(1816-1903) U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and editor of the Gazette and the Transcript.

John Adams Dix (July 24, 1798 - April 21, 1879) was an American politician from New York. He served as Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Senator, and New York Governor. He was also a distinguished Civil War General.

A U.S. Senator from Delaware and Secretary of State.

John Tyler Morgan (June 20, 1824 - June 11, 1907) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, and a postbellum six-term U.S. senator from the state of Alabama.

Judah Philip Benjamin (August 6, 1811 - May 6, 1884) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Louisiana, and member of the cabinet posts in the Confederate States...

Lewis Cass (October 9, 1782 - June 17, 1866) was an American military officer and politician. During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, and a U.S. Senator representing...

Democratic U.S. Senator from North Carolina in 1872.

(1736-1799) Henry was an orator and patriot. He was an opponent of excessive taxes. Henry was governor of Virginia in 1777. Henry was a U.S. Senator in 1794.

Richard Yates (January 18, 1818 - November 27, 1873) was governor of Illinois during the American Civil War and has been considered the greatest war governor during that period. When the war began Gov. Yates sent more Illinois troops to...

Governor of Wisconsin and U.S. Senator

Roscoe Conkling (October 30, 1829 - April 18, 1888) was a politician from New York who served both as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He was the leader of the Stalwart faction of the Republican...

U.S. Senator from Delaware and Secretary of State under President Cleveland.

Thomas Hart Benton nicknamed "Old Bullion" (March 14, 1782 - April 10, 1858), was a U.S. Senator from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States.

Thomas Holliday Hicks (September 2, 1798 - February 14, 1865) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as Governor of Maryland from 1858 until 1862, and as a U.S. Senator from Maryland from 1862 until his death in 1865.

A three term U.S. Senator from New York in the years 1887 and 1897-1909.

Wade Hampton III (March 28, 1818 - April 11, 1902) was a Confederate cavalry leader during the American Civil War and afterwards a politician from South Carolina, serving as its governor and as a U.S. Senator.

Stewart was a U.S. Senator from Nevada.

(1801-1872) U.S. Senator, Governor of New York, Secretary of State.

A general explanation of the Joint Committee on Taxation is contained on this website. The members of the committee are listed by name and state. The site aslo describes the responsibilities of this committee.

Excerpts of President George W. Bush's victory speech after winning reelection in November, 2004.

Analysis of Hiram Power's marble-sculpted portrait of Benjamin Franklin, which resides in the Senate wing of the U.S. Capitol. Made in 1862, the sculpture convincingly captures what many consider to be Franklin's essential character.

This site from the Fordham University provides the text of 1898 campaign speech of Senator Albert Breveridge expressing his support of U.S. imperialism.

The National Archives and Records Administration highlights the Sioux Treaty of 1868. The lesson provided here relates to the power granted to the president and the Senate in Article II, Section 2, Clause 2, of the U.S. Constitution, the...

Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade (October 27, 1800 - March 2, 1878) was a U.S. lawyer and United States Senator from Ohio. In the Senate, he was associated with the Radical Republicans of that time. Wade, along with other politicians,...