Search

Search results

Displaying 101 - 110

Henry DODGE, Congress, WI (1782-1867)

Senate Years of Service: 1848-1857 Party: Democrat DODGE Henry , a Delegate and a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Vincennes, Ind., October 12, 1782; received a limited schooling; moved to…

William Ernest MASON, Congress, IL (1850-1921)

Senate Years of Service: 1897-1903 Party: Republican MASON William Ernest , a Representative and a Senator from Illinois; born in Franklinville, Cattaragus County, N.Y., July 7, 1850; moved with…

HARKIN, Thomas Richard (Tom), Congress, IA (1939)

Senate Years of Service: 1985- Party: Democrat HARKIN, Thomas Richard (Tom), a Representative and Senator from Iowa; born in Cumming, Warren County, Iowa, November 19, 1939; attended the public…

Thomas Richard (Tom) HARKIN, Congress, IA (1939)

Senate Years of Service: 1985-2015 Party: Democrat HARKIN Thomas Richard (Tom) , a Senator and a Representative from Iowa; born in Cumming, Warren County, Iowa, November 19, 1939; attended the…

Harold Everett HUGHES, Congress, IA (1922-1996)

Senate Years of Service: 1969-1975 Party: Democrat HUGHES Harold Everett , a Senator from Iowa; born near Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa, February 10, 1922; attended the public schools and the…

Rethinking Old Technology

Electric cars are by no means new: Americans began constructing efficient “electric carriages” as far back as 1890 when William Morrison built one in Des Moines that could travel for 13…

Augustus Caesar DODGE, Congress, IA (1812-1883)

Senate Years of Service: 1848-1855 Party: Democrat DODGE Augustus Caesar , a Delegate and a Senator from Iowa; born in Ste. Genevieve, Mo., January 2, 1812; self-educated; moved to Illinois in…

James Baird WEAVER, Congress, IA (1833-1912)

WEAVER James Baird , a Representative from Iowa; born in Dayton, Ohio, June 12, 1833; moved with his parents to Michigan in 1835 and subsequently moved to Iowa and settled on a farm near…