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Biographical Dictionary of Pennsylvania Legislators

Historical essays about Pennsylvania legislators during the colonial, Revolutionary War, and early national periods.

Charles Curtis - Vice-President of the United States (1929-1933)

History of his career and a genealogy listing of his family.

Congressional Biographical Directory

Biographical directory of the United States Congress 1774 to present.

FamilySearch Catalog - The ancestry of General James Robertson, 'Father of Tennessee' : addendum to 'The Complete ancestry of Tennessee Williams'

Gen. James Randolph Robertson is a significant historical personality. Andrew Jackson called him the Father of Tennessee for leading the perilous settlement, far beyond the then frontier, into the middle TN area.

Founders Online

Through this website, you can read and search through thousands of records from George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison and see firsthand the growth of democracy and the birth of the Republic.

Genealogy of the DAVIS Family

Jefferson Davis, President of C.S.A.

Governor John WEBSTER of Hartford, Connecticut and Hadley, Massachusetts

The Political Graveyard

The Web Site That Tells Where the Dead Politicians are Buried.

Tracing the Politics of Past Generations (Wayback Machine)

Article by Candace L. Doriott in Genealogical Computing about the political side of ancestor's lives. Includes sources for discovering the political leanings of the plain folks and politicians in your family tree.

TX-EARLY-LEADERS Mailing List (Archived on RootsWeb)