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Illinois Institute of Technology

Oyez Project: William H. Rehnquist

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to biography, family and appointment information and to cases in which he participated while on the Supreme Court.
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Illinois Institute of Technology

Oyez Project: Sandra Day O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
Good biographical sketch with picture and links to information on appointment, family, experience, biographical sketch, after office, literature and case participation.
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Illinois Institute of Technology

Oyez Project: Harry A. Blackmun

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to biography, family and appointment information and to cases in which he participated while on the Supreme Court.
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Illinois Institute of Technology

Oyez Project: Anthony Kennedy

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a biographical sketch of Anthony Kennedy with a picture and links to information on appointment, family, experience, biographical sketch, after office, literature and case participation.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Timothy Pickering (1745 1829)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Timothy Pickering provides details of his rise to prominence, appointment to Secretary of State by George Washington and his influence on American diplomacy.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: James Madison (1751 1836)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical material on James Madison details his life and rise to become a prominent statesman, appointed Secretary of State by Thomas Jefferson in 1801.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: John Quincy Adams (1767 1848)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical material on John Quincy Adams who was appointed Secretary of State by President James Monroe on March 5, 1817 and became one of the most influential diplomats in U.S. history.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Louis Mc Lane (1786 1857)

For Students 9th - 10th
Appointed by Andrew Jackson, this biography on Louis McLane provides a brief summary of his life and career as a U.S. diplomat.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Daniel Webster (1782 1852)

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biogrpahy on Daniel Webster describes his life and career in law and as a politician, eventually being appointed to Secretary of State by William Henry Harrison.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Abel Parker Upshur (1791 1844)

For Students 9th - 10th
Short bio on Abel Parker Upshur who was appointed interim Secretary of State by President John Tyler.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: John Middleton Clayton (1796 1856)

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biogrpahy of John Middleton Clayton who was appointed secretary of state by President Zachary Taylor and served a little over one year, resigining upon the death of Zachary Taylor.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Edward Everett (1794 1865)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography on Edward Everett who was appointed Secretary of State by President Millard Fillmore on November 6, 1852 and served in the position for only 4 months.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Lewis Cass (1782 1866)

For Students 9th - 10th
Short biogrpahy of Lewis Cass, appointed Secretary of State by James Buchanan, explains his rise to prominence and influence on American diplomacy during the 1800s.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: William Henry Seward (1801 1872)

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography on William Henry Seward who was appointed Secretary of State by Abraham Lincoln on March 5, 1861, and served until March 4, 1869. Seward carefully managed international affairs during the Civil War and also negotiated the...
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Elihu Benjamin Washburne (1816 1887)

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Elihu Benjamin Washburne who served as a temporary appointment to Secretary of State under Ulysses S. Grant for less than a month in 1869.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: William Maxwell Evarts (1818 1901)

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of the life and career of statesman, William Maxwell Evarts, who was appointed Secretary of State by Rutherford B. Hayes, and served in that position for 4 years.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical material on Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen who was appointed Secretary of State by President Chester A. Arthur and served from December 19, 1881, to March 5, 1885.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Thomas Francis Bayard (1828 1898)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Thomas Bayard appointed to Secretary of State by Grover Cleveland, gives an overview of Bayard's rise to prominence and explains how he influenced American diplomacy.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: John Watson Foster (1836 1917)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of John Foster, a statesman who rose through the ranks to become a Colonel in the Union Army and later appointed Secretary of State by Benjamin Harrison in 1892.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Philander Chase Knox (1853 1921)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Philander Knox, a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania appointed to Secretary of State under William McKinley, continued the Open Door Policy of his predecessor and strengthened control on U.S. interests overseas.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Robert Lansing (1864 1928)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Robert Lansing who was appointed Secretary of State by Woodrow Wilson. Important achievements included his oversight of U.S. foreign policy during the First World War and his negotiation of a major agreement between the...
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Bainbridge Colby (1869 1950)

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Bainbridge Colby who was appointed Secretary of State by Woodrow Wilson serving until the end of Wilson's administration.
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US Department of State

Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (1924 2010)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of 59th U.S. Secretary of State, Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr., appointed by Ronald Reagan.
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US House of Representatives

History, Art, and Archives: Us House of Representatives: Change and Continuity

For Students 9th - 10th
Women began to be appointed to more prestigious positions in Congress during the Roosevelt administration. Eleanor Roosevelt campaigned for women running for Congress which had never been done by a First Lady. Continue to read the...

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