Search results for "President of the United States" - New World Encyclopedia

From New World Encyclopedia
  • and anthropologist, who developed two of the nation's most notable ... whose ancestors could be tracked down to the first settlers of America ...
    9 KB (1,359 words) - 10:26, 11 April 2024
  • Perjury is the act of lying or making verifiably false statements ... Perjury is the giving of false testimony under oath. The word comes ...
    11 KB (1,741 words) - 17:57, 26 March 2023
  • Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792 – August 11, 1868), was a member ... to hold a steady job and who abandoned the family before dying in the ...
    9 KB (1,431 words) - 02:49, 19 April 2023
  • | order=19th President of the United States | date1=March 4, 1877 ... military leader, and the 19th President of the United States (1877 – 1881 ...
    15 KB (2,246 words) - 18:25, 22 December 2022
  • Teapot Dome was an oil reserve scandal that began during the administration ... The Teapot Dome oil field received its name because of a rock resembling ...
    10 KB (1,500 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
  • writer, political philosopher and one of the Founding Fathers of the ... Born to privilege and wealth, Hancock used his money to foster the ...
    9 KB (1,251 words) - 05:15, 3 August 2022
  • government official. Dana was in many ways the most brilliant journalist ... criticism of his abilities as President of the United States. Dana was in ...
    10 KB (1,500 words) - 02:09, 13 January 2023
  • The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations assists ... ==Organizational Structure and Pattern of Work== ECOSOC has 54 members ...
    13 KB (1,735 words) - 11:44, 3 May 2023
  • diplomat and conservative politician. He was the fourth secretary-general of ... Prior to serving as UN secretary general, Waldheim was a member of ...
    13 KB (1,913 words) - 04:39, 4 March 2023
  • Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) was ... During his tenure as president, Roberts pushed for European and United ...
    15 KB (2,161 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
  • 1909) was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who long ... and I am glad to know that the President of the United States is a Christian ...
    9 KB (1,410 words) - 07:39, 24 January 2023
  • 1869), was an American lawyer, politician, United States Attorney General in ... quot; on the side at [[President of the United States|President]] Andrew ...
    16 KB (2,329 words) - 23:57, 12 February 2024
  • American statesman, who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of the ... society that afforded many contacts for the rest of his life. He graduated ...
    14 KB (1,981 words) - 15:41, 25 January 2023
  • figure who served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight ... One of his policy contributions was what became known as brinkmanship ...
    14 KB (1,941 words) - 05:09, 3 August 2022
  • 1955) was an American newspaper baron, owner of the Chicago Tribune, and popularly ... A leading opponent of United States entry into World War II and of ...
    11 KB (1,557 words) - 02:14, 16 December 2022
  • 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 ...
    12 KB (1,866 words) - 00:22, 8 January 2024
  • A United States National Monument is a protected area that is similar to a U.S. national park with the exception that the President of the United ...
    19 KB (2,589 words) - 16:14, 11 November 2022
  • American politician who served as Governor of Kansas from 1933-1937. He was ... Landon was born in 1887, to John Manuel and Anne Mossman Landon. The ...
    12 KB (1,812 words) - 16:52, 20 July 2023
  • She is known for her work to improve the living and working conditions ... In 1886, she joined the Women's Educational and Industrial Union ...
    8 KB (1,107 words) - 16:13, 7 November 2022
  • inventor, painter and architect who designed the United States Capitol. He ... interest and discernible talent in "the arts of design," to employ ...
    12 KB (1,857 words) - 20:42, 13 May 2023

View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)