OPENING THE RECORD
You’re exploring historyJanuary 2, 1949
A FACE. A ROLE. A PUBLIC RECORD.
People in public service.
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557 people on this date
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U.S. Representative
Edward Lewis Bartlett
Alaska · At large
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U.S. Representative
George Joseph Bates
Massachusetts · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Joseph Bengal Bates
Kentucky · District 8
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U.S. Representative
Laurie Calvin Battle
Alabama · District 9
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U.S. Representative
James Glenn Beall
Maryland · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr.
Texas · District 3
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U.S. Representative
Charles Jasper Bell
Missouri · District 4
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U.S. Representative
George Harrison Bender
Ohio · At large
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U.S. Representative
John Bonifas Bennett
Michigan · District 12
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U.S. Representative
Marion Tinsley Bennett
Missouri · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr.
Texas · District 15
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U.S. Representative
Cecil William Bishop
Illinois · District 25
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Associate Justice
Hugo Lafayette Black
Supreme Court of the United States
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U.S. Representative
William Wallace Blackney
Michigan · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Schuyler Otis Bland
Virginia · District 1
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U.S. Representative
John Anton Blatnik
Minnesota · District 8
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U.S. Representative
Sol Bloom
New York · District 20
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U.S. Representative
James Caleb Boggs
Delaware · At large
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U.S. Representative
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr.
Louisiana · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Frances Payne Bolton
Ohio · District 22
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U.S. Representative
Herbert Covington Bonner
North Carolina · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Frank William Boykin
Alabama · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Willis Winter Bradley
California · District 18
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U.S. Representative
Ernest King Bramblett
California · District 11
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