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Joseph Cobham NOYES, Congress, ME (1798-1868)

NOYES Joseph Cobham , a Representative from Maine; born in Portland, Maine, September 22, 1798; attended the common schools; moved to Eastport, Maine, in 1819; ship chandler and shipper of…

Melvin Clark GEORGE, Congress, OR (1849-1933)

GEORGE Melvin Clark , a Representative from Oregon; born near Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio, May 13, 1849; moved with his parents over the Old Oregon Trail in 1851 and settled on a homestead near…

Rufus Cecil HOLMAN, Congress, OR (1877-1959)

Senate Years of Service: 1939-1945 Party: Republican HOLMAN Rufus Cecil , a Senator from Oregon; born in Portland, Oreg., October 14, 1877; attended the public schools; school teacher 1896-1898…

Abraham Walter LAFFERTY, Congress, OR (1875-1964)

LAFFERTY Abraham Walter , a Representative from Oregon; born near Farber, Audrain County, Mo., June 10, 1875; attended the public schools; studied law at the University of Missouri at Columbia in…

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

(Encyclopedia) Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807–82, American poet, b. Portland, Maine, grad. Bowdoin College, 1825. He wrote some of the most popular poems in American literature, in which he…

Pauling, Linus Carl

(Encyclopedia) Pauling, Linus CarlPauling, Linus Carlpôˈlĭng [key], 1901–94, American chemist, b. Portland, Oreg. He was one of the few recipients of two Nobel Prizes, winning the chemistry award in…

Asa William Henry CLAPP, Congress, ME (1805-1891)

CLAPP Asa William Henry , a Representative from Maine; born in Portland, Maine, March 6, 1805; was graduated from the Norwich (Vt.) Military Academy in 1823; engaged as a merchant in foreign and…

Richard WILLIAMS, Congress, OR (1836-1914)

WILLIAMS Richard , a Representative from Oregon; born in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, November 15, 1836; attended the common schools; moved to Monroe County, Oreg., in 1851; was educated at…

LYNCH, John, Congress, ME (1825-1892)

LYNCH John , a Representative from Maine; born in Portland, Maine, February 18, 1825; attended the public schools; was graduated from the Portland High School in 1842; engaged in mercantile…

Joseph SIMON, Congress, OR (1851-1935)

Senate Years of Service: 1898-1903 Party: Republican SIMON Joseph , a Senator from Oregon; born in Bechtheim, Germany, February 7, 1851; immigrated to the United States with his parents, who…