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Bella Savitzky ABZUG, Congress, NY (1920-1998)

ABZUG Bella Savitzky , a Representative from New York; born Bella Savitzky in New York City, July 24, 1920; attended the local public schools; A.B., Hunter College, New York City, 1942; LL.B.,…

Edmund Sixtus MUSKIE, Congress, ME (1914-1996)

Senate Years of Service: 1959-1980 Party: Democrat MUSKIE Edmund Sixtus , a Senator from Maine; born in Rumford, Oxford County, Maine, March 28, 1914; attended the public schools; graduated from…

Walter Frederick MONDALE, Congress, MN (1928)

Senate Years of Service: 1964-1976 Party: Democrat MONDALE Walter Frederick , a Senator from Minnesota and Vice President of the United States; born in Ceylon, Martin County, Minn., January 5,…

Recalling the "Reagan Revolution"

The Question: What states didn't Reagan win in his 1980 and 1984 election? The Answer: In the 1980 election, Ronald Reagan, with…

Richard Cheney Biography

Richard Cheneyvice president of the United StatesBorn: Jan. 30, 1941Birthplace: Lincoln, Neb. President George W. Bush turned to a seasoned Washington insider to be his second in command. The…

2002 Nobel Prize Winners

Peace: Jimmy Carter, former president of the United States, was cited for “his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human…

Jonathan Demme

Name at birth: Robert Jonathan DemmeJonathan Demme made documentaries, music videos and feature films, and was best known as the Oscar-winning director of Silence of the Lambs (1991). After living…

John Lewis

John Lewis was beaten nearly to death in Selma, Alabama while marching for voting rights in 1965, and went on to become one of America's most prominent civil rights leaders and a member of the U.S.…

Timeline of U.S. Government Shutdowns

1790 Some economists argue that the U.S. defaulted when the federal government restructured bonds issued to fund the Revolutionary War. 1933 Some economists argue that the U.S.…