Senate Years of Service: 1845-1862
Party: Democrat BRIGHT Jesse David , a Senator from Indiana; born in Norwich, Chenango County, N.Y., December 18, 1812; moved with
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OVERSTREET Jesse , a Representative from Indiana; born in Franklin, Johnson County,
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(Encyclopedia) Downing, Andrew Jackson, 1815–52, American horticulturist, rural architect, and landscape gardener, b. Newburgh, N.Y. With his brother Charles Downing, 1802–85, he took over the…
(Encyclopedia) Rogers, Henry Huttleston, 1840–1909, American financier, b. Fairhaven, Mass. After he moved (1860) to Pennsylvania, he entered the oil business, experimented in the refining of…
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Senate Years of Service: 1859-1871
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