(Encyclopedia) Brown, Jerry (Edmund Gerald Brown, Jr.), 1938–, American political leader, b. San Francisco. The son of Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown (1905–96), governor of California (1959–67), Brown…
(Encyclopedia) Payton, Walter Jerry, 1954–99, American football player, b. Columbia, Miss. He played at Jackson State College (now Jackson State Univ.) in Mississippi before being drafted as a…
(Encyclopedia) Rawlings, Jerry John (Jeremiah John Rawlings), 1947–2020, Ghanaian political leader. Of Scottish and Ghanaian descent, Rawlings attended military schools throughout his early life,…
(Encyclopedia) Rice, Jerry Lee, 1962–, American football player, b. Crawford, Miss. Winning national attention while at the otherwise obscure Mississippi Valley State College, Itta Bena, Miss., Rice…
SPRINGER Raymond Smiley , a Representative from Indiana;
born on a farm in Rush County, near Dunreith, Ind., April 26, 1882;
attended the public schools, Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., and…
SPRINGER William Lee , a Representative from Illinois; born in Sullivan, Ind., April 12,
1909; attended the public schools of Sullivan and Culver Military Academy at
Culver, Ind.; DePauw…
HAMILTON Cornelius Springer , a Representative from Ohio; born in Gratiot, Muskingum County, Ohio,
January 2, 1821; attended the common schools and Granville (Ohio) College;
moved with his parents…
SPRINGER William McKendree , a Representative from Illinois; born near New Lebanon, Sullivan
County, Ind., May 30, 1836; moved to Jacksonville, Ill., with his parents in
1848; attended the public…
