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reared on a cattle ranch near Arlington…
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August 19, 1888; attended the public schools; graduated…
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Senate Years of Service: 1899-1911
Party: Republican BEVERIDGE Albert Jeremiah , a Senator from Indiana; born near Sugar Tree Ridge, Concord Township, Highland County, Ohio, October 6, 1862;…
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