JONES, Noble Wimberly, (father of George Jones), a Delegate from Georgia; born in Lambeth, near London, England, in 1723; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in…
(Encyclopedia) Colfax, SchuylerColfax, Schuylerskīˈlər kōlˈfăks [key], 1823–85, Vice President of the United States (1869–73), b. New York City. He moved in boyhood to Indiana. First a Whig editor,…
(Encyclopedia) Hendricks, Thomas Andrews, 1819–85, Vice President of the United States (1885), b. near Zanesville, Ohio. As U.S. Senator from Indiana (1863–69) he opposed radical Reconstruction. He…
JONES Burr W. , a Representative from Wisconsin; born near Evansville, Rock County,
Wis., March 9, 1846; attended the common schools and the Evansville (Wis.)
Seminary; taught school for several…
by Ann-Marie Imbornoni and Tasha Vincent Clinton became the 42nd U.S. president following a turbulent political campaign that included vigorous personal attacks on his…
Senate Years of Service: 1848-1859
Party: Democrat JONES George Wallace , a Delegate from the Territory of Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsin and a Senator from Iowa; born in Vincennes, Ind.,…
(Encyclopedia) Eigenmann, Carl H.Eigenmann, Carl H.īˈgənmən [key], 1863–1927, American ichthyologist, b. Germany, grad. Indiana Univ., 1886. From 1891 he taught at Indiana Univ., founding and…
Senate Years of Service: 1851-1855; 1855-1857
Party: Whig; Opposition JONES James Chamberlain , a Senator from Tennessee; born near the line between Davidson and Wilson Counties, Tennessee, April…
JONES Stephanie Tubbs , a Representative from Ohio; born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County,
Ohio, September 10, 1949; graduated from Collinwood High School, Cleveland,
Ohio; B.A., Case Western Reserve…
JONES William Atkinson , a Representative from Virginia; born in Warsaw, Richmond County,
Va., on March 21, 1849; entered the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington in
1864 and served in the…
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