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W. Todd AKIN, Congress, MO (1947)

AKIN W. Todd , a Representative from Missouri; born in New York, N.Y., July 5, 1947; B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass., 1971; M.Div., Covenant Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., 1984…

Kenny MARCHANT, Congress, TX (1951)

MARCHANT Kenny , a Representative from Texas; born in Bonham, Fannin County, Tex., February 23, 1951; B.A., South Nazarene University, Bethany, Okla., 1974; attended Nazarene Theological Seminary,…

Reuben ELLWOOD, Congress, IL (1821-1885)

ELLWOOD Reuben , a Representative from Illinois; born in Minden, Montgomery County, N.Y., February 21, 1821; attended the public schools and Cherry Valley Seminary, New York; manufacturer of…

Brown, Alice

Brown, Alice[1857-1948](3)Born at Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, December 5, 1857. Educated at Robinson Seminary, Exeter. She is chiefly known as a novelist, having written with great art of…

Aylette BUCKNER, Congress, KY (1806-1869)

BUCKNER Aylette , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Greensburg, Green County, Ky., July 21, 1806; attended the New Athens Seminary; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced…

Peter Turkson

Name at birth: Peter Kodwo Appiah TurksonGhana's Cardinal Peter Turkson made the news in 2013 as one of the possible replacements for Pope Benedict XVI. From humble origins -- a mining town in…

George PARTRIDGE, Congress, MA (1740-1828)

PARTRIDGE George , a Delegate and a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Duxbury, Mass., February 8, 1740; was graduated from Harvard College in 1762; taught school in Kingston, Mass.;…

Nehemiah PERRY, Congress, NJ (1816-1881)

PERRY Nehemiah , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Conn., March 30, 1816; educated at the Wesleyan Seminary of Ridgefield; clerked in a store in Norwalk,…

Elijah Conner PHISTER, Congress, KY (1822-1887)

PHISTER Elijah Conner , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Maysville, Mason County, Ky., October 8, 1822; attended the Seminary of Rand and Richardson, Maysville, Ky., and was graduated from…

Cornel West

Media personality Cornel West is an African American Studies scholar and socialist critic of the "white patriarchy" that is the United States of America. West grew up in Sacramento and graduated from…