(Encyclopedia) Graham, Martha, 1894–1991, American dancer, choreographer, and teacher, b. Pittsburgh. Her family moved from Allegheny, Pa., to Santa Barbara, Calif., when she was 14. After 1916,…
Senate Years of Service: 1938-1939
Party: Democrat STORKE Thomas More , a Senator from California; born in Santa Barbara, Calif., November 23, 1876; attended the public schools; graduated from…
CAPPS Lois , a Representative from California; born in Ladysmith, Rusk County,
Wis., January 10, 1938; graduated from Flathead County High School, Kalispell,
Mont., 1955; B.S., Pacific Lutheran…
CAPPS Walter Holden , a Representative from California; born in Omaha, Nebr., May 5, 1934;
B.S., Portland State University, Portland, Oreg., 1958; B.D., Augustana
Theological Seminary, Rock Island…
LINEBERGER Walter Franklin , a Representative from California; born near Whiteville, Hardeman
County, Tenn., July 20, 1883; attended the public schools, the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of…
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