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John Watts McCORMICK, Congress, OH (1831-1917)

McCORMICK John Watts , a Representative from Ohio; born near Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, December 20, 1831; attended the common schools, the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, and the Ohio…

J.D. Tippit

J.D. Tippit was the Dallas police officer who was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald less than an hour after the death of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. J.D. Tippit was raised in…

Fred Phelps, Sr.

Name at birth: Fred Waldron PhelpsFred Phelps, Sr. was the founder and leader of the Westboro Baptist Church, a small independent Christian sect from Kansas that became famous for staging anti-gay…

Norman Vincent Peale Biography

Norman Vincent Pealeminister, authorBorn: 5/31/1898Birthplace: Bowersville, Ohio Norman Vincent Peale was one of the most influential clergymen in the United States during the 20th-century.…

William Joseph SCHERLE, Congress, IA (1923-2003)

SCHERLE William Joseph , a Representative from Iowa; born in Little Falls, Herkimer County, N.Y., March 14, 1923; graduated from St. Mary's Academy New York, N.Y.; attended Southern Methodist…

William Anderson PILE, Congress, MO (1829-1889)

PILE William Anderson , a Representative from Missouri; born near Indianapolis, Ind., February 11, 1829; completed preparatory studies; studied theology and became a minister in the Methodist…

Lamar Seeligson SMITH, Congress, TX (1947)

SMITH Lamar Seeligson , a Representative from Texas; born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., November 19, 1947; graduated from Texas Military Institute, San Antonio, Tex., 1965; B.A., Yale…

Jim CHAPMAN, Congress, TX (1945)

CHAPMAN Jim , a Representative from Texas; born in Washington, D.C., March 8, 1945; graduated from Sulphur Springs High School, Sulphur Springs, Tex., 1963; B.B.A., University of Texas, Austin,…

Daniel BURROWS, Congress, CT (1766-1858)

BURROWS Daniel , a Representative from Connecticut; born at Fort Hill, Groton, Conn., October 26, 1766; pursued preparatory studies; engaged in the manufacture of carriages and wagons at New…