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Quie, Albert H.

Bio: (1923- ) Pilot, U.S. Navy, 1943-1945; Supervisor, Rice County Soil Conservation District, 1950-1954; Member, Minnesota State Senate, 1955-1958; U.S. Congressman, Minnesota, 1958-1979; Governor of Minnesota, 1979-1983; President’s Advisory…

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Pyland, Sidney

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Purcell, Graham

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Pucinski, Roman C., 1919-2002

Bio: (1919-2002) World War II veteran; staff reporter and writer, Chicago Sun-Times, 1939-1959; chief investigator, Congressional Special Committee to Conduct an Investigation and Study of the Facts, Evidence, and Circumstances of the Katyn Forest…

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Pryor, Richard

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Provence, Harry

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Prokop, Ruth

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Prindle, Richard A.

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Price, C.W.

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Powell, Dorris

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Powell, Ben H., Jr.

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Portner, Mildred

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Porter, Paul Aldermandt, 1904-1975

Bio: Paul Aldermandt Porter (b. Oct. 6, 1904, Joplin, Mo.-d. Nov. 26, 1975) was an attorney and diplomat. He served as special counsel at the Department of Agriculture from 1932 to 1937; deputy administrator in charge of the rent division of the…

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Porter, Mike

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Porter, Ella SoRelle

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Porter, Daniel Boone

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Pollei Shumate, Weeze Deathe

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Poats, Rutherford M. (Rutherford Mell), 1922-

Bio: Rutherford Mell Poats (b. 1922) was a journalist and government official with the State Department. He was a special assistant in the Far East Bureau of the Agency for International Development at the State Department from 1961 to 1963;…

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Pike, Douglas

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Pickle, Beryl

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Phinney, Robert L. (Robert Lorin), 1910-

Bio: Robert Lorin Phinney (b. 1910) was a friend of President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was the postmaster in Austin, Texas from 1947 to 1952, and a district director of the Internal Revenue Service after 1952.

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Phinney, Carl L. (Carl Lawrence), 1904-1987

Bio: Carl Lawrence Phinney (b. Oct. 22, 1904, Marble Falls, Tex.-d. Jan. 10, 1987), U.S. Army general and commanding general in the Texas National Guard, graduated from law school and then enlisted in the National Guard in 1925. During World War II…

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Phillips, William G.

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Phillips, Rufus

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Pettigrew, Thomas

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Peterson, Esther, 1906-1997

Bio: Esther Peterson was born Esther Eggersten on December 9, 1906 in Provo, Utah. She received a B.A. in physical education from Brigham Young University in 1927, and a master's degree from Columbia University's Teachers College in 1930. She married…

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Perrin, Robert, 1925-

Bio: Robert Perrin (b. 1925) was a reporter, writer, and consultant. He was an administrative assistant in the U.S. Senate from 1955 to 1966, assistant director of the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity from 1966 to 1968, and deputy director of the…

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Peek, Scott I.

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Peden, Katherine Graham

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Pechman, Joseph A.

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Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969

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Bio: Andrew Russell "Drew" Pearson (1897-1969) was a journalist who traveled extensively as a foreign correspondent for several newspapers, including the Baltimore Sun. In 1931, Pearson and Robert S. Allen anonymously co-authored a book entitled…

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Peabody, Endicott, 1920-1997

Bio: Endicott Peabody (b. 1920), lawyer and Massachusetts political figure, was Governor of Massachusetts from 1963 to 1965, Assistant Director of the Office of Emergency Planning from 1967 to 1968), and a Vice Presidential candidate in 1972.

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Pauley, Edwin W. (Edwin Wendell), 1903-1981

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Patman, Wright, 1893-1976

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Bio: John William Wright Patman (1893-1976) was a U. S. Representative from Texas, serving from March 4, 1929 until his death on March 7, 1976. At various points in his congressional career, he was Chairman of the Select Committee on Small Business,…

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Pattillo, James Cato

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Parten, J. R. (Jubal Richard), 1896-1992

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Parnis, Mollie, 1899-1992

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Parker, Evan J.

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Parker, Edith H., 1905-1985

Bio: Edith H. Parker (b. Edith Helene Parker or Edith Helen Parker, June 20, 1905, Shawnee, Oklahoma-d. March 24, 1985, Augusta, Georgia), journalist, professor, and congressional aide. She received her teaching certificate in 1923 from the Virginia…

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Paine, Thomas Otten, 1921-1992

Bio: Thomas Otten Paine, also known as T. O. Paine, (b. November 9, 1921, Berkeley, California-d. May 4, 1992, Los Angeles, California), American scientist and NASA administrator.

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