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Burwell Boykin LEWIS, Congress, AL (1838-1885)

LEWIS Burwell Boykin , a Representative from Alabama; born in Montgomery, Ala., July 7, 1838; moved with his parents to Mobile, Ala.; after the death of his parents lived with an uncle in…

John APPLETON, Congress, ME (1815-1864)

APPLETON John , a Representative from Maine; born in Beverly, Mass., February 11, 1815; was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1834; studied law at the Cambridge Law School;…

Laird Howard BARBER, Congress, PA (1848-1928)

BARBER Laird Howard , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born on a farm near Mifflinburg, Union County, Pa., October 25, 1848; prepared for college in the Mifflinburg Academy, and was graduated…

Franklin Eli BROOKS, Congress, CO (1860-1916)

BROOKS Franklin Eli , A Representative from Colorado; born in Sturbridge, Worcester County, Mass., November 19, 1860; attended the public schools; was graduated from Southbridge High School in 1879…

Robert Wyche DAVIS, Congress, FL (1849-1929)

DAVIS Robert Wyche , a Representative from Florida; born near Albany, Lee County, Ga., March 15, 1849; attended the common schools; enlisted in 1863 in the Fifth Georgia Regiment of the…

George Thomas COBB, Congress, NJ (1813-1870)

COBB George Thomas , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Morristown, N.J., October 13, 1813; became an orphan when six years of age and received very little schooling; employed at an early…

Joseph Grant BEALE, Congress, PA (1839-1915)

BEALE Joseph Grant , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Allegheny County, near Freeport, Armstrong County, Pa., March 26, 1839; attended the common schools; was graduated from Caton…

William James BRYAN, Congress, FL (1876-1908)

Senate Years of Service: 1907-1908 Party: Democrat BRYAN William James , a Senator from Florida; born near Fort Mason, Orange (now Lake) County, Fla., October 10, 1876; attended the public…

O’DONNELL, James, Congress, MI (1840-1915)

O’DONNELL, James, a Representative from Michigan; born in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Conn., March 25, 1840; moved to Michigan with his parents, who settled in Jackson in 1848; pursued preparatory…

Daniel Jackson EVANS, Congress, WA (1925)

Senate Years of Service: 1983-1989 Party: Republican EVANS Daniel Jackson , a Senator from Washington; born in Seattle, King County, Wash., October 16, 1925; graduated, University of Washington,…