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Presidents' Occupations

This table provides information about the occupations held by U.S. Presidents before and after their time in office. /**/ PresidentMajor Jobs Before the PresidencyJobs After the…

Governorship Results

8 Democrats, 3 Republicans elected by Ann-Marie Imbornoni This article was posted in September 2002. The Parties R, Republican D, Democrat I, Independent C, Constitutional L,…

David A. Paterson

David Paterson became the first African-American governor of New York state on 17 March 2008. Formerly the state's lieutentant governor, Paterson took office when Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned…

The Northwest Ordinance

Because the Articles of Confederation, adopted by the states in 1781 as the country's first constitution, have often been considered a failure, it is all too easy to overlook the significant…

Benjamin J. Cayetano Biography

Benjamin J. Cayetanogovernor of HawaiiBorn: November 14, 1939 Birthplace: Kalihi, Hawaii Cayetano received a B.A. in political science from UCLA in 1968 and law degree from Loyola University…

Women's Suffrage: Tennessee

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Supreme Court SpeaksThe States That Did Not RatifyTennesseeWhen on June 2, 1920, the United States Supreme Court rendered that, to…

Wilson SHANNON, Congress, OH (1802-1877)

SHANNON Wilson , a Representative from Ohio; born at Mount Olivet, Belmont County, Ohio, February 24, 1802; attended Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1820-1822 and Transylvania College, Lexington,…

Roland W. Burris

Roland W. Burris joined the U.S. Senate in 2009 under the cloud surrounding Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, who appointed Burris just before being removed from office. Burris, an attorney with a…

Thomas LeRoy Collins Biography

Thomas LeRoy Collinsformer governor of FloridaBorn: March 10, 1909 Birthplace: Tallahassee, Florida Thomas LeRoy Collins grew up in Tallahassee, Fla., and received his law degree from…