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  Tennessee State Information Capital: Nashville Official Name: State of Tennessee Organized as a territory/republic: May 26, 1790 Entered Union (rank): June 1, 1796 (16th)  Present…

Robert WEAKLEY, Congress, TN (1764-1845)

WEAKLEY Robert , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Halifax County, Va., July 20, 1764; attended Princeton (N.J.) schools; joined the Revolutionary Army at the age of sixteen and served…

Greg GANSKE, Congress, IA (1949)

GANSKE Greg , a Representative from Iowa; born in New Hampton, Chickasaw County, Iowa, March 31, 1949; B.A., University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1972; M.D., University of Iowa Medical School,…

Tom COLE, Congress, OK (1949)

COLE Tom , a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., on April 28, 1949; a registered member of the Chickasaw Nation; graduated from Moore High School, Moore, Okla., 1967…

Newton CANNON, Congress, TN (1781-1841)

CANNON Newton , a Representative from Tennessee; born in Guilford County, N.C., May 22, 1781; attended the common schools; moved to Tennessee at an early period and settled near Nashville,…

David Reece BOWEN, Congress, MS (1932)

BOWEN David Reece , a Representative from Mississippi; born in Houston, Chickasaw County, Miss., October 21, 1932; graduated, Cleveland (Miss.) High School, 1950; attended University of Missouri,…

Lewis B. GUNCKEL, Congress, OH (1826-1903)

GUNCKEL Lewis B. , a Representative from Ohio; born in Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio, October 15, 1826; pursued preparatory studies; was graduated from Farmer's College in 1848 and from the…

John STEELE, Congress, NC (1764-1815)

STEELE John , a Representative from North Carolina; born in Salisbury, N.C., November 16, 1764; attended Clio's Nursery, near Statesville, N.C., and the English School, Salisbury, N.C.; farmer…

Jesse FRANKLIN, Congress, NC (1760-1823)

Senate Years of Service: 1799-1805; 1807-1813 Party: Democratic Republican; Democratic Republican FRANKLIN Jesse , a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born in Orange County, Va…

William COCKE, Congress, TN (1748-1828)

Senate Years of Service: 1796-1797; 1799-1805 Party: Democratic Republican; Democratic Republican COCKE William , a Senator from Tennessee; born in Amelia County, Va., in 1748; pursued preparatory…