For a freshman Congressman to read political Lessons to graybeard Democrats was poor policy for one who needed to make friends.

Some reports say he was rescued from timely retirement by his friend, Congressman Walter of Pennsylvania, at a moment when the Kennedy Administration was diligently searching for all the House votes it could get.

Additionally, Rumsfeld was a four-term U. S. Congressman from Illinois ( 1962 – 1969 ), Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity ( 1969 – 1970 ), Counsellor

Elias Boudinot ( ; May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821 ) was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and was elected as a U. S. Congressman for New Jersey following the American Revolutionary War.

KAL 007 was carrying 269 people, including 22 children under the age of 12, and a sitting U. S. Congressman Larry McDonald.

This defense was first used by U. S. Congressman Daniel Sickles of New York in 1859 after he had killed his wife's lover, Philip Barton Key, but was most used during the 1940s and 1950s.

The first known use of the term was by Congressman Davy Crockett, who said on the floor ( of the U. S. House of Representatives ) in 1835, " my people don't like me to log-roll in their business, and vote away pre-emption rights to fellows in other states that never kindle a fire on their own land.

Peckinpah's maternal grandfather was Denver Church, a cattle rancher, Superior Court judge and United States Congressman of a California district including Fresno County.

He was a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, a member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly, a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania, President of the Continental Congress, and a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

Marshall's opponent in the general election was Republican Congressman James E. Watson, and the campaign focused on temperance and prohibition.

At the age of 17, with the help of his father, Grant was nominated by Congressman Thomas L. Hamer for a position at the United States Military Academy ( USMA ) at West Point, New York.

Former Congressman and Housing Secretary Jack Kemp was nominated by acclamation as Dole's running mate the following day.

They were attacked by Jones ' guards and Congressman Leo Ryan was killed.

Lincoln asked Massachusetts Congressman Oakes Ames, who was on the railroad committee, to clean things up and get the railroad moving.

The Navy Yard was spared permanent closure in 1912 by an impassioned plea from local Congressman Edwin W. Higgins of Norwich, who was worried about the loss of Federal spending in the region.

Among those who spoke against the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act was Nebraska Congressman William Jennings Bryan.

In 1963 Congressman John Dowdy introduced a bill which resulted in congressional hearings to revoke the license for solicitation of funds of the Mattachine Society of Washington ; the license was not revoked.

The Congressman expected his new term would bring an appointment as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, but this was not to be, due largely to his emphatic position in favor of hard money, which did not reflect the House consensus.

Congressman Leo Ryan, a known critic of the CIA, was murdered by Peoples Temple members after he personally visited Jonestown to investigate various reported irregularities.

After serving for one term, he was ready to leave that office when the local US Congressman unexpectedly stepped down in 1959.

In 1949 the Dixiecrats escaped unscathed after their 1948 rebellion against Harry Truman, and in 1957, after Congressman Adam Clayton Powell campaigned for Dwight Eisenhower in 1956, his fellow Democrats did not touch his committee assignments, although they did strip him temporarily of his patronage.

In some cases, however, veterans have been recommended for the Purple Heart, after the fact, by a United States Senator or Congressman.

* July 23 – David Daliberti and William Barloon, 2 Americans held as spies by Iraq, are released by Saddam Hussein after negotiations with U. S. Congressman Bill Richardson.

A few weeks after taking office, one Congressman left the party and became independent, leaving PML with five seats.

Bono's paternal relationship became strained after Sonny became a Republican Congressman from California.

Condit's most notable vote in his last months in office was the resolution to expel Congressman James Traficant after his conviction on corruption charges.

The issue of marque and reprisal was raised before Congress after the September 11 attacks and again on July 21, 2007, by Congressman Ron Paul.

It is named after Congressman James Robert Mann, and in its original form prohibited white slavery and the interstate transport of females for " immoral purposes ".

The county was named after Henry St. George Tucker, Sr., a judge and Congressman from Williamsburg, Virginia.

Sources differ on the origin of its name: some hold that it was named after a Democratic Pennsylvania Congressman, John Littleton Dawson, while others believe that it was named after Jacob Dawson, an early Nebraska settler.

The county was officially organized on January 29, 1841, and is named after Silas Wright ( D-New York ), a former Congressman, U. S. Senator and Governor of New York.

The local Head Start in his home city of Hindman, Kentucky is named after Congressman Perkins ..

The county is named after United States Congressman John Floyd.

Retiring after twenty years of U. S. diplomatic service in Spain and Portugal, Thomas Ludwell Lee Brent, a nephew of Virginia Congressman and Senator Richard Brent and grandson of Virginia colonial statesman Thomas Ludwell Lee, bought a large tract of land here and settled on it.

Just across from the home is Charles A. Lindbergh State Park, named after Lindbergh's father, prominent Minnesota lawyer and U. S. Congressman Charles August Lindbergh.

* Wall Doxey ( August 8, 1892 – March 2, 1962 ), Mississippi Congressman, only United States Senator to have also served as the Senate Sergeant at Arms, Wall Doxey State Park named after him

Ashland was named after Kentucky Congressman Henry Clay ’ s estate in Lexington, Kentucky.

One of the first easterners to survey the area was John Cleves Symmes, a judge and former Congressman from New Jersey, after whom Symmes Township is named.

The city is named after Martin Garber, father of Milton C. Garber, former U. S. Congressman, Enid Mayor, newspaper editor, and Judge.

It was named after Andrew Pickens ( 1739 – 1817 ), an American revolutionary soldier and US Congressman for South Carolina.

Howell is named after Utah Congressman Joseph Howell who was involved with the Promontory-Curlew Land Company.