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Representative | Republican | MORTON, LEVI PARSONS, a Representative from New York and a Vice President of the United States; born in Shoreham, Addison County, Vt., May 16, 1824; attended the public schools and Shoreham Academy; clerk in a general store in Enfield, Mass., 1838-1840; taught school in Boscawen, N.H., in 1840 and 1841; engaged… Continue reading Levi Morton

Representative | Republican | KETCHAM, JOHN HENRY, a Representative from New York; born in Dover Plains, Dutchess County, N.Y., December 21, 1832; pursued an academic course and was graduated from Suffield Academy at Suffield, Conn.; became interested in agricultural pursuits; supervisor in 1854 and 1855; member of the State assembly in 1856 and 1857; State… Continue reading John Ketcham

Representative | Democrat | RIORDAN, DANIEL JOSEPH, a Representative from New York; born in New York City July 7, 1870; attended the public schools until 1886, when he entered Manhattan College, from which he graduated in 1890; engaged in the real-estate business; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1901);… Continue reading Daniel Riordan

Representative | Republican | KEATING, KENNETH BARNARD, a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Lima, Livingston County, N.Y., May 18, 1900; attended the public schools; graduated from Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N.Y., in 1915, from the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., in 1919, and from Harvard Law School in 1923; admitted to… Continue reading Kenneth Keating

Treasurer | Republican | DUNN, THOMAS BYRNE, a Representative from New York; born in Providence, R.I., March 16, 1853; moved with his parents to Rochester, N.Y., in 1858; attended the public schools and the De Graff Military Institute of Rochester; engaged in the manufacture of perfumes and extracts; president of the chamber of commerce in… Continue reading Thomas Dunn

David’s comment: Secretary of State | Democrat | MARIO M. CUOMO was born in Queens, New York; he graduated from St. John’s University and later received his law degree from St. John’s School of Law. He served as confidential legal assistant to Judge Adrian P. Burke of the New York State Court of Appeals and… Continue reading Mario Cuomo

David’s comment: As Ron Burgundy said after watching the duel with Hamilton, “Burr killed a guy. You should find yourself a safehouse.”Attorney General | Democrat-Republican | BURR, AARON, (cousin of Theodore Dwight), a Senator from New York and a Vice President of the United States; born in Newark, N.J., February 6, 1756; graduated from the… Continue reading Aaron Burr

Representative | Republican | SNELL, BERTRAND HOLLIS, a Representative from New York; born in Colton, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., December 9, 1870; attended the public schools; was graduated from the State normal school at Potsdam, N.Y., in 1889 and from Amherst (Mass.) College in 1894; began work as a bookkeeper and afterward became secretary and… Continue reading Bertrand Snell

Representative | Democrat | WRIGHT, SILAS, JR., a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Amherst, Mass., May 24, 1795; moved with his father to Wyebridge, Vt., in 1796; graduated from Middlebury (Vt.) College in 1815; moved to Sandy Hill, Washington County, N.Y., in 1816; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1819… Continue reading Silas Wright

David’s comment: One of a relatively small number of people on this list who started out in the US Senate, and then later moved to the House after their Senate careers ended. Claude Pepper is another one, as is John Quincy Adams.Representative | Republican | WADSWORTH, JAMES WOLCOTT, JR., (son of James Wadsworth and father-in-law… Continue reading James W. Wadsworth, Jr.