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Zebulon Baird VANCE, Congress, NC (1830-1894)

Senate Years of Service: 1879-1894 Party: Democrat VANCE Zebulon Baird , a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born on Reems Creek, near Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., May 13, 1830…

November 2010 Current Events: U.S. News

World News | Business News | Disasters & Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of November 2010. Giants Beat Rangers to Win World Series (Nov. 1): The…

January 2009 Current Events: U.S. News

World News | Business/Science News Here are the key events in United States news for the month of January, 2009. Richardson Withdraws Nomination for secretary of commerce (Jan. 4): Governor Bill…

Benjamin FITZPATRICK, Congress, AL (1802-1869)

Senate Years of Service: 1848-1849; 1853-1855; 1855-1861 Party: Democrat FITZPATRICK Benjamin , a Senator from Alabama; born in Greene County, Ga., June 30, 1802; orphaned, he was taken by his…

William Gibbs McADOO, Congress, CA (1863-1941)

Senate Years of Service: 1933-1938 Party: Democrat McADOO William Gibbs , a Senator from California; born on a farm near Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., October 31, 1863; attended the rural schools and…

Women's Suffrage: The Opposition Grows Grimmer

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Last of All Suffrage ConventionsThe Struggle for the Thirty-Sixth StateThe Opposition Grows GrimmerNo observer accustomed to judge popular…

George John MITCHELL, Congress, ME (1933)

Senate Years of Service: 1980-1995 Party: Democrat MITCHELL George John , a Senator from Maine; born in Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine, August 20, 1933; attended the public schools; graduated…