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Joseph Parsons COMEGYS, Congress, DE (1813-1893)

Senate Years of Service: 1856-1857 Party: Opposition COMEGYS Joseph Parsons , a Senator from Delaware; born in "Cherbourg," Kent County, near Dover, Del., December 29, 1813; attended the old…

Temple, Sir William

(Encyclopedia) Temple, Sir William, 1628–99, English diplomat and author. He was married in 1655 to Dorothy Osborne. They settled in Ireland, and in 1661 Temple entered the Irish parliament. He moved…

Eustace II

(Encyclopedia) Eustace IIEustace IIy&oomacr;ˈstĭs [key], d. 1093, count of Boulogne. He was the brother-in-law of Edward the Confessor of England. Visiting England in 1051, he and his followers…

Charles BROWN, Congress, PA (1797-1883)

BROWN Charles , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., September 23, 1797; attended the public schools; in early boyhood moved with his father to Cumberland County, N.J.,…

Zack SPACE, Congress, OH (1961)

SPACE Zack , a Representative from Ohio; born in Dover, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, January 27, 1961; graduated from Dover High School, Dover, Ohio, 1979; B.A., Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, 1983; J…

Henry Moore RIDGELY, Congress, DE (1779-1847)

Senate Years of Service: 1827-1829 Party: Jacksonian RIDGELY Henry Moore , a Representative and a Senator from Delaware; born in Dover, Del., August 6, 1779; completed preparatory studies;…

Harry Alden RICHARDSON, Congress, DE (1853-1928)

Senate Years of Service: 1907-1913 Party: Republican RICHARDSON Harry Alden , a Senator from Delaware; born in Camden, Kent County, Del., January 1, 1853; moved with his parents to Dover, Kent…

Frank Edward GUERNSEY, Congress, ME (1866-1927)

GUERNSEY Frank Edward , a Representative from Maine; born in Dover, Piscataquis County, Maine, October 15, 1866; attended the common schools, Foxcroft Academy, Eastern Maine Conference Seminary,…

William Fred BIRCH, Congress, NJ (1870-1946)

BIRCH William Fred , a Representative from New Jersey; born in Newark, N.J., August 30, 1870; moved with his parents to Phillipsburg, N.J., in 1872 and to Dover, Morris County, N.J., in 1874;…