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PETERSON, Douglas Brian (Pete), a Representative from Florida; born in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebr., June 26, 1935; graduated from Milton Public High School, Milton, Iowa, 1953; B.A., University…
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IRWIN Jared , a Representative from Pennsylvania;
born in Georgia on January 19, 1768;
appointed commissioner for valuation of lands and dwellings and enumeration of slaves for the second division…
Peter Gabriel
musician
Born: 2/13/1950
Birthplace: Cobham, England
Talented musician, and, with Phil Collins, leader of the progressive rock group Genesis in the 1970s. Gabriel went solo in…
Irving Berlin(Israel Baline)songwriterBorn: 5/11/1888Birthplace: Temum, Russia Considered by many to be the greatest American songwriter ever, he wrote such popular favorites as “Alexander's Ragtime…
(Encyclopedia) Knights of the Golden Circle, secret order of Southern sympathizers in the North during the Civil War. Its members were known as Copperheads. Dr. George W. L. Bickley, a Virginian who…
WINN Thomas Elisha , a Representative from Georgia;
born near Athens, Clarke County, Ga., May 21, 1839;
attended Carrollton (Ga.) Masonic Institute, and was graduated from Emory and Henry College…
RUSSELL Jonathan , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Providence, R.I.,
February 27, 1771; was graduated from Brown University (then Rhode Island
College), Providence, R.I., in 1791;…
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