William Edgar Stafford (January 17, 1914 - August 28, 1993) was an American poet and pacifist, and the father of poet and essayist Kim Stafford. He and his writings are sometimes identified with the Pacific Northwest.

Dudley Doolittle (June 21, 1881 - November 14, 1957) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Doolittle attended the public schools and the University of Kansas at Lawrence, being graduated from its law department in 1903. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice at Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, in 1904. He served as prosecuting attorney of Chase County 1908-1912. He served as mayor of Strong City in 1912.

Perl D. Decker (September 10, 1875 - August 22, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born on a farm near Coolville, Ohio, Decker moved with his parents to a farm near Hollis, Kansas, in 1879. He attended the public schools of Cloud County, and Park College, Parkville, Missouri, from which he was graduated in 1897. He was graduated in law from the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1899. He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice at Joplin, …

Phillip Colgan Ferguson (August 15, 1903 - August 8, 1978) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma. Born in Wellington, Kansas, Ferguson attended the public schools. He was graduated from the University of Kansas at Lawrence, A.B., 1926. He moved to Oklahoma and settled on a ranch near Woodward, Woodward County, in 1926. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and cattle raising.

Wint Smith (October 7, 1892 - April 27, 1976) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born in Mankato, Kansas, Smith attended the public schools and was graduated from the Mankato High School. During the First World War served in the United States Army as a combat Infantry officer from May 11, 1917, to September 4, 1919, with twenty-four months' service overseas. He was in the University of Kansas at Lawrence, A.B., 1920. He was in the Yale University Law School, LL.B., …

Guy Tresillian Helvering (January 10, 1878 - July 4, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born in Felicity, Ohio, Helvering moved to Kansas in 1887 with his parents, who settled in Beattie, Marshall County. He attended the public schools. During the Spanish-American War enlisted as a corporal in Company M, Twenty-second Regiment, Kansas Infantry, and served from May 12 to November 3, 1898. He attended the University of Kansas at Lawrence.

Wesley Ernest Disney (October 31, 1883 - March 26, 1961) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma. Born in Richland, Kansas, Disney attended the public schools of Kansas and was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1906. He was admitted to the Kansas bar in 1906, the Oklahoma bar in 1908, and began practice in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 1908. County attorney of Muskogee County, Oklahoma from 1911 to 1915.

Charles Frederick Scott (September 7, 1860 - September 18, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born near Iola, Kansas, Scott attended the common schools. He was graduated from the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1881. He went to Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, and was engaged chiefly in clerical work. He returned to Iola, Kansas, in 1882 and edited the Iola Register. He was appointed regent of the University in 1891-1900.

Bird Segle Mcguire (October 13, 1865 - November 9, 1930) was a Delegate and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma, cousin of William Neville. Born in Belleville, Illinois, Mcguire moved to Randolph County, Missouri, in 1867 with his parents. He attended the common schools. He moved to Chautauqua County, Kansas, in the spring of 1881, and then to Indian Territory. He engaged in the cattle business. He attended the State normal school at Emporia, Kansas.

John Harvey Tolan (January 15, 1877 - June 30, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from California. Born in St. Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota, Tolan attended the public schools. He moved to Anaconda, Montana, in 1897. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1902. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in Anaconda, Montana. Attorney of Deer Lodge County, Montana from 1904 to 1906.

Edward White Patterson (October 4, 1895 - March 6, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born in Pittsburg, Kansas, Patterson attended the public schools. During the First World War served as a sergeant in the Thirty-fifth Division, American Expeditionary Forces, from May 1917 to March 1919. He after the war attended the University of Chicago at Chicago, Illinois. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1922.

Charles Lee Faust (April 24, 1879 - December 17, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born near Bellefontaine, Ohio, Faust moved with his parents to a farm near Highland, Kansas. He attended the public schools and Highland University. He engaged in teaching in a country school near Highland 1898-1900. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1903, was admitted to the bar the same year, …

Edward Campbell Little (December 14, 1858 - June 27, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born in Newark, Ohio, Little moved to Kansas in 1866 with his parents, who settled in Olathe. He attended the public schools of Abilene, Kansas, and was graduated from the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1883. Connected with the Santa Fe Railroad for several years. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in Lawrence, Kansas.

Chauncey Bundy Little (February 10, 1877 - September 29, 1952) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born in Olathe, Kansas, Little attended the graded and high schools and the Kansas State College at Manhattan. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1898. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Olathe. City attorney of Olathe 1901-1906. County attorney of Johnson County, Kansas from 1909 to 1913.

Alexander Clark Mitchell (October 11, 1860 - July 7, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Mitchell moved to Kansas in 1867 with his parents, who settled in Douglas County, near Lawrence. He attended the public schools, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1889. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Lawrence, Kansas.

Paul Ranous Greever (September 28, 1891 - February 16, 1943) was a United States Representative from Wyoming. Born in Lansing, Kansas, he attended public and high schools, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas in Lawrence in 1917. He served as a first lieutenant in the Three Hundred and Fourteenth Trench Mortar Battery, Eighty-ninth Division, from April 1917 to March 1919.

Lorraine Michael Gensman (August 26, 1878 - May 27, 1954) was a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma. Born near Wichita, Kansas, Gensman attended the district schools, the Garden Plain Graded School, Wichita Commercial College, Lewis Academy, and the Kansas State Normal School at Emporia. Principal of the Andale (Kansas) schools in 1896 and 1897. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1901.

Fred Schuyler Jackson (April 19, 1868 - November 21, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born in Stanton, Kansas, Jackson moved to Greenwood County, Kansas, with his parents in 1881. He attended the public schools of Miami and Greenwood Counties. He taught school in Kansas 1885-1890. He was graduated in law from the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1892. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Eureka, Kansas.

Errett Power Scrivner (March 20, 1898 - May 5, 1978) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born in Newton, Kansas, Scrivner attended the grade schools and was graduated from Manual Training High School, Kansas City, Missouri. During the First World War enlisted in Battery B, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Field Artillery, in July 1917. He served overseas in 1918 and 1919. Awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart Medals.

William Edgar Borah (June 29, 1865 near Fairfield, Illinois - January 19, 1940 Washington, D.C.) was a prominent attorney and longtime United States Senator from Idaho noted for his oratorical skills and isolationist views. One of his nicknames later in life was "The Lion of Idaho."

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