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Isaac CLEMENTS, Congress, IL (1837-1909)
CLEMENTS Isaac , a Representative from Illinois; born near Brookville, Franklin County, Ind., March 31, 1837; attended the common schools; was graduated from the Indiana Asbury College (now De…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…James Conquest Cross BLACK, Congress, GA (1842-1928)
BLACK James Conquest Cross , a Representative from Georgia; born in Stamping Ground, Scott County, Ky., May 9, 1842; attended the common schools and the high school at Newcastle, Ky., and was…Edward LANGWORTHY, Congress, GA (1738-1802)
LANGWORTHY, Edward, a Delegate from Georgia; born in Savannah, Ga., in 1738; attended a school kept in connection with the Bethesda Orphan House, of which he was an inmate, and later became an…William Thomas ELLIS, Congress, KY (1845-1925)
ELLIS William Thomas , a Representative from Kentucky; born near Knottsville, Daviess County, Ky., on July 24, 1845; attended the common schools; enlisted in 1861, at the age of sixteen, in the…Misha Defonseca
Misha Defonseca became famous the first time as the author of 1997's Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, and famous the second time when it was revealed in 2008 that she'd made the whole thing…Thaddeus Maclay MAHON, Congress, PA (1840-1916)
MAHON Thaddeus Maclay , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Green Village, Franklin County, Pa., May 21, 1840; pursued an academic course; during the Civil War enlisted as a private in…Lucas Hedges
Actor Lucas Hedges was Oscar-nominated for his supporting role as an unhappy New England teen in the 2016 movie Manchester by the Sea. Lucas Hedges was born into the entertainment business: his…Albert Finney
Albert Finney was the respected theater and film actor whose career stretched from Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon in the 1950s to the James Bond movie Skyfall in 2012. He was five times nominated…William Ezekiel ANDREWS, Congress, NE (1854-1942)
ANDREWS William Ezekiel , a Representative from Nebraska; born near Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, December 17, 1854; became an orphan in early youth; worked as a farm hand, and attended the…Trending
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