David’s comment: Convinced many Secret Service agents that his California ranch was infested with jackalopesGovernor | Republican | Ronald Wilson Reagan was born February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinos. Most of his childhood was spent in Dixon, Illinois, a small town about 100 miles west of Chicago. Reagan won a scholarship to study at Eureka… Continue reading Ronald Reagan
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Bob Casey
David’s comment: Cosponsored a Sentate resolution in honor of Carl LutzAuditor / Comptroller | Democrat | CASEY, ROBERT P. (BOB), JR., a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Scranton, Penn., April 13, 1960; graduated College of the Holy Cross 1982; J.D., Catholic University of America 1988; practiced law in Scranton; Pennsylvania auditor general 1997-2005; unsuccessful candidate… Continue reading Bob Casey
Matthew Quay
Treasurer | Republican | QUAY, MATTHEW STANLEY, a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Dillsburg, York County, Pa., on September 30, 1833; attended Beaver and Indiana Academies and graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1850; taught school; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in Beaver, Pa.; prothonotary of Beaver County… Continue reading Matthew Quay
David Lawrence
Secretary of State | Democrat | MORRIL, DAVID LAWRENCE, a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Epping, N.H., June 10, 1772; taught by his grandfather and later attended Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; studied medicine and engaged in practice in Epsom, N.H., 1793-1800; studied theology; was ordained; pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Goffstown 1802-1811; resumed… Continue reading David Lawrence
George Dallas
Attorney General | Democrat | DALLAS, GEORGE MIFFLIN, (great-great-granduncle of Claiborne de Borda Pell), a Senator from Pennsylvania and a vice president of the United States; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 10, 1792; graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1810; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1813; private secretary… Continue reading George Dallas
John Sergeant
Representative | Whig | SERGEANT, JOHN, (son of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, grandfather of John Sergeant Wise, grandfather of Richard Alsop Wise, great-grandfather of John Crain Kunkel), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 5, 1779; attended the common schools and the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia; was graduated from Princeton College in 1795;… Continue reading John Sergeant
David Bard
Representative | Democrat-Republican | BARD, DAVID, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born at “Carroll’s Delight,” Adams County, Pa., in 1744; was graduated from Princeton College, New Jersey, in 1773; studied theology and was licensed to preach by the Donegal Presbytery in 1777; was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry at Lower Conotheague in 1779; missionary in Virginia… Continue reading David Bard
Andrew Gregg Curtin
Representative | Democrat | CURTIN, ANDREW GREGG, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Bellefonte, Pa., April 22, 1817; pursued preparatory studies in Milton (Pa.) Academy, and was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1837; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced practice in Bellefonte; presidential elector on the Whig ticket… Continue reading Andrew Gregg Curtin
Charles Ingersoll
Representative | Democrat-Republican | INGERSOLL, CHARLES JARED, (son of Jared Ingersoll, brother of Joseph Reed Ingersoll), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 3, 1782; received an academic training; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1802 and commenced practice in Philadelphia, Pa.; elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March… Continue reading Charles Ingersoll
Joseph Hemphill
Representative | Federalist | HEMPHILL, JOSEPH, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Thornburg Township, Chester County, Pa., January 7, 1770; completed a preparatory course; was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1791; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1793 and commenced practice in West Chester, Pa.; member of the State… Continue reading Joseph Hemphill