McGREW, James Clark, a Representative from West Virginia; born near Brandonville, Monongalia County, Va. (now West Virginia), September 14, 1813; attended the common schools; engaged in…
KENDALL, Samuel Austin, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pa., November 1, 1859; attended the public schools and was a student for some time at…
(Encyclopedia) Herzen, Aleksandr IvanovichHerzen, Aleksandr Ivanovichəlyĭksänˈdər ēväˈnəvĭch hârˈtsĭn [key], 1812–70, Russian revolutionary leader and writer. A member of the aristocracy, he was…
DORSEY, George Washington Emery, a Representative from Nebraska; born in Loudoun County, Va., January 25, 1842; moved with his parents to Preston County, Va. (now West Virginia), in 1856;…
HAGANS, John Marshall, a Representative from West Virginia; born in Brandonville, Preston County, Va. (now West Virginia), August 13, 1838; attended the public schools; studied law at Harvard…
HANDY, Levin Irving, (nephew of William Campbell Preston Breckenridge), a Representative from Delaware; born in Berlin, Worcester County, Md., December 24, 1861; attended the public schools in…
WHITTLESEY, Frederick, (cousin of Elisha Whittlesey and Thomas Tucker Whittlesey), a Representative from New York; born in New Preston, Conn., June 12, 1799; pursued academic studies; was…
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BRECKINRIDGE, James, (brother of John Breckinridge, great-great-great-uncle of John Bayne Breckinridge, and cousin of John Brown of Virginia and Kentucky, James Brown, and Francis Preston), a…
BROWN, William Gay, (father of William Gay Brown, Jr.), a Representative from Virginia and from West Virginia; born in Kingwood, Preston County, Va. (now West Virginia), September 25, 1800;…
