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SULLIVAN Maurice Joseph , a Representative from Nevada;
born in San Rafael, Marin County, Calif., December 7, 1884;
attended the parochial school and Sacred Heart College, San Francisco, Calif.;…
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VANCE Robert Brank , a Representative from North Carolina; born on Reems Creek, near Asheville,
Buncombe County, N.C., in 1793; attended the common schools and Newton Academy, Asheville,
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December 12, 1870; attended the public schools and was graduated from the State normal school at…
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Ohio, February 22, 1819; attended the common schools, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, and
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