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Lloyd Lionel Gaines (born 1911 – disappeared March 19, 1939) was the plaintiff in Gaines v. Canada (1938), one of the most important early court cases in the 20th-century U.S. civil rights movement .
Gaines's private life. Oprah Winfrey as Gloria Gaines, [6] Cecil Gaines's wife. David Oyelowo as Louis Gaines, [6] the Gaineses' elder son. Elijah Kelley as Charlie Gaines, [14] the Gaineses' younger son. Isaac White portrays him at age 10. Alex Pettyfer as Thomas Westfall, [6] the brutal plantation owner who kills Earl after raping Hattie.
The number of years the representative/delegate has served in Congress indicates the number of terms the representative/delegate has. Note the representative/delegate can also serve non-consecutive terms if the representative/delegate loses election and wins re-election to the House. 2 years - 1 or 2 terms; 4 years - 2 or 3 terms; 6 years - 3 ...
John Gaines Miller: Whig March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 3rd: Elected in 1850. Redistricted to the 5th district. March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 5th: Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1852. Switched parties. Opposition March 4, 1855 – May 11, 1856 Re-elected in 1854 as an Opposition party candidate. Died. Louis E. Miller ...
Representative Switched party Prior background Birth year Ref Alabama 2: Shomari Figures (D) New seat: Deputy chief of staff to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland: 1985 Alaska at-large: Nick Begich III (R) Yes Defeated Mary Peltola (D) Software businessman Alaska Policy Forum Board 1977 Arizona 3: Yassamin Ansari (D) No Open seat; replacing ...
Eugene Charles Allen (July 14, 1919 – March 31, 2010) [2] was an American waiter and butler who worked for the US government at the White House for 34 years until he retired as the head butler in 1986.
Sidney Revels Redmond (1902–1974) was an American lawyer, politician, and civil right activist. He was the chief council for Lloyd L. Gaines in Gaines v. Canada (1938). [1] [2] [3] He served as the president of the National Bar Association in 1939, he worked as an NAACP lawyer, and was a past president of the local NAACP from 1938 to 1944.
The 50th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. , from March 4, 1887, to March 4, 1889, during the third and fourth years of Grover Cleveland 's first presidency .