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Reconstruction and Beyond: The 8 African-American Senatorsdiminished toward the end of the Reconstruction period and Bruce was not elected for a second term. In 1881, President James Garfield appointed Bruce as register of the United States Treasury. Edward William Brooke III, R-Mass. Edward
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Richard Nixon Library Gets Watergate Overhaul: 'Let the Historical Chips Fall Where They May'burned three large garbage cans full of papers "which I am sure would have thrown much light on history." President James Garfield had many of his presidential papers destroyed related to his being struck by an assassin's bullet. He died
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2012 Election: Twelve GOP Candidates Who Might Challenge Obama
Pence suffers from a political stature problem. The last House member to go directly to the White House was President James Garfield . Newt Gingrich Pro: The former House Speaker is often described as the best "ideas guy" in the Republican
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On Your Summer Vacation: Fun That's Free
North Carolina Wright Brothers National Memorial North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt National Park Ohio James A . Garfield National Historic Site Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial National Memorial Oklahoma Fort Smith National Historic
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First President in US History to Have Voted to Filibuster a Supreme Court Nominee Now Hopes for Clean Process
Senate Judiciary Committee failed to act on Matthews' nomination during the end of Hayes' term, and incoming President James Garfield renominated him. He was confirmed by a vote of 24-23. "Trying to make a distinction about the procedures
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Obama Latest of Presidential Southpaws
in 1992, when lefties Bill Clinton, George Bush and Ross Perot ran for office. The nation's first left-handed president , James Garfield , could write with both hands simultaneously -- one in Latin and the other in ancient Greek. But, as "The Simpsons
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Ghosts of Elections Past Return to Congress
elected directly from the Congress since Sen. John F. Kennedy in 1960, and you have to go all the way back to Rep. James A . Garfield in 1881 to find a member of the House of Representatives who jumped directly to the presidency. But that hasn't
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The Right Way to Measure Presidential Success
respect to the leaders who presided over all this prodigious dynamism: Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A . Garfield , Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley. According to the 12 major surveys
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Why Conflicted Voters Will Go for Bush
Americans almost never choose a sitting legislator as leader of the free world. We've done it just three times: James A . Garfield in 1880, Warren G. Harding in 1920 and John F. Kennedy in 1960. They all died in office and combined served only
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George Joins Hunter on the Trailfirst couple hours I think we've got promise in this campaign. The last sitting house member to become president James Garfield . Well history here. You know that's true but on the other hand somebody's got to measures. And you
-- promise in this campaign. The last sitting house member to become president James Garfield . -- Well -- history here. You know that's true but on the other hand somebody's got to -- measures. And you know
