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- 31: Shadow And Custodial President
- ... A man who spoke well, presented himself properly, and made moderate changes in America. Hayes was born in the state of Ohio in 1822. Later, he was educated at Kenyon College and Harvard Law School. Afterward he fought in the Civil War, where he was wounded in action. Hayes was elected into Congress in 1865, and served three terms as the ... ran for the Presidency in 1876, and had the minority of the popular vote. However, Zachariah Chandler, Republican National Chairman, was aware of a loophole in the election process. The electoral vote was in Hayes’ favor 185 to 184. Upon election, Hayes demanded that his dealings with lobbyists and politicians should be based upon the merit and importance of each issue ... second President shot in office, Garfield died in September of 1881 without completing his term of office. Garfield was born in Ohio in 1831 and was educated at William’s College. Later he taught at the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute before being elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1859. His main concern while in office was bringing the seceded ...
- 32: Brazil 2
- ... the financial markets spooked by renewed fears about the health of the international financial system, it took the lead in crafting a mega-package of IMF support just as the electoral campaign in Brazil reached its climax last October. The U.S. Congress was at the time preoccupied with Iraq and the impending impeachment of President Clinton, something an anonymous U ... rather than parties, which are weakly organized at the national level and heavily dependent on patronage at the state level. This situation is further aggravated by the huge dimensions of electoral districts -covering entire states-which makes campaigns very expensive, even by U.S. standards. By the late 1980s, for instance, successful congressional candidates in Sao Paulo were spending on average ... of the level of debt and unfunded obligations in the social security system. As if these rigidities were not enough, the timetable of politics also made reform hostage to the electoral calendar. President Cardoso had succeeded in changing the constitution so that he could run for a second consecutive term-a tradition even the military rulers had never attempted to ...
- 33: Rutherford B. Hayes
- ... siblings, Rutherford was raised in Ohio by his mother for most of his life. Rutherford went to school in Norwalk, Ohio and Middletown, Connecticut. In 1842 he graduated from Kenyon College, in Gambier, Ohio, valedictorian of his class. After a year of study in a Columbus law office, he entered Harvard Law School and received his degree in 1845. Hayes began ... Not finding many opportunities here, he left for Cincinnati in 1849 where he became a successful lawyer. In 1952, Hayes married Lucy Ware Webb, a graduate from Wesleyan Women s College. She would later become the first wife of a President to have graduated from college. When the Civil War began, Hayes offered his services to the State of Ohio. Knowing the Governor, William Dennison, he became the major in the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. ...
- 34: Thomas Jefferson
- ... in Virginia. Besides being well born, Thomas Jefferson was well educated. In small private schools, notably that of James Maury, he was thoroughly grounded in the classics. He attended the College of William and Mary--completing the course in 1762--where Dr. William Small taught him mathematics and introduced him to science. He associated intimately with the liberal-minded Lt. Gov ... but at this stage he was playing little part in politics. Nonetheless, he was supported by the Republicans for president in 1796, and, running second to John Adams by three Electoral Votes, he became Vice President. His Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1801) was a result of his experience as the presiding officer over the Senate. His papers on the extinct megalonyx ... Jefferson's own title to the presidency was not established for some weeks, because he was accidentally tied with his running mate, Aaron Burr, under the workings of the original electoral system. The election was thrown into the House Of Representatives, where the Federalists voted for Burr through many indecisive ballots. Finally, enough of them abstained to permit the obvious ...
- 35: Jimmy Carter
- ... Spann), and William Alton (Billy) Carter. Jimmy Carter’s ancestry was English, his religion is Baptist. He went to the following schools: - Plains High school, Georgia (1929-1941) - Georgia Southwestern College, Americus, Georgia (1941-1942) - Georgia Institute of Technology (1942-1943? - United States Naval Academy, Annapolis (1943-1946 *class of 1947*) - Union College, Schenectady, New York (1952-1953) Some of Jimmy Carter’s favorites are: Sports and hobbies - Played Basket ball in Plains High school - Ran cross-country & played under-140 lb. football ... As his running mate, Carter chose Senator Walter F. Mondale of Minnesota. Carter campaigned against President Gerald R. Ford, debating with him three times, and finally Carter won by 297 electoral votes to 241 for Ford. He was sworn in as president (at the age of 52 years, 3 months, and 20 days) n January 20, 1977. Presidency By the ...
