Senate Years of Service: 1850-1852
Party: Democrat RHETT Robert Barnwell , a Representative and a Senator from South Carolina; born Robert Barnwell Smith in
Beaufort, S.C., December 21, 1800;…
Senate Years of Service: 1858-1860
Party: Democrat CHESNUT James, Jr. , a Senator from South Carolina; born near Camden, S.C., January 18,
1815; graduated from the law department of the College of…
Director: David Glenn HoganWriter: Keenen Ivory WayansDirector of Photography:Marc ReshovskyEditors:Michael J. Duthie and Mark HelfrichMusic:Paul BuckmasterProduction Designer:Jean-Philippe…
MUHLENBERG Frederick Augustus Conrad , a Delegate and a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Trappe,
Pa., January 1, 1750; pursued an academic course; attended the University of
Halle,…
Senate Years of Service: 1869-1875
Party: Republican BOREMAN Arthur Inghram , a Senator from West Virginia; born in Waynesburg, Pa., July 24, 1823; moved to
Virginia with his parents, who settled…
FLYNT John James, Jr. , a Representative from Georgia; born in Griffin, Spalding County, Ga., November 8, 1914; attended the public schools and Georgia Military Academy (now the Woodward Academy); A…
(Encyclopedia) Jim Crow laws, in U.S. history, statutes enacted by Southern states and municipalities, beginning in the 1880s, that legalized segregation between blacks and whites. The name is…
Senate Years of Service: 1834-1845
Party: Democrat BUCHANAN James , a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania and 15th President of the United States; born at Cove Gap, near Mercersburg,…
