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Nathan GOFF, Congress, WV (1843-1920)
Senate Years of Service: 1913-1919 Party: Republican GOFF Nathan , a Representative and a Senator from West Virginia; born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va. (now West Virginia), February 9,…James Abram GARFIELD, Congress, OH (1831-1881)
GARFIELD James Abram , a Representative from Ohio and 20th President of the United States; born in Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 19, 1831; attended district school; driver and helmsman on…Stephen Benton ELKINS, Congress, WV (1841-1911)
Senate Years of Service: 1895-1911 Party: Republican ELKINS Stephen Benton , a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico and a Senator from West Virginia; born in Perry County, Ohio, September 26,…Benjamin Franklin BUTLER, Congress, MA (1818-1893)
BUTLER Benjamin Franklin , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Deerfield, N.H., November 5, 1818; moved with his mother to Lowell, Mass., in 1828; attended high school and Exeter Academy…Adelbert AMES, Congress, MS (1835-1933)
Senate Years of Service: 1870-1874 Party: Republican AMES Adelbert , a Senator from Mississippi; born in Rockland, Knox County, Maine, October 31, 1835; attended the common schools; graduated from…Nathaniel Prentice BANKS, Congress, MA (1816-1894)
BANKS Nathaniel Prentice , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Waltham, Mass., January 30, 1816; attended the common schools; a machinist by trade; editor of a weekly paper in Waltham,…Francis Preston BLAIR, Jr., Congress, MO (1821-1875)
Senate Years of Service: 1871-1873 Party: Democrat BLAIR Francis Preston, Jr. , a Representative and a Senator from Missouri; born in Lexington, Ky., on February 19, 1821; as a child moved with…Edward Stuyvesant BRAGG, Congress, WI (1827-1912)
BRAGG Edward Stuyvesant , a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Unadilla, Otsego County, N.Y., February 20, 1827; attended the district schools, the local academy, and Geneva (later Hobart)…Charles Henry VAN WYCK, Congress, NY (1824-1895)
Senate Years of Service: 1881-1887 Party: Republican VAN WYCK Charles Henry , a Representative from New York and a Senator from Nebraska; born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y., May 10, 1824…Grand Army of the Republic
(Encyclopedia) Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), organization established by Civil War veterans of the Union army and navy. Principal figures in the founding of the GAR were John A. Logan and Richard…Trending
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