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Wyoming

Wyoming State Information Capital: Cheyenne Official Name: State of Wyoming Organized as a territory/republic: July 25, 1868 Entered Union (rank): July 10, 1890 (44th state) Present…

Caldwell EDWARDS, Congress, MT (1841-1922)

EDWARDS Caldwell , a Representative from Montana; born in Sag Harbor, Suffolk County, N.Y., January 8, 1841; was educated in the district schools; salesman and bookkeeper in dry-goods stores for…

Phar Lap

Decades after his death, Phar Lap remains Australia's most famous racehorse: an ungainly chestnut gelding whose great stamina helped him win 37 of his 51 races between 1929 and 1932. Phar Lap was…

Pat Garrett Biography

Pat Garrett(Patrick Floyd Garrett)lawmanBorn: 6/5/1850Birthplace: Chambers County, Alabama Western law man famous for killing Billy “The Kid”, Pat Garrett left his family's plantation in…

William Barclay CHARLES, Congress, NY (1861-1950)

CHARLES William Barclay , a Representative from New York; born in Glasgow, Scotland, April 3, 1861; attended private schools and high schools in Stirling and Glasgow, Scotland; immigrated to the…

Frank Henry BUCK, Congress, CA (1887-1942)

BUCK Frank Henry , a Representative from California; born on a ranch near Vacaville, Solano County, Calif., September 23, 1887; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of…

Larry Craig

Larry Craig is the U.S. senator from Idaho who pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in 2007 after being arrested on a charge of lewd conduct in a Minnesota men's room. Craig graduated from the…

Rollin Raymond REES, Congress, KS (1865-1935)

REES Rollin Raymond , a Representative from Kansas; born in Camden, Preble County, Ohio, January 10, 1865; moved with his parents to Ottawa County, Kans., in 1867; attended the public schools;…

Joseph Richard SKEEN, Congress, NM (1927-2003)

SKEEN Joseph Richard , a Representative from New Mexico; born in Roswell, Chaves County, N.Mex., June 30, 1927; graduated from O'Dea High School, Seattle, Wash., 1944; B.S., Texas A&M…