Elsmere is a town in New Castle County,Delaware,United States,bordering the city of Wilmington along Wilmington's western border. According to the 2010 Census,the population of the town is 6,131.
James Asheton Bayard Sr. was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington,Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party,who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware and U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Sherman Willard Tribbitt was an American merchant and politician from Odessa in New Castle County,Delaware. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Democratic Party who served in the Delaware General Assembly,as the 17th lieutenant governor of Delaware,and as the 67th governor of Delaware.
James Caleb Boggs was an American lawyer and politician from Claymont,Delaware. A liberal Republican,he was commonly known by his middle name,Caleb,frequently shortened to Cale.
James Tilton was an American physician and soldier from Dover,Delaware. He was a delegate for Delaware in the Continental Congress of 1783 and 1784 and served as Surgeon General of the United States Army during the War of 1812.
Charles Robert Miller was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington,Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party,who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware.
Caleb Prew Bennett was an American soldier and politician from Wilmington,in New Castle County,Delaware. He was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812,and a member of the Democratic Party who served as Governor of Delaware.
Cornelius Parsons Comegys was an American farmer and politician from Dover Hundred,in Kent County,Delaware,near Little Creek. He was a veteran of the War of 1812,a member of the Federalist Party,and then later the Whig Party,who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as Governor of Delaware.
William Temple was an American merchant and politician from Smyrna,in Kent County,Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party,and later the Democratic Party,who served in the Delaware General Assembly,as Governor of Delaware,and as U.S. Representative from Delaware. He is the youngest governor to serve in Delaware in all of its history.
Ulysses Simpson Grant III was a United States Army officer and planner. He was the son of Frederick Dent Grant,and the grandson of General of the Army and American President Ulysses S. Grant.
The Office of Alien Property Custodian was an office within the government of the United States during World War I and again during World War II,serving as a custodian to property that belonged to US enemies. The office was created in 1917 by Executive Order 2729-A under the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 (TWEA) in order to "assume control and dispose of enemy-owned property in the United States and its possessions."
Franklin Brockson was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County,Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party,who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S. Representative from Delaware.
Bradley Webster Palmer was a prominent U.S. attorney and businessman. He was involved with the creation and development of multiple corporations,including the United Fruit Company,Gillette Safety Razor Corp.,and International Telephone &Telegraph Corporation. He was also part of the American delegation at the Paris Peace Conference following the First World War.
Royal Cleaves Johnson was a U.S. Representative from South Dakota and a highly decorated veteran of World War I while he was still a member of Congress. Despite voting against United States declaration of war on Germany,he took a leave of absence from Congress to enlist. He became a highly decorated veteran receiving the Distinguished Service Cross from the United States government. He also received the War Cross 1914–1918 from the French government.
Robert Griffith Houston was an American lawyer,publisher and politician from Georgetown,in Sussex County,Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party,and served four terms as U.S. Representative from Delaware. "Houston" is pronounced "house-ton",unlike the city in Texas with the same spelling.
Herbert Birchby Warburton was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington,in New Castle County,Delaware,and Frankford,in Sussex County,Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II,and a member of the Republican Party,and served as U.S. Representative from Delaware.
Harry Garner Haskell Jr. was an American businessman and Republican politician from Wilmington,Delaware. He served as mayor of Wilmington from 1969 to 1973 and represented Delaware in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1957 to 1959.
Frederick Charles Hicks was an American banker and politician who served as a United States representative from New York from 1916 to 1923.
Clement Woodnutt Miller was an American World War II veteran and politician who served two terms as a U.S. representative from California from 1959 to 1962. He was killed in a plane crash during his second term in office.
John Ohleyer Moseley was an American educator,a Rhodes Scholar,and a professor of Latin at the University of Oklahoma in the 1920s. He was also the President of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in the 1930s. He served as the President of Central State College from 1935 to 1939,and the University of Nevada,Reno from 1944 to 1949.
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