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Peter Rodino 2005 Deaths

Peter RodinoAge: 95 former Democratic congressman from New Jersey who as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee led the impeachment hearings of President Nixon. Died: West Orange, N.J.,…

Barbara Charline Jordan Biography

Barbara Charline Jordanpolitician and educatorBorn: 1936Birthplace: Houston, Tex. Jordan received a B.A. in political science and history from Texas Southern University in 1956 and earned a…

George Oscar RATHBUN, Congress, NY (1803-1870)

RATHBUN George Oscar , a Representative from New York; born in Scipioville, near Auburn, N.Y., in 1803; attended the Auburn schools and was graduated from Hamilton College; studied law; was…

Maryland Farmer VIa

Maryland Farmer VIa1 April 1788by Aristides asserts, "that the inferior federal courts, and the State courts will have concurrent original jurisdiction in all the enumerated cases, wherein an…

The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 38

by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 37Federalist No. 39Federalist No. 38 The Same Subject Continued, and the Incoherence of the Objections to the New Plan Exposed…

James Xavier McLANAHAN, Congress, PA (1809-1861)

McLANAHAN James Xavier , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Greencastle, Franklin County, Pa., in 1809; was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1827; studied law; was…

Bobby Scott Biography

Bobby ScottU.S. CongressmanBorn: April 30, 1947Birthplace: Washington, D.C. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott was elected to the House of Representatives in 1992, representing the 3rd district of…

George Abel SIMMONS, Congress, NY (1791-1857)

SIMMONS George Abel , a Representative from New York; born in Lyme, N.H., September 8, 1791; attended the district school; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1816; moved to…