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(Encyclopedia) progressivism, in U.S. history, a broadly based reform movement that reached its height early in the 20th cent. In the decades following the Civil War rapid industrialization…Jonathan BOURNE, Jr., Congress, OR (1855-1940)
Senate Years of Service: 1907-1913 Party: Republican BOURNE Jonathan, Jr. , a Senator from Oregon; born in New Bedford, Bristol County, Mass., February 23, 1855; attended private schools and…Edwin Sidney BROUSSARD, Congress, LA (1874-1934)
Senate Years of Service: 1921-1933 Party: Democrat BROUSSARD Edwin Sidney , a Senator from Louisiana; born near Loreauville, in Iberia Parish, La., December 4, 1874; attended the public schools and…Stephen Mallory WHITE, Congress, CA (1853-1901)
Senate Years of Service: 1893-1899 Party: Democrat WHITE Stephen Mallory , a Senator from California; born in San Francisco, Calif., January 19, 1853; moved with his parents to Santa Cruz County,…William McKinley Biography
William McKinleyBorn: 1/29/1843Birthplace: Niles, Ohio William McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio, on Jan. 29, 1843. He taught school, then served in the Civil War, rising from the ranks to…Robert Foligny BROUSSARD, Congress, LA (1864-1918)
Senate Years of Service: 1915-1918 Party: Democrat BROUSSARD Robert Foligny , a Representative and a Senator from Louisiana; born on the 'Mary Louise' plantation, near New Iberia, Iberia Parish, La…Dorothy Day Biography
Dorothy Daysocial activist, journalist, and cofounder of the Catholic Worker movementBorn: 1897Birthplace: New York, N.Y. From 1914 to 1916, Day attended the University of Illinois, where she joined…Progressive party
(Encyclopedia) Progressive party, in U.S. history, the name of three political organizations, active, respectively, in the presidential elections of 1912, 1924, and 1948. At Philadelphia in…Vermont
Vermont State Information Capital: Montpelier Official Name: State of Vermont Organized as a territory/republic: January 15, 1777 Entered Union (rank): March 4, 1791 (14th state) Present…New York
New York State Information Official Name: State of New York Capital: Albany Organized as a territory: 1624 Entered Union (rank): July 26, 1788 (11th state) Present constitution adopted: 1777…Trending
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