Official Congressional Directory, Volume 56, Issue 2, Part 1; Volume 57, Issue 1, Parts 2-3; Volume 57, Issue 2, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 Includes maps of the U.S. Congressional districts. |
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... GEORGE CLEMENT PERKINS , Republican , of Oakland , was born at Kene- bunkport , Me . , in 1839 ; was reared on a farm , with limited educational advantages ; at the age of 12 went to sea as a cabin boy ; followed this calling and that ...
... GEORGE CLEMENT PERKINS , Republican , of Oakland , was born at Kene- bunkport , Me . , in 1839 ; was reared on a farm , with limited educational advantages ; at the age of 12 went to sea as a cabin boy ; followed this calling and that ...
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... George S. Smith , Prohibitionist . FOURTH DISTRICT . COUNTIES . - Fairfield and Litchfield ( 2 counties ) . EBENEZER J. HILL , Republican , of Norwalk , was born in Redding , Conn . , August 4 , 1845 ; prepared for college at the public ...
... George S. Smith , Prohibitionist . FOURTH DISTRICT . COUNTIES . - Fairfield and Litchfield ( 2 counties ) . EBENEZER J. HILL , Republican , of Norwalk , was born in Redding , Conn . , August 4 , 1845 ; prepared for college at the public ...
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... GEORGE EDMUND FOSS , Republican , of Chicago , was born at Berkshire , Franklin County , Vt . , July 2 , 1863 ; graduated from Harvard College in 1885 ; attended the Columbia Law School and School of Political Science in New York City ...
... GEORGE EDMUND FOSS , Republican , of Chicago , was born at Berkshire , Franklin County , Vt . , July 2 , 1863 ; graduated from Harvard College in 1885 ; attended the Columbia Law School and School of Political Science in New York City ...
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... George N. Parker ; was admitted to the bar in May , 1883 , and has followed the practice of law ever since as partner of George N. Parker ; was elected county judge of Crawford County in November , 1886 , and reelected in 1890 ; in ...
... George N. Parker ; was admitted to the bar in May , 1883 , and has followed the practice of law ever since as partner of George N. Parker ; was elected county judge of Crawford County in November , 1886 , and reelected in 1890 ; in ...
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... George W. Speedy , Prohibitionist . FOURTH DISTRICT . COUNTIES . - Bartholomew , Brown , Dearborn , Decatur , Jackson , Jefferson , Jennings , Ohio , Ripley , and Switzerland ( 10 counties ) . FRANCIS MARION GRIFFITH , Democrat , of ...
... George W. Speedy , Prohibitionist . FOURTH DISTRICT . COUNTIES . - Bartholomew , Brown , Dearborn , Decatur , Jackson , Jefferson , Jennings , Ohio , Ripley , and Switzerland ( 10 counties ) . FRANCIS MARION GRIFFITH , Democrat , of ...
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