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Abraham Lincoln KEISTER, Congress, PA (1852-1917)

KEISTER Abraham Lincoln , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Upper Tyrone Township, Fayette County, Pa., near the present borough of Scottdale, Westmoreland County, Pa., September 10, 1852…

Elmer Lincoln FULTON, Congress, OK (1865-1939)

FULTON Elmer Lincoln , a Representative from Oklahoma; born in Magnolia, Harrison County, Iowa, April 22, 1865; moved to Nebraska in 1870 with his parents, who settled in Pawnee City; attended the…

William Lincoln HIGGINS, Congress, CT (1867-1951)

HIGGINS William Lincoln , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Mass., March 8, 1867; attended the public schools of Chesterfield and Northampton, Mass., and…

Judson Lincoln NEWHALL, Congress, KY (1870-1952)

NEWHALL Judson Lincoln , a Representative from Kentucky; born in Hunterstown (later changed to Louise), Province of Quebec, Canada, March 26, 1870; moved to Covington, Ky., with his parents in 1874…

Robert Lincoln RAMSAY, Congress, WV (1877-1956)

RAMSAY Robert Lincoln , a Representative from West Virginia; born in Durham, England, March 24, 1877; immigrated to the United States in 1881 with his parents, who settled in New Cumberland,…

Schurz, Carl

(Encyclopedia) Schurz, CarlSchurz, Carlsh&oobreve;rts [key], 1829–1906, American political leader, b. Germany. He studied at the Univ. of Bonn and participated in the revolutionary uprisings of…

Sandburg, Carl

(Encyclopedia) Sandburg, Carl, 1878–1967, American poet, journalist, and biographer, b. Galesburg, Ill. The son of poor Swedish immigrants, he left school at the age of 13 and became a day laborer.…