Joseph Little Bristow
U. S. Senator who introduced the resolution that
led to the Seventeenth Amendment to the
Constitution
Blanche Kelso Bruce
the first black to serve a full term in the
United States Senate
William Jennings Bryan
U. S. Congressman, three-time candidate for
President, Secretary of State, and die-hard
opponent of the teaching of evolution
Hamilton Fish
Secretary of State who was responsible for
settling four major international disputes
Frederick Funston
botanist, soldier, U. S. Army General
Marcus Alonzo Hanna
Ohio businessman who became a powerful force in
the Republican Party
Charles Evans Hughes
Supreme Court Justice, Secretary of State
John James Ingalls
U. S. Senator
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Belva Ann Lockwood
the first woman to be admitted to practice before
the U. S. Supreme Court
Julius Sterling Morton
the "creator" of Arbor Day
Richard Olney
Attorney General of the United States, Secretary
of State
Redfield Proctor
Secretary of War, U. S. Senator
Hiram Rhodes Revels
the first black to be elected to the U.S. Senate
Edmund Gibson Ross
U. S. Senator who prevented the impeachment of
Andrew Johnson
Carl Schurz
German immigrant who served his adopted country
as a Union Army General, U. S. Senator, and
Secretary of the Interior
Jeremiah Simpson
"sockless country bumpkin" who became a
respected U. S. Congressman
Leland Stanford
Governor of California, supporter of the
Transcontinental Railroad, founder of Stanford
University
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