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Truman SMITH, Congress, CT (1791-1884)
Senate Years of Service: 1849-1854 Party: Whig SMITH Truman , a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Roxbury, Conn., November 27, 1791; completed preparatory studies; graduated…Daniel Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis is a veteran leading man of stage and screen, the winner of three Academy Awards best known for his dramatic intensity in movies such as My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), The…First Kids Slideshow
by Mark Hughes The American public has always been fascinated by first families. We know much about the lives of the presidents and first ladies, but what about the children in the White House?…Richard James OGLESBY, Congress, IL (1824-1899)
Senate Years of Service: 1873-1879 Party: Republican OGLESBY Richard James , a Senator from Illinois; born in Floydsburg, Oldham County, Ky., July 25, 1824; orphaned and raised by an uncle in…FISH, Hamilton, Congress, NY (1808-1893)
Senate Years of Service: 1851-1855; 1855-1857 Party: Whig; Opposition FISH Hamilton , a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in New York City August 3, 1808; attended Doctor Bancel's…James Henry LANE, Congress, KS (1814-1866)
Senate Years of Service: 1861-1866 Party: Republican LANE James Henry , a Representative from Indiana and a Senator from Kansas; born in Lawrenceburg, Ind., June 22, 1814; attended the public…Samuel Jordan KIRKWOOD, Congress, IA (1813-1894)
Senate Years of Service: 1866-1867; 1877-1881 Party: Republican; Republican KIRKWOOD Samuel Jordan , a Senator from Iowa; born in Harford County, Md., December 20, 1813; attended country schools…Joshua Reed GIDDINGS, Congress, OH (1795-1864)
GIDDINGS Joshua Reed , A Representative from Ohio; born in Tioga Point (later Athens), Bradford County, Pa., October 6, 1795; moved with his parents to Canandaigua, N.Y., in 1795; received a common-…DAVIS, David, Congress, IL (1815-1886)
Senate Years of Service: 1877-1883 Party: Independent DAVIS, David, (cousin of Henry Winter Davis), a Senator from Illinois; born near Cecilton, Cecil County, Md., March 9, 1815; attended the…Salmon Portland CHASE, Congress, OH (1808-1873)
Senate Years of Service: 1849-1855; 1861-1861 Party: Free Soil; Republican CHASE Salmon Portland , a Senator from Ohio; born in Cornish, N.H., January 13, 1808; attended schools at Windsor, Vermont…Trending
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