in U.S. government, the body of electors that chooses the president and vice president. The Constitution, in Article 2, Section 1, provides: "Each
( tăm'ənē ) or Tammany Hall, popular name for the Democratic political machine in Manhattan. After the American Revolution several patriotic societies
American political party; the oldest continuous political party in the United States. When political alignments first emerged in George Washington's
1743-1826 Statesman and Third President of the United States As author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson had helped to define
( kăl´´hōn' ), 1782–1850, American statesman and political philosopher, b. near Abbeville, S.C., grad. Yale, 1804. He was an intellectual giant of
1737–1809, Anglo-American political theorist and writer, b. Thetford, Norfolk, England. The son of a working-class Quaker, he became an excise officer
1908–73, 36th President of the United States (1963–69), b. near Stonewall, Tex. Born into a farm family, he graduated (1930) from Southwest Texas
US Democratic politician and environmentalist, vice-president 1993–2001. A member of the House of Representatives 1977–85 and senator for Tennessee
1884–1972, 33d President of the United States, b. Lamar, Mo. He grew up on a farm near Independence, Mo., worked at various jobs, and tended the
1747–92, American naval hero, b. near Kirkcudbright, Scotland. His name was originally simply John Paul. John Paul went to sea when he was 12, and his
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Seward, William (1801 - 1872)
1801–72, American statesman, b. Florida, Orange co., N.Y. A graduate (1820) of Union College, he was admitted to the bar in 1822 and established
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Edwards, Jonathan (1703 - 1758)
1703–58, American theologian and metaphysician, b. East Windsor (then in Windsor), Conn. He was a precocious child, early interested in things
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Adams, John, 1735-1826
1735-1826 Second President of the United States After a distinguished career during the American Revolution, John Adams continued to serve his country
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Fillmore, Millard (1800 - 1874)
1800–1874, 13th President of the United States (July, 1850–Mar., 1853), b. Locke (now Summer Hill), N.Y. Because he was compelled to work at odd jobs
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Breckinridge, John C. (John Cabell), 1821-1875
1821–75, Vice President of the United States (1857–61) and Confederate general, b. Lexington, Ky. A lawyer, Breckinridge served in the Kentucky
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Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
1946–, 43d President of the United States (2001–9), b. New Haven, Conn. The eldest son of President George H. W. Bush , he was was raised in Texas
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Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1877-1953
( wăg'nӘr ), 1877–1953, American legislator, b. Germany. He arrived with his family in the United States in 1885 and grew up in poor surroundings in
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Conkling, Roscoe (1829 - 1888)
1829–88, American politician, b. Albany, N.Y. On his admission to the bar in 1850, he was immediately appointed district attorney of Albany. The son
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Young, Thomas, 1773-1829
English physicist, physician, and Egyptologist who revived the wave theory of light and identified the phenomenon of interference in 1801. He also
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Morris, Gouverneur (1752 - 1816)
( gəvərnēr',–nʊr' ), 1752–1816, American political leader and diplomat, b. Morrisania, N.Y. (now part of the Bronx); a grandson of Lewis Morris
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Kennedy, Robert (1925 - 1968)
1925–68, American politician, U.S. Attorney General (1961–64), b. Brookline, Mass., younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and son of Joseph P.
