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Martin Van Buren Biography
Martin Van BurenBorn: 12/5/1782Birthplace: Kinderhook, N.Y. Martin Van Buren was born on Dec. 5, 1782, at Kinderhook, N.Y. After graduating from the village school, he became a law clerk,…Compromise of 1850
(Encyclopedia) Compromise of 1850. The annexation of Texas to the United States and the gain of new territory by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the close of the Mexican War (1848) aggravated the…Hannibal HAMLIN, Congress, ME (1809-1891)
Senate Years of Service: 1848-1857; 1857-1861; 1869-1881 Party: Democrat; Republican HAMLIN Hannibal , a Representative and a Senator from Maine and a Vice President of the United States; born at…John Quincy Adams Biography
John Quincy AdamsBorn: 7/11/1767Birthplace: Braintree, Mass. John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767, at Braintree (now Quincy), Mass., the son of John Adams, the second president. He…The Congress of Women: The Progress of Fifty Years
by Mrs. Lucy Stone Ethics of Social LifeWoman as an InvestorThe Progress of Fifty Years Mrs. Lucy Stone was a native of Massachusetts. She was born August 13, 1818. Her parents were Francis…Biographies: Selected Activists and Reformers
Selected Activists and Reformers Sojourner Truth See also Martin Luther King, Jr., Biography Martin Luther King, Jr., Timeline African-American Religious Leaders Civil Rights…Story, Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Story, Joseph, 1779–1845, American jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court (1811–45), b. Marblehead, Mass. Admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1801, he practiced law in Salem…William IV, king of Great Britain and Ireland
(Encyclopedia) William IV, 1765–1837, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1830–37), third son of George III. He went to sea in 1779, served under Admiral George Rodney in action off Cape St. Vincent (…Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Letter from Wendell Phillips, Esq.
Letter from Wendell Phillips, Esq. Boston, April 22, 1845. My Dear Friend: You remember the old fable of "The Man and the Lion," where the lion complained that he should not be so misrepresented "…Know-Nothing movement
(Encyclopedia) Know-Nothing movement, in U.S. history. The increasing rate of immigration in the 1840s encouraged nativism. In Eastern cities where Roman Catholic immigrants especially had…Trending
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