Senate Years of Service: 1943-1955
Party: Republican FERGUSON Homer Samuel , a Senator from Michigan; born in Harrison City, Westmoreland County, Pa.,
February 25, 1889; attended the public…
ABELE Homer E. , a Representative from Ohio; born in Wellston, Jackson County, Ohio,
November 21, 1916; graduated from Wellston High School, Wellston, Ohio, 1934;
attended Ohio University, Athens…
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LYON Homer Le Grand , a Representative from North Carolina;
born in Elizabethtown, Bladen County, N.C., March 1, 1879;
attended the public schools, the Davis Military School, Winston, N.C., and…
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