Category: Wyoming

Representative | Republican | KING, PETER T., a Representative from New York; born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 5, 1944; B.A., St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., 1965; J.D., Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Ind., 1968; New York Army National Guard, 1968-1973; lawyer, private practice; Nassau County, N.Y. deputy attorney, 1972-1974; member… Continue reading Peter King

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

Lt. Governor | Democrat | ROBB, CHARLES SPITTAL, (son-in-law of Lyndon Baines Johnson), a Senator from Virginia; born in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., June 26, 1939; graduated public school in Fairfax, Va.; attended Cornell University, graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison 1961; received law degree from University of Virginia 1973; United States Marine Corps… Continue reading Chuck Robb

Senator | Democrat | BARKLEY, ALBEN WILLIAM, a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky and a Vice President of the United States; born near Lowes, Graves County, Ky., November 24, 1877; attended the public schools and graduated from Marvin College, Clinton, Ky., in 1897; attended Emory College, Oxford, Ga., and the University of Virginia Law… Continue reading Alben Barkley

Representative | Democrat | BOYD, LINN, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Nashville, Tenn., November 22, 1800; pursued preparatory studies; moved with his parents to New Design, Trigg County, Ky.; engaged in agricultural pursuits in Calloway County; member of the State house of representatives 1827-1832; returned to Trigg County in 1834; elected as a Jacksonian… Continue reading Linn Boyd

Senator | Democrat | GORE, THOMAS PRYOR, a Senator from Oklahoma; born near Embry, Webster County, Miss., December 10, 1870; lost the sight of both eyes as a boy; attended the public schools; graduated from the normal school at Walthall, Miss., in 1890; taught school in 1890 and 1891; graduated from the law department of… Continue reading Thomas Gore

Attorney General | Republican | Van Winkle was born in Linn County, Oregon, near the community of Halsey, to Isaac Newton Van Winkle and Elizabeth Ann Pearl. Isaac graduated from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, in 1898 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1901, he graduated from Willamette University College of Law, where he… Continue reading Isaac Homer van Winkle

Governor | Democrat | Ed Herschler, was born near Kemmerer, Wyoming on October 27, 1918. He was raised on a ranch and taught in public schools. He completed pre-law training at the University of Colorado. Herschler served with the United States Marine Corps in the South Pacific. After World War II he completed his education… Continue reading Edgar Herschler

David’s comment: He was the father-in-law of Missouri’s own General John J. “Blackjack” Pershing, which is really cool.Senator | Republican | WARREN, FRANCIS EMROY, a Senator from Wyoming; born in Hinsdale, Berkshire County, Mass., June 20, 1844; attended the common schools and Hinsdale Academy; during the Civil War enlisted in the Forty-ninth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer… Continue reading Francis Warren

Senator | Democrat | Joseph O’Mahoney on Wikipedia