WILSON John Frank , a Delegate from the Territory of Arizona;
born near Pulaski, Giles County, Tenn., May 7, 1846;
moved with his parents to Alabama;
attended the common schools and Rhuhama (Ala…
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(Encyclopedia) Kavanaugh, Brett Michael, 1965–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2018–), b. Washington, D.C., grad. Yale (B.A. 1987, J.D. 1990). He clerked for Supreme Court Justice…
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(Encyclopedia) Gorsuch, Neil McGill, 1967–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2017–), b. Denver. A graduate of Harvard Law School (1991), he clerked for Supreme Court Justice Kennedy and…
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