The background for creating a plan to partition Palestine, as well as the details of the plan itself and its effects are discussed.

The Washington Post provides recent, as well as archived, news surrounding the U.S. Congress. PLEASE NOTE THAT A WASHINGTON POST REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO VIEW THESE ARTICLES.

A table sorting population demographics by religion, age, and urban centers.

Investigate Barack Obama's family tree to discover his family's diverse multicultural roots.

The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress features a brief summary of the career of Colorado Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell who served from 1993-2005 both as a republican and a Democrat.

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

Kids learn about the Legislative Branch of the United States Government. It's also called the Congress and is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Biography of President Barack Obama, the first African American to hold that office.

Thomas Hart Benton (3/14/1784 - 4/10/1858) was a U.S. Senator from Missouri and a staunch advocate of westward expansion of the United States. He served in the Senate from