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Campaign 2000: Facts About Governors

How many governors have become President? by Ann-Marie Imbornoni This article was posted in September 2002. In all, 16 governors have become president of the United States. Van…

Navajo Code Talkers

The code that was never broken President George W. Bush honored Navajo Code Talkers in July 2001. In 1942, there were about 50,000 Navajo tribe members. As of 1945, about 540 Navajos served as…

Common Cause

(Encyclopedia) Common Cause, U.S. organization that seeks a “reordering of national priorities and revitalization of the public process to make our political and governmental institutions more…

Wheeler, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Wheeler, Joseph, 1836–1906, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b. Augusta, Ga. He resigned from the U.S. army in Apr., 1861, to fight for the Confederacy. He commanded a…

World War II Timeline (1939–1945)

Top of Page Source: iStockThe second world war, which lasted from 1939 to 1945, was the deadliest conflict in world history. The war began in Europe, but soon expanded to involve North Africa, the…

Gansevoort, Peter

(Encyclopedia) Gansevoort, PeterGansevoort, Petergănsˈv&oobreve;rt [key], 1749–1812, soldier in the American Revolution, b. Albany, N.Y. He served in the Quebec campaign and in 1777 was in…

corrupt practices

(Encyclopedia) corrupt practices, in politics, fraud connected with elections. The term also refers to various offenses by public officials, including bribery, the sale of offices, granting of public…