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First Ladies Gallery

An illustrated guide to the first ladies of the United States Please note: Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Hannah Hoes Van Buren, and Ellen Arthur all died before their husbands became president…

2005 World History

Mahmoud Abbas(1935– ) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(1956– ) Angela Merkel(…

Terrorism on Sept. 11, 2001

September 11, 2001: Timeline of Terrorism by David Johnson 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Aftermath All times are Eastern Daylight Time 8:45 a.m.…

Third Parties

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;…

Presidential Libraries

These are not traditional libraries, but rather repositories for preserving and making available the papers, records, and other historical materials of the presidents since Herbert Hoover. The…

Richard Bruce CHENEY, Congress, WY (1941)

CHENEY, Richard Bruce, a Representative from Wyoming and a Vice President of the United States; born in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebr., January 30, 1941; attended public schools in Lincoln…

Ashcroft, John

(Encyclopedia) Ashcroft, John, 1942–, American political figure, b. Chicago, grad. Yale Univ. (B.A., 1964), Univ. of Chicago School of Law (J.D., 1967). A conservative Republican, Ashcroft was…