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SHORT Don Levingston , a Representative from North Dakota; born in Le Mars, Plymouth
County, Iowa, June 22, 1903; moved with parents to a ranch in Billings County,
near Medora, N.Dak., in February…
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EDWARDS Don Calvin , a Representative from Kentucky;
born in Moulton, Appanoose County, Iowa, on July 13, 1861;
moved to Erie, Neosho County, Kans., with his parents in 1869;
attended the common…
EDWARDS William Donlon (Don) , a Representative from California; born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., January 6, 1915; attended the public schools of San Jose; B.A.,
Stanford University,…
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