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WILSON, Henry, Congress, MA (1812-1875)

Senate Years of Service: 1855-1873 Party: Republican WILSON Henry , a Senator from Massachusetts and a Vice President of the United States; born Jeremiah Jones Colbath in Farmington, N.H., February…

David Levy YULEE, Congress, FL (1810-1886)

Senate Years of Service: 1845-1851; 1855-1861 Party: Democrat; Democrat YULEE David Levy , a Delegate and a Senator from Florida; born David Levy in St. Thomas, West Indies, June 12, 1810; at the…

How U.S. Presidential Elections Work

Al Gore concedes after a turbulent, month-long election battle in the 2000 presidential election. How Voters Select Their President (Or Not) A lot of people in the United States talk about the…

Federalist No. 83

No 83 No 85 The Judiciary Continued in Relation to Trial by Jury From McLEAN's Edition, New York. Hamilton To the People of the State of New York: THE objection…

The Federalist Papers: Federalist No. 61

by AlexanderHamilton, JamesMadison and JohnJayFederalist No. 60Federalist No. 62Federalist No. 61 The Same Subject Continued (Concerning the Power of Congress to Regulate the Election of…

San Marino, country, Europe

(Encyclopedia) CE5 San MarinoSan Marinosän märēˈnō [key], officially Republic of San Marino, republic (2015 est. pop. 33,000), 24 sq mi (62 sq km), in the Apennines near the Adriatic Sea, SW of…

Burr, Aaron

(Encyclopedia) Burr, Aaron, 1756–1836, American political leader, b. Newark, N.J., grad. College of New Jersey (now Princeton). Soon after Hamilton's death, Burr left Washington on a journey to New…

Thiers, Adolphe

(Encyclopedia) Thiers, AdolpheThiers, Adolpheädôlfˈ tyĕr [key], 1797–1877, French statesman, journalist, and historian. After studying law at Aix-en-Provence, Thiers went (1821) to Paris and joined…