Philemon, (brother of John Dickinson), a Delegate from Delaware and a Senator from New Jersey; born at ‘Crosia-dore,’…

Henry Hamilton

British officer and governorBorn: 1734?Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Hamilton was the son of Henry Hamilton, member of the British Parliament for Donegal, County Cork, Ireland. Young Henry grew up…

Chief Cornstalk

Shawnee Indian chiefBorn: c. 1720Birthplace: western Pennsylvania? Little is known of Chief Cornstalk, whose Indian name was Wynepuechsika, before the 1750s, when he fought with the French against…

Chief Plácido

Tonkawa Indian chiefBorn: late 1700sBirthplace: ? Also called Ha-shu-ka-na (“Can't Kill Him”), Chief Plácido was the son of a Tonkawa warrior and a captive Comanche woman. In 1819 he joined James…

Thomas POSEY, Congress, LA (1750-1818)

Senate Years of Service: 1812-1813Party: Democratic RepublicanPOSEY, Thomas, a Senator from Louisiana; born in Fairfax County, Va., July 9, 1750; received a limited schooling; moved to the…

Robert POTTER, Congress, NC (18001842)

POTTER, Robert, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Granville County, near Williamsboro, N.C., about 1800; attended the common schools; midshipman in the United States Navy 1815-1821…

James JACKSON, Congress, GA (1757-1806)

Senate Years of Service: 1793-1795; 1801-1806Party: Anti-Administration; Democratic RepublicanJACKSON, James, (father of Jabez Y. Jackson and grandfather of James Jackson [1819-1887]), a…

JACKSON, James, Congress, GA (1757-1806)

Senate Years of Service: 1793-1795; 1801-1806 Party: Anti-Administration; Democratic Republican JACKSON, James, (father of Jabez Y. Jackson and grandfather of James Jackson [1819-1887]), a…

CHASE, Samuel, Congress, MD (1741-1811)

CHASE, Samuel, a Delegate from Maryland; born in Princess Anne, Somerset County, Md., April 17, 1741; was tutored privately and pursued an academic course; studied law; was admitted to the bar…