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Library of Congress

Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Roosevelt, Theodore 1858 1919

For Students 9th - 10th
List of Theodore Roosevelt's accomplishments during his political career, including his terms as a Vice President under William McKinley and 26th President of the United States.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Arthur, Chester Alan 1829 1886

For Students 9th - 10th
List of Chester Arthur's accomplishments during his political career, including his terms as a Vice President under James Garfield and 21st President of the United States.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Wallace, Henry Agard 1888 1965

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical details on Henry Wallace, Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Meet Joe Biden

For Students 9th - 10th
Get to know the vice president of the United States through this brief but informative site. Biden talks about his stutter as a child and the fact that he overcame it. He also talks about his family.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Gerry, Elbridge 1744 1814

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about former Delegate and Representative from Massachusetts and Vice President of the United States, Elbridge Gerry.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Garner, John Nance 1868 1967

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographic details about the political career of John Nance Garner, Democratic Representative from Texas and a Vice President of the United States on the ticket headed by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Harris, Kamala Devi 1964

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of the political career of Kamala Harris, former U.S. Senator from California and current Vice President of the United States in 2020.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Dawes, Charles Gates 1865 1951

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the political career of Charles Dawes, Vice President of the United States under Calvin Coolidge.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Breckinridge, John Cabell 1821 1875

For Students 9th - 10th
List of John Breckinridge's accomplishments during his political career, including his terms as a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky, and a Vice President of the United States.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Cheney, Richard Bruce 1941

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical sketch of Richard Cheney, Republican Representative from Wyoming and a Vice President of the United States under George W. Bush.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Agnew, Spiro Theodore 1918 1996

For Students 9th - 10th
List of Spiro Agnew's accomplishments during his political career, including his term as a vice President of the United States under Richard Nixon.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Aaron Burr Duel

For Students 9th - 10th
Article provides information and interesting facts about Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury, who was shot dead by Vice President Aaron Burrin one of the most significant events of Thomas Jefferson's presidency.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

Women of the Hall: Geraldine Ferraro

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life of the first woman to be nominated by a major political party for the candidacy of Vice President of the United States. Inducted into the Woman's Hall of Fame in 1994.
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Other

Abraham Lincoln's White House: William Dennison (1815 1882)

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the political career of William Dennison (1815-1882), Postmaster General under President Abraham Lincoln. Some historic photographs accompany the reading.
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Other

Mr. Lincoln's White House: John Palmer Usher (1816 1889)

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the political career of John Usher, once the Secretary of the Interior under President Abraham Lincoln. Interesting historic photographs accompany the information.
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This Nation

This nation.com: u.s. Supreme Court: Buckley v. Valeo, 424 u.s. 1 (1976)

For Students 9th - 10th
This appeal filed in the U.S. Supreme Court describes the expressed powers of Congress to oversee the elections of President, Vice-President and Congress.
Website
US National Archives

Nara: Clinton Gore Administration Accomplishments

For Students 9th - 10th
This National Archives and Records Administration site provides access to all of the accomplishments President Clinton and Vice-President Gore have made during their term in office.
Website
Other

Chickasaw Nation: Government

For Students 9th - 10th
The tribal government of the Chickasaw Nation is a democratic republic, modeled after that of the federal government. Registered voters elect a governor and lieutenant governor to four-year terms. Like the president and vice president of...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Exp: Primary Resources: Nixon's Checkers Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
Dwight Eisenhower's Vice President, Richard Nixon, came under fire for misusing political contributions for personal expenses. These are transcripts of Nixon's speech delivered in 1952.
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Costa Rica Information Center

Presidente Constitutional 1998 2002: El Gabinete

For Students 9th - 10th
This page contains information about the President's Cabinet. Scroll down to read about the first vice president, ASTRID FISCHEL VOLIO, and scroll more to read about the second vice president, ELIZABETH ODIO BENITO.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: 2000 Election Debates

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from PBS News Hour contains great information on the presidential election debates of the 2000 election between Bush and Gore. It contains text articles of the debates in entirety.
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US Government Publishing Office

Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Election Process

For Students 9th - 10th
Ben's Guide is a fun way to present U.S. Government to students grades K-12. This site presents a series of pages taking you through the election process, including Presidential, Senate and Representatives elections and voter...
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University of Pennsylvania

Project Gutenberg.: Memoirs of Aaron Burr, With Correspondence

For Students 9th - 10th
Project Gutenberg offers the complete text of Aaron Burr's correspondence online in plain text format.
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US Government Publishing Office

Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Election Process

For Students 6th - 8th
Ben's Guide is a fun way to present U.S. Government to students grades K-12. This site presents a series of pages explaining the Presidential, senate and Representative election process. Links to related sites are available.