Source Information
Ancestry.com. Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1998.Original data: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949: The Continental Congress September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788 and The Congress of the United States From the First to the Eightieth Congress March 4, 1789 to January 3, 1949, Inclusive. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1950.
About Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
This database is a directory to all the biographies of those individuals who served in the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1788, and The Congress of the United States from 1789 to 1949. The entries are in alphabetical order and each entry includes, where possible, the following information: name, place of birth and death, education, political offices and positions held, length of service, membership and leadership in committees and institutions, and noteworthy accomplishments.
