Read about how the United States gained the Philippines as a territory as a result of the Spanish-American War. Find out how several senators felt about this acquisition. The resulting Philippine-American War resulted in extreme hardship...

The Constitution of the United States is provided by the Legal Information Institute of Cornell University of Law.

FOX News covers the latest in United States politics. Impact is presented with television and the internet in mind.

Site gives the documents of the hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Seventieth Congress on The General Pact for the Renunciation of War signed at Paris as well as the text of the Kellogg-Briand Pact.

A detailed biography of Kay Bailey Hutchison, a United States Senator from Texas.

A biography on Blanche K. Bruce, the first African-American to serve a full term in the United States Senate.

This site provides a link to 13,000+ members who have served in the United States Congress, 1774 - present. Accompanying biographies and pictures, when available, are very informative. This site is well-designed and easy to navigate.

Outstanding web page that has biographical information on the candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States in the 2004 election.

The Joint Economic Committee, composed of memebers from both the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, reviews economic conditions and recommends improvements in economic policy. The content of the website includes...

This site is a source of information on the current Congress: find elected officials, results of elections, the House Schedule, the Senate Schedule, Committee Hearings, and a Guide to the Media.

Congressional committee transcripts are compiled into the Congressional Reports section of the Government Printing office website. Most of the information included within the Congressional Reports include the gathering of expert...

For students with an interest in Public Service, this provides program information. There are links to other government sites and a biography on Senator John C. Stennis.

A review of the Senate hearings held by Senator Gerald Nye investigating the possibility that munitions manufacturers had forced the United States into World War I in order to increase their profits. Read how the course of these hearings...

The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards including Daniel Webster, Speech to the United States Senate, March 7, 1850.

This resource offers a brief biographical entry on a delegate from Georgia to the Constitutional Convention, William Few, Jr., who later served as a United States Senator.

This article provides background biographical information on William Few, one of the delegates from Georgia to the Constitutional Convention, and who later served as a United States Senator.

Charles Carroll is primarily remembered today for his political leadership in Maryland during the Revolutionary era. A wealthy planter, Carroll became a major figure in the patriot movement in 1773 when he penned the First Citizen...

Read about the life and political career of Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first African American to serve in the United States Senate.

Read about the life and political career of Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first African American to serve in the United States Senate.

A brief biography of Lawrence Douglas Wilder who became the first popularly elected African American governor in the United States.

This lesson explores the structure of Congress and the legislative process. There is an introduction, a research activity, an assessment, and a role play activity.

The United States Congress offers a biography of Hiram Revels, the first African-American Senator.

Summary of the political career of James Monroe, former Delegate and Senator from Virginia and 5th President of the United States. He was also a Governor of Virginia, Secretary of State, and Secretary of War.

Blanche Kelso Bruce was a Republican Senator from Mississippi, and the first Black U.S. Senator. He advocated for relief for newly freed slaves, for improving navigation on rivers, and for desegregation of the United States Army. He also...