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Chellie PINGREE, Congress, ME (1955)

PINGREE Chellie , a Representative from Maine; born in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minn., April 2, 1955; attended University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine, 1973; B.A., College of the Atlantic…

Ebenezer Foote NORTON, Congress, NY (1774-1851)

NORTON Ebenezer Foote , a Representative from New York; born in Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., November 7, 1774; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and…

Erastus WELLS, Congress, MO (1823-1893)

WELLS Erastus , a Representative from Missouri; born in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County, N.Y., December 2, 1823; attended the public schools; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1842; established the…

WILLIAMS, John, Congress, NY (1752-1806)

WILLIAMS John , a Representative from New York; born in Utica, N.Y., January 7, 1807; spent his youth and completed preparatory studies in Sackets Harbor, N.Y.; moved to Rochester, N.Y., in 1824…

John Crocker SHERWIN, Congress, IL (1838-1904)

SHERWIN John Crocker , a Representative from Illinois; born in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., February 8, 1838; was educated in the common schools, Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary in New York…

Henry Hudson

Henry Hudson was the English navigator who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1609 and became the first European to sail up what is now the Hudson River in New York. Little is known about Hudson's early…

Jack LaLanne

Name at birth: Francois Henri LaLanneJack LaLanne hosted a nationally-syndicated TV exercise show from 1951 until 1985. The show made him a popular pioneer of vigor in the 1950s, preaching good…

John Glenn, Jr.

Name at birth: John Glenn, Jr.John Glenn circled Earth on the Mercury 6 space mission in 1962, becoming the first American to make a complete orbit of the planet. John Glenn grew up in the small…

Margaret C. Meg, Whitman Biography

Margaret C. “Meg,” Whitmanbusiness executiveBorn: 1957Birthplace: New York She grew up in Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, N.Y. When Whitman entered Princeton University, she planned a…