(Encyclopedia) Presidents of the United States
President
Political Party
Dates in Office
Vice President(s)
George Washington
1789–97
John Adams
John Adams
Federalist
1797–1801
Thomas…
On the Issues How Gore and Bush stack up on education, foreign policy, health care, taxes, and social security by Beth Rowen This article was posted in September 2002.WITH ONLY…
Election Wrap-UpGore concedes; Bush becomes 43rd president
by Beth Rowen President-elect George W. Bush flashes a "W" sign after addressing the nation from the Texas House of…
by Mark Hughes Since 1947, The National Turkey Federation (NTF) and The Poultry and Egg National Board (PENB) have donated a turkey to the White House each Thanksgiving—a…
Learn about the history of third party participation in U.S. elections.
Sources: Ralph Nader: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin; Eugene Debs: AP Photo; Victoria Woodhull: WikiCommons; Theodore…
(Encyclopedia) Guest, Edwin, 1800–1880, English archaeologist and philologist. A founder of the Philological Society (1842), Guest wrote articles on English philology and on archaeology, especially…
(Encyclopedia) Hooker, Richard, 1554?–1600, English theologian and clergyman of the Church of England. He studied and lectured at Oxford and preached at Drayton-Beauchamp, Buckinghamshire; at the…
George W. Bush's secretary of DefenseBorn: 7/9/1932Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. The ultimate Washington insider, Rumsfeld became President Bush's secretary of defense in January 2001. He held the…
