The Robinson Library
cartoon illustration of FDR's inaugural ball Individual Biography, A-Z.

08/19/2008
Dean Gooderham Acheson Dean Gooderham Acheson
Secretary of State, 1949-1953
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, U.S. Senator and historian Albert Jeremiah Beveridge
U.S. Senator and historian
Hattie Wyatt Caraway Hattie Wyatt Caraway
first woman elected to the U.S. Senate
Carl Trumbull Hayden Carl Trumbull Hayden
the longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate in history
Clare Booth Luce Clare Boothe Luce
the first American woman to serve in a major diplomatic post
  Fontaine Maury Maverick
Congressman
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Congressman
Jeannette Rankin Jeannette Rankin
the first woman to serve in either house of the U.S. Congress
Samuel Taliafero Rayburn Samuel Taliafero Rayburn
the longest serving member of the House of Representatives in history
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
businessman, Governor of New York, Vice-President
Harry Hines Woodring Harry Hines Woodring
Governor of Kansas and U.S. Secretary of War
The Robinson Library--History: America.--United States.--Early Twentieth Century, 1900-1961.