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Tyler, John (1790 - 1862)
1790–1862, 10th President of the United States, b. Charles City co., Va. Educated at the College of William and Mary, he studied law under his father,
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Smith, John, 1580 - 1631
1580-1631 Explorer, Governor of Virginia, and Author John Smith was a central figure in establishing Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English
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Allen, Ethan, 1738-1789
1738–89, hero of the American Revolution, leader of the Green Mountain Boys , and promoter of the independence and statehood of Vermont, b. Litchfield
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Dulles, John Foster (1888 - 1959)
dŭl'əs, 1888–1959, U.S. secretary of state (1953–59), b. Washington, D.C.; brother of Allen Dulles , grandson of John Watson Foster , secretary of
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King, Rufus (1755 - 1827)
1755–1827, American political leader, b. Scarboro, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts). He served briefly in the American Revolution and
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Tweed, William Marcy (‘Boss’) (1823 - 1878)
1823–78, American politician and Tammany leader, b. New York City. A bookkeeper, he became (1848) a volunteer fireman and as a result acquired
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McCosh, James (1811 - 1894)
Born : 1811, Ayrshire, Scotland Died : 1895, Princeton, New Jersey, USA Nat : British Ints : History of psychology, philosophical psychology Appts
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Clinton, George (1739 - 1812)
1739–1812, American statesman, vice president of the United States (1805–1812), b. Little Britain, N.Y. Before he was 20 he served on a privateer and,
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Gerry, Elbridge (1744 - 1814)
( gĕr'ē ), 1744–1814, American statesman, Vice President of the United States, b. Marblehead, Mass. He was elected (1772) to the Massachusetts General
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Johnson, Andrew (1808 - 1875)
1808–75, 17th President of the United States (1865–69), b. Raleigh, N.C. His father died when Johnson was 3, and at 14 he was apprenticed to a tailor.
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Bush, George, 1924-
1924–, 41st President of the United States (1989–93), b. Milton, Mass., B.A., Yale Univ., 1948. His father, Prescott Bush, was a successful investment
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Cheney, Dick (Jan 30, 1941 - )
US Republican politician, vice-president 2001–09. He was the youngest-ever chief of staff 1975–77 under President Gerald Ford , a member of Congress
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Fish, Hamilton (1808 - 1893)
1808–93, American statesman, b. New York City, grad. Columbia, 1827; son of Nicholas Fish (1758–1833). He studied law and was admitted to the bar in
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Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825
1757–1825, American general and one of the most corrupt and devious officers in the nation's early army, b. Calvert co., Md. Abandoning his medical
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Stevenson, Adlai (1900 - 1965)
1900–1965, American statesman, b. Los Angeles; grandson of Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1835–1914). A graduate (1922) of Princeton, he received his law
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Root, Elihu (1845 - 1937)
1845–1937, American cabinet member and diplomat, b. Clinton, N.Y. Admitted to the bar in 1867, he practiced law in New York City, became prominent in
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Clinton, Hillary (1947 - )
US lawyer, Democrat senator 2001–09, first lady 1993–2001, and US secretary of state 2009–13. She was elected senator for New York in November 2000 –
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Lewis, Sir Thomas (1881 - 1945)
Welsh cardiologist and clinical scientist who discovered that histamine, an amine compound, is released as an initial event in the inflammatory
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Clinton, De Witt (1769 - 1828)
( dӘ wĭt' ), 1769–1828, American statesman, b. New Windsor, N.Y.; son of James Clinton . He was admitted (1790) to the New York bar but soon became
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Morgan, Edwin George (1920-2010)
1920- ♦ Scottish poet and critic Born in Glasgow, he was educated at Glasgow University and served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War
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Mann, Horace (1796 - 1859)
( măn ), 1796–1859, American educator, b. Franklin, Mass. He received a sparse preliminary schooling, but succeeded in entering Brown in the sophomore
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Marcy, William (1786 - 1857)
1786–1857, American politician, b. Southbridge, Mass. He settled in Troy, N.Y., where he practiced law and, after serving in the War of 1812, held
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Evarts, William Maxwell (1818 - 1901)
( ĕv'ərts ), 1818–1901, American lawyer and statesman, b. Boston; grandson of Roger Sherman. After attending Harvard Law School he began (1841) to
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Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
1913–2006, 38th president of the United States (1974–77), b. Omaha, Nebr. He was originally named Leslie Lynch King, Jr., but his parents were
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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
1913-1994 Thirty-seventh President of the United States Richard Milhous Nixon dominated American politics from the 1950s through the 1970s. A man of
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Moynihan, Daniel (Mar 16, 1927 - Mar 26, 2003)
( moi'nĭhăn´´ ), 1927–2003, American sociologist and politician, b. Tulsa, Okla., grad. Tufts (B.A., 1948; M.A., 1949; Ph.D., 1961). Raised in a poor
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Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965
1888–1965, vice president of the United States (1941–45), b. Adair co., Iowa; grad. Iowa State Univ. He was (1910–24) associate editor of Wallaces'