- 36: Boris Yeltsin
- ... High School in Berezniki where his parents lived from the late 1930's to the early 1970's. After graduation, Boris went to Ural Polytechnic Institute in Sverdlovsk. While in college, Boris played pro volleyball for Sverdlovsk in the USSR first division. In 1955 he graduated with a major in construction. In 1955 he got his first job, he worked for Uraltiazhtrubstroy. Boris mastered twelve construction skills (stonemason, carpenter, etc.) and became foreman. In 1956 Boris married Naina Ioifovna Grina, a student he knew in college. They have two daughter, Yelena and Tatiana, Born in 1957 and 1959. Yeltsin's engineering career advanced rapidly, he held jobs as chief engineer. In 1961, Boris joined the Communist ... an obvious demotion). Yeltsin the Democrat March 1989 became the turning point in Boris's career. He was elected to Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR from Moscow electoral district number 1, in the first multi-candidate parliamentary elections in the entire history of the USSR. One of the more popular parts of his campaigns was a call ...
- 37: Civil Rights
- ... ministers of wealthy, influential Protestant congregations in the North. King would preach to them and they would donate money to the SCLC. Sit Ins On February 1, 1960 four black college students began protesting racial segregation in restaurants by sitting at "white-only" lunch counters and waiting to be served. Soon the sit-ins spread throughout North Carolina, and within weeks ... SNCC workers organized the Mississippi Summer Project to register blacks to vote in that state. SNCC leaders also hoped to focus national attention on Mississippi's racism. They recruited Northern college both black and white students, teachers, artists, and clergy to work on the project. The project did receive national attention, especially after three participants, two of whom were white, disappeared ... blacks in the South registered to vote. By 1968 black voters were having a significant effect on Southern politics. During the 1970s blacks were winning public offices in majority-black electoral districts. Different Methods After the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the focus of the civil rights movement began to change. M artin Luther King, Jr., began ...
- 38: Thomas Jefferson
- ... a government that would best assure the freedom and well-being of the individual. II. Early Career Jefferson was born in western Goochland County, Virginia. In 1760 he entered the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He later studied law and was reasonably successful as a lawyer, but his main source of income was his land. In 1767 Jefferson ... of states' rights to resist unpopular federal policy. The Republicans again nominated Jefferson for president in 1800. For vice president they nominated Aaron Burr. Jefferson and Burr each polled 73 electoral votes. President Adams came next with 65 votes. The tie in the electoral vote threw the election into the House of Representatives, where a deadlock ensued in the Federalist-dominated chamber until Jefferson won election on the 36th ballot. Burr became vice ...
- 39: Jefferson, Thomas 1743 -- 1826
- ... S. president; born in Albermarle County, Va. Son of a surveyor-landowner and a mother who was a member of the distinguished Randolph family of Virginia, he graduated from the College of William and Mary (1762) and read law under George Wythe. After several years of law practice, Jefferson was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses (1769--75) and sided ... that position (1797--1801), he beat Adams and, barely, Aaron Burr for the presidency, thanks in large part to the fact that his arch rival, Hamilton, supported him when the Electoral College vote was tied. Among the events of his triumphant first term (1801--05) were the successful war against Barbary pirates, the Louisiana Purchase (which more than doubled the size ...
- 40: Burr, Aaron
- ... term (1801-05) as vice-president of the United States, he is best remembered today for having killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. The son of a president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and the grandson of another (Jonathan Edwards), Burr could trace his ancestry back to the earliest Puritans. He entered Princeton at the age of ... he carried New York City for his party in 1800. It was assumed that the outcome of the national election would follow that in New York, but under the confused electoral system then in use Jefferson and Burr received an equal number of electoral votes for the presidency (73 each), throwing the election into the House of Representatives. There the Federalists refused to heed the advice of Hamilton and unsuccessfully tried, against the ...
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