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Historical BackgroundThe Warren Court left an unprecedented legacy of judicial activism in the area of civil rights law as well as in the area of civil liberties-specifically, the rights of…
Senate Years of Service: 1805-1816
Party: Democratic Republican TURNER James , a Senator from North Carolina; born in Southampton County, Va., December 20,
1766; moved to Warren County, N.C., in…
HILL Hugh Lawson White , a Representative from Tennessee; born near McMinnville, Warren County, Tenn.,
March 1, 1810; attended private schools and the Carroll Male Academy at McMinnville; was…
HALL Chapin , a Representative from Pennsylvania;
born in Busti, Chautauqua County, N.Y., July 12, 1816;
attended the common schools and the Jamestown (N.Y.) Academy;
moved to Pine Grove (now…
Shirley MacLaineactressBorn: 4/24/1934Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia Academy Award-winning actress whose screen talents range from dancing the can-can to playing the part of an aging eccentric. Her…
MAXWELL John Patterson Bryan , a Representative from New Jersey;
born in Flemington, Hunterdon County, N.J., September 3, 1804;
was graduated from Princeton College in 1823;
studied law;
was…
McLOSKEY Robert Thaddeus , a Representative from Illinois; born in Monmouth, Warren County, Ill., June 26,
1907; graduated from Monmouth High School, Monmouth, Ill., 1924; B.A., Monmouth…
TURNER Smith Spangler , a Representative from Virginia; born in Warren County, Va., November
21, 1842; cadet at the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va., when the
Civil War commenced, and…
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