Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on November 20, 1925, he was the seventh of nine children in the illustrious Kennedy family, which included his elder brother, John F. Kennedy, who would later become the 35th President of the United States. Robert Kennedy's early education took place at ...
was a deal brokered between the two parties. The Democrats, whose stronghold was the South, agreed to let Hayes be president in return for the Republicans promising to pull all federal troops from former Confederate states. That’s one of the main reasons whyReconstructionwas abandoned in 1877....
1845-1849 james k. polk, who succeeded john tyler in the white house, was the first president to not seek reelection, having pledged to only serve one term during his campaign. however, less than four months after leaving office, he died of cholera. 5...
Election day is only a few weeks away. Election day is Tuesday, November 5, 2024. There have been changes over the years to our congressional districts in New Jersey and with this year's election of such interest, do you know what district you're in and who is running?North Jer...
(1881–1961) lived not in New Mexico but in the southern Californian desert, and was older than other members of the group. At the group’s second meeting, in 1938, she was elected in absentia as its honorary president, owing to members’ enthusiasm for her work. She never attended a ...
He sought the nomination in the primaries to the Socialist presidential candidacy for the 2007 election, but he was defeated by Ségolène Royal in November 2006. DONALD TRUMP - (1946-). American business magnate, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump ...
On the national level, Mamie never stopped reciting Emmett’s story. “People have told me to let this thing die, even people in my own family,” she told theAssociated Pressin 2002. “But people need to be aware.” Mamie’s legacy continues to resonate. In March, President Joe Biden...
steam locomotive; founder of Cooper Union; Greenback candidate for President of the United States, 1876. Unitarian. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 4, 1883 (age 92 years, 51 days). Interment at Green-Wood ...
Pancho Villa (1878-1923) was a famed Mexican revolutionary and guerilla leader. He joined Francisco Madero's uprising against Mexican President Porfirio Díaz in 1909, and later became leader of the División del Norte cavalry and governor of Chihuahua. ... Villa escaped again and later became ...
in Daytona, Florida, where she founded a school for African-American girls. She advised several U.S. Presidents from Coolidge to Truman, serving as FDR’s advisor on minority affairs. A friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, she founded the National Council of Negro Women and served as the president ...