Senate Years of Service: 1919-1925
Party: Democrat DIAL Nathaniel Barksdale , a Senator from South Carolina; born near Laurens, Laurens County, S.C., April 24,
1862, attended the common schools…
GILCHRIST Fred Cramer , a Representative from Iowa; born in California, Washington County,
Pa., June 2, 1868; moved with his parents to Cedar Falls, Iowa, in 1871;
attended the public schools; was…
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