OPENING THE RECORD
You’re exploring historyJanuary 2, 1959
A FACE. A ROLE. A PUBLIC RECORD.
People in public service.
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553 people on this date
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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
Iris Faircloth Blitch
Georgia · 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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U.S. Representative
Herbert Covington Bonner
North Carolina · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Albert Henry Bosch
New York · District 5
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U.S. Representative
Frank Townsend Bow
Ohio · District 16
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U.S. Representative
James Bernard Bowler
Illinois · District 7
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U.S. Representative
Frank William Boykin
Alabama · District 1
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U.S. Representative
Charles Augustus Boyle
Illinois · District 12
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U.S. Representative
William Gilmer Bray
Indiana · District 7
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U.S. Representative
James Floyd Breeding
Kansas · District 5
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Associate Justice
William J. Brennan Jr.
Supreme Court of the United States
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U.S. Senator
John William Bricker
Ohio
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U.S. Senator
Henry Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
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U.S. Representative
Jack Bascom Brooks
Texas · District 2
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U.S. Representative
Overton Brooks
Louisiana · District 4
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U.S. Representative
William S. Broomfield
Michigan · District 18
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U.S. Representative
Charles Harrison Brown
Missouri · District 7
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U.S. Representative
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio · District 7
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U.S. Representative
Paul Brown
Georgia · District 10
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Checked Sep 7, 2026