Senate Years of Service: 1849-1854
Party: Whig SMITH Truman , a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Roxbury, Conn., November 27, 1791; completed preparatory studies; graduated…
Senate Years of Service: 1845-1849; 1863-1865; 1865-1868
Party: Whig; Unionist; Democrat JOHNSON Reverdy , a Senator from Maryland; born in Annapolis, Md., May 21, 1796; graduated, St. John's…
Senate Years of Service: 1855-1857; 1857-1865
Party: Opposition; Republican COLLAMER Jacob , a Representative and a Senator from Vermont; born in Troy, N.Y., January 8,
1791; moved with his…
FILLMORE Millard , a Representative from New York, Vice President and 13th President of the United States; born in Locke Township (now Summerhill), Cayuga County, N.Y., January 7, 1800; reared on a…
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Sources: Ralph Nader: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin; Eugene Debs: AP Photo; Victoria Woodhull: WikiCommons…
Senate Years of Service: 1829-1836; 1845-1849; 1853-1856
Party: Anti-Jacksonian; Whig; Opposition CLAYTON John Middleton , a Senator from Delaware; born in Dagsboro, Sussex County, Del., July 24,…
Senate Years of Service: 1831-1837; 1850-1851
Party: Anti-Jacksonian; Whig EWING Thomas , a Senator from Ohio; born near West Liberty, Ohio County, Va. (now West
Virginia), December 28, 1789;…
Senate Years of Service: 1831-1837; 1850-1851 Party: Anti-Jacksonian; Whig EWING, Thomas, (father of Thomas Ewing [1829-1896]), a Senator from Ohio; born near West Liberty, Ohio County, Va…
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(Encyclopedia) Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830–1909, Union general in the Civil War, founder of Howard Univ., b. Leeds, Maine, grad. Bowdoin College, 1850, and West Point, 1854. Made a brigadier general of…
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