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Patrick Jerome HILLINGS, Congress, CA (1923-1994)

HILLINGS Patrick Jerome , a Representative from California; born in Hobart Mills, Nevada County, Calif., February 19, 1923; attended public schools; attended the University of Southern California…

Left-Handed Presidents

The Question: I know President Clinton was left-handed, but what other presidents were left-handed? The Answer: Believe it or not, President Bill Clinton was this country's third consecutive …

Chuck Yeager

Chuck Yeager was the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound. Born and raised in small-town West Virginia, Chuck Yeager joined the Army as an airplane mechanic in 1941. As World War II…

Walter “Fritz” Mondale

Name at birth: Walter Frederick MondaleDemocrat Walter Mondale was a U.S. senator, vice president, presidential candidate, and ambassador in his long career in politics. Walter Mondale was born in…

Jeff Sessions

Name at birth: Jefferson Beauregard Sessions IIIJeff Sessions is the Alabama Republican who was first elected to the United States Senate in 1996. He became Attorney General of the United States in…

Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas is the U.S. Supreme Court justice who was thrust into the limelight in his 1991 confirmation proceedings, during which he was accused of sexual harassment. Clarence Thomas grew up in…

Jerry Brown

Name at birth: Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr.Jerry Brown was elected governor of California in 2010, an achievement made more remarkable by the fact that he had already been the state's governor in the…

Jim Webb

Name at birth: James Henry Webb, Jr.Navy veteran Jim Webb is a former United States senator from Virginia and a Democrat running in the presidential election of 2016. He grew up in a military family…

Daniel Ortega

Name at birth: José Daniel Ortega SaavedraDaniel Ortega has been Nicaragua's most internationally-famous political figure since the 1980s. He has twice been elected the country's president: in 1984…