OPENING THE RECORD
You’re exploring historyDecember 30, 1954
A FACE. A ROLE. A PUBLIC RECORD.
People in public service.
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548 people on this date
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U.S. Representative
William Aloysius Barrett
Pennsylvania · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Edward Lewis Bartlett
Alaska · At large
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U.S. Representative
William Henry Bates
Massachusetts · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Laurie Calvin Battle
Alabama · District 9
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U.S. Senator
James Glenn Beall
Maryland
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U.S. Representative
John Valentine Beamer
Indiana · District 5
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U.S. Representative
Frank John Becker
New York · District 3
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U.S. Representative
Page Henry Belcher
Oklahoma · District 1
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U.S. Senator
George Harrison Bender
Ohio
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U.S. Representative
Charles Edward Bennett
Florida · District 2
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U.S. Representative
John Bonifas Bennett
Michigan · District 12
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U.S. Senator
Wallace Foster Bennett
Utah
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U.S. Representative
Alvin Morell Bentley
Michigan · District 8
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U.S. Representative
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr.
Texas · District 15
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U.S. Representative
Ellis Yarnal Berry
South Dakota · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Jackson Edward Betts
Ohio · District 8
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U.S. Senator
Alan Harvey Bible
Nevada
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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
John Anton Blatnik
Minnesota · District 8
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U.S. Representative
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr.
Louisiana · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Edward Patrick Boland
Massachusetts · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Richard Walker Bolling
Missouri · District 5
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U.S. Representative
Frances Payne Bolton
Ohio · District 22
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Checked Sep 7, 2026