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Samuel Ryan CURTIS, Congress, IA (1805-1866)
CURTIS Samuel Ryan , a Representative from Iowa; born near Champlain, Clinton County, N.Y., February 3, 1805; moved to Ohio, where he attended the public schools; appointed a cadet in the United…Harry Pulliam CAIN, Congress, WA (1906-1979)
Senate Years of Service: 1946-1953 Party: Republican CAIN Harry Pulliam , a Senator from Washington; born in Nashville, Davidson County Tenn., January 10, 1906; moved with his parents to Tacoma,…Matthew Hale CARPENTER, Congress, WI (1824-1881)
Senate Years of Service: 1869-1875; 1879-1881 Party: Republican; Republican CARPENTER Matthew Hale , a Senator from Wisconsin; born Decatur Merritt Hammond Carpenter in Moretown, Washington…Chauncey Mitchell DEPEW, Congress, NY (1834-1928)
Senate Years of Service: 1899-1911 Party: Republican DEPEW Chauncey Mitchell , (great-great-nephew of Roger Sherman), a Senator from New York; born in Peekskill, N.Y., April 23, 1834; attended…Henry Algernon du PONT, Congress, DE (1838-1926)
Senate Years of Service: 1906-1917 Party: Republican du PONT Henry Algernon , a Senator from Delaware; born at Eleutherean Mills, New Castle County, Del., July 30, 1838; attended private…David H. Petraeus
General David Howell Petraeus led the American military "surge" in Iraq (2007-08) and commanded international forces in Afghanistan (2010-11) before resigning as CIA director under cloud of scandal…Dwight Palmer GRISWOLD, Congress, NE (1893-1954)
Senate Years of Service: 1952-1954 Party: Republican GRISWOLD Dwight Palmer , a Senator from Nebraska; born in Harrison, Nebr., November 27, 1893; graduated from Kearney (Nebr.) Military Academy…Lawrence Davis TYSON, Congress, TN (1861-1929)
Senate Years of Service: 1925-1929 Party: Democrat TYSON Lawrence Davis , a Senator from Tennessee; born on a farm near Greenville, Pitt County, N.C., July 4, 1861; attended the county schools…Samuel Bell MAXEY, Congress, TX (1825-1895)
Senate Years of Service: 1875-1887 Party: Democrat MAXEY Samuel Bell , a Senator from Texas; born in Tomkinsville, Monroe County, Ky., March 30, 1825; attended the common schools and graduated from…Robert Milligan McLANE, Congress, MD (1815-1898)
McLANE Robert Milligan , a Representative from Maryland; born in Wilmington, Del., June 23, 1815; attended private schools in Wilmington, St. Mary's College in Baltimore, and the College Bourbon…Trending
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