A portrait of Henry Clay. He was the American statesman and orator. He ran for president several times but was unsuccessful. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Secretary of State, Representative, , US Senator from Kentucky.

The Most Reverend William White (April 4, 1748 N.S. - July 17, 1836) was the first and fourth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA (1789; 1795-1836), the first Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania (1787-1836), and the second...

General Berry, born in Thomaston (now Rockland), Me., August 27th, 1824, died at Chancellorsville, Va., May 2nd, 1863. He originated and commanded for several years the Rockland Guard, a volunteer company, which attained a very high...

This article from NPR explores the faulty information and the possibility the case for war was based on invalid information. As part of President Bush's case for war with Iraq, he cited sources indicating that Iraq was attempting to...

Provides a map and detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 2008 won by Barack H. Obama. This election was the first in which an African American was elected President and also the first time two sitting senators ran...

Francis Preston Blair Jr. (1821 - 1875) was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He served as a U.S. Senator and Representative for the state of Missouri and was the Democratic Party's nominee for...

Theodore Frelinghuysen (March 28, 1787 - April 12, 1862) was an American politician, serving as New Jersey Attorney General, United States Senator, and Mayor of Newark, New Jersey before running as a candidate for Vice President with...