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Isaac Pigeon WALKER, Congress, WI (1815-1872)
Senate Years of Service: 1848-1855 Party: Democrat WALKER Isaac Pigeon , a Senator from Wisconsin; born near Wheeling, Va. (now West Virginia), November 2, 1815; moved to Danville, Ill., in early…Lynndie England
United States Army Reserve private Lynndie England is the woman seen mugging for the camera and taunting naked Iraqi male prisoners of Abu Ghraib prison in photographs made public in May of 2004.…Joseph Jefferson MANSFIELD, Congress, TX (1861-1947)
MANSFIELD Joseph Jefferson , a Representative from Texas; born in Wayne, Wayne County, Va. (now West Virginia), February 9, 1861; attended the public schools; moved to Alleyton, Tex., in 1881;…Ernest Whitworth MARLAND, Congress, OK (1874-1941)
MARLAND Ernest Whitworth , a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Pittsburgh, Pa., May 8, 1874; attended the grade and high schools, and a private school at Rugby, Tenn.; was graduated from the…Lincoln Loy McCANDLESS, Congress, HI (1859-1940)
McCANDLESS Lincoln Loy , a Delegate from the Territory of Hawaii; born in Indiana, Indiana County, Pa., September 18, 1859; moved to Volcano, Wood County, W.Va., with his parents in 1867;…James Madison HARVEY, Congress, KS (1833-1894)
Senate Years of Service: 1874-1877 Party: Republican HARVEY James Madison , a Senator from Kansas; born near Salt Sulphur Springs, Monroe County, Va., (now West Virginia), September 21, 1833;…Jessica Lynch
On 3 April 2003, The Washington Post reported the dramatic rescue of a prisoner of war: U.S. Army Private Jessica Lynch, a 19 year-old supply clerk assigned to the 507th Ordnance Maintenance Company…Walt Whitman: A Twilight Song
A Twilight SongAs I sit in twilight late alone by the flickering oak-flame, Musing on long-pass'd war-scenes—of the countless buried unknown soldiers, Of the vacant names, as unindented…Leontine Kelly Biography
Leontine Kellyreligious leaderBorn: 3/5/1920Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Kelly made history in 1984 when the Western Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church elected her the…James COOPER, Congress, PA (1810-1863)
Senate Years of Service: 1849-1855 Party: Whig COOPER James , a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Frederick County, Md., May 8, 1810; pursued academic studies, and graduated…Trending
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