Category: New York

Representative | Democrat | BLOOM, Sol, a Representative from New York; born in Pekin, Tazewell County, Ill., March 9, 1870; moved with his parents to San Francisco, Calif., in 1873; attended the public schools; engaged in the newspaper, theatrical, and music-publishing businesses; superintendent of construction of the Midway Plaisance at the World’s Columbian Exposition at… Continue reading Sol Bloom

Representative | Democrat | MEAD, JAMES MICHAEL, a Representative and a Senator from New York; born in Mount Morris, Livingston County, N.Y., December 27, 1885; moved to Buffalo, N.Y., with his parents in 1890; attended the grammar, technical, and evening schools of Buffalo, N.Y.; employed as a water boy, lamplighter, spike mauler, and switchman on… Continue reading James Mead

Representative | Democrat | SCHUMER, CHARLES ELLIS (CHUCK), a Senator and a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., November 23, 1950; attended the public schools; graduated from Madison High School, Brooklyn 1967; A.B., Harvard University 1971; J.D., Harvard Law School 1974; admitted to the New York bar in 1975; served in the New… Continue reading Chuck Schumer

Representative | Democrat | SERRANO, JOSE E., a Representative from New York; born in Mayaguez, P.R., October 24, 1943; graduated from Dodge Vocational High School, N.Y., 1961; attended Lehman College, N.Y., City University of New York, 1961; United States Army, 1964-1966; banker; member of the New York, N.Y., board of education, 1969-1974; chairman, South Bronx… Continue reading Jose Serrano

Representative | Republican | SHERMAN, JAMES SCHOOLCRAFT, a Representative from New York and a Vice President of the United States; born in Utica, N.Y., October 24, 1855; attended the public schools; pursued academic and collegiate courses and graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1878; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1880 and commenced… Continue reading James Sherman

Representative | Whig | FILLMORE, MILLARD, a Representative from New York, Vice President and 13th President of the United States; born in Locke Township (now Summerhill), Cayuga County, N.Y., January 7, 1800; reared on a farm; largely self-taught; apprenticed to a clothier; taught school in Buffalo while studying law; admitted to the bar in 1823… Continue reading Millard Fillmore

Sec. of Treasury | Federalist | HAMILTON, ALEXANDER was a founding father of the United States, who fought in the American Revolutionary War, helped draft the Constitution, and served as the first secretary of the treasury. He was the founder and chief architect of the American financial system. Hamilton was born on January 11, in… Continue reading Alexander Hamilton

Sec. of Defense | Republican | ROOT, ELIHU, a Senator from New York; born in Clinton, Oneida County, N.Y., February 15, 1845; attended the common schools; graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1864; taught in the Rome (N.Y.) Academy in 1865; graduated from the law school of the University of the City of New… Continue reading Elihu Root

Sec. of State | Republican | SEWARD, WILLIAM HENRY, a Senator from New York; born in Florida, Orange County, N.Y., on May 16, 1801; after preparatory studies, graduated from Union College in 1820; studied law; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Auburn, N.Y., 1823; member, State senate 1830-1834; unsuccessful Whig candidate for governor… Continue reading William Seward

Sec. of Labor | Democrat | PERKINS, FRANCES was born on April 10, 1882 in Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1902, and Columbia University in 1910 with a master’s degree in sociology. In 1910 she became head of the New York Consumer’s League, lobbying for better working hours and conditions. In… Continue reading Frances Perkins