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Richard Schultz SCHWEIKER, Congress, PA (1926)

Senate Years of Service: 1969-1981 Party: Republican SCHWEIKER Richard Schultz , a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Norristown, Montgomery County, Pa., June 1, 1926;…

Oliver North

Oliver North is a media personality whose fame stems from lying while under oath to the United States Congress when he was at the center of the Iran-Contra scandal of the Ronald Reagan administration…

Grover Norquist

Grover Norquist is an American political activist known for his ability to get elected leaders of the Republican Party to pledge to a strict anti-tax ideology that has dominated conservative politics…

Jack Abramoff

Lobbyist Jack Abramoff is the key figure in an American financial and political corruption scandal of the early 21st century. Though the charges against Abramoff were many and complicated, he was…

George Bush

George Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving a single term from 1989-1993. His son, George W. Bush, also was president from 2001-2009. George Bush the elder had a varied career…

Jesse Jackson, Sr.

Once an aide to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Jackson has been a political activist and public figure since the civil rights days of the 1960s. Jackson went to the University of Illinois on a…

Bayard Rustin

Civil rights pioneer Bayard Rustin was a brilliant organizer whose influence in the 1950s and '60s has been overshadowed by celebrations for Martin Luther King, Jr. By the time he met King for the…

Bobby Jindal

Name at birth: Piyush JindalBobby Jindal was governor of Louisiana from 2008-16, becoming the first-ever Indian-American governor of an American state. A conservative with special expertise in…

Jodie Foster

Name at birth: Alicia Christian FosterBrainy and beautiful, Jodie Foster is a four-time Oscar nominee; she has won twice, for The Accused (1988) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991, with Anthony…

Michael Mukasey

Michael Mukasey is the former federal judge who became Attorney General of the United States in 2007. He served in that post until 2009, the end of the George W. Bush administration. He succeeded…