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  • Washington's Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated ... Colloquially, the day is also now widely known as Presidents' ...
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  • 9, 1850) was an American military leader and the twelfth president of the United ... Virginia on November 24, 1784. He was the third of nine children of ...
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  • The Compromise of 1850 was a series of laws that attempted to resolve ... The measures, designed by Whig Senator Henry Clay (who failed to get ...
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  • broadcasting executive who served as the president of Columbia Broadcasting ... Stanton was decisive and passionate in his pursuit of the development ...
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  • 1959 to 1973 and as the 41st vice president of the United States of America ... 1959 to 1973 and as the 41st vice president of the United States of America ...
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  • (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was Vice President of the Confederate ... The causes of the Civil War remain the subject of debate and it is ...
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  • John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) was the ... Coolidge restored public confidence in the White House after the scandals ...
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  • Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (October 29, 1938 - ) is the current President ... For anyone to become head of their state is a significant achievement ...
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  • philosopher, and diplomat, an advocate of peace through education. The ... L. Butler and Mary Murray Butler, daughter of Nicholas Murray, a clergyman ...
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  • October 24, 1830 – May 19, 1917) was among the first female attorneys in ... Until her death in 1917, she worked tirelessly on behalf of the Universal ...
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  • She is known for her work to improve the living and working conditions ... In 1886, she joined the Women's Educational and Industrial Union ...
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  • his 1980 campaign, she was nominated as the U.S. ambassador to the United ... Jeane Duane Jordan was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, the daughter of an ...
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  • Thelma Catherine Ryan Nixon (March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was ... Nixon was always supportive of her husband even during the troubled ...
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  • lawyer, diplomat, congressman, and sixth president of the United States. The ... As secretary of state in the administration of James Monroe, Adams ...
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  • Perjury is the act of lying or making verifiably false statements ... Perjury is the giving of false testimony under oath. The word comes ...
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  • A former Portuguese colony, Angola, known formally as the Republic ... reserves. Angolan culture reflects centuries of Portuguese influence, namely ...
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  • Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) was the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001 ...
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  • John Jacob Astor (July 17, 1763 - March 29, 1848) became the first ... class family in Waldorf, Germany. He was the youngest of three sons born ...
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  • The HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership ... HJI offers professional training in the ministry, serving a wide spectrum ...
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  • - April 21, 2022) was a Kenyan politician, the third President of Kenya, ... December 30, 2007, for his second term as president of the Republic of Kenya ...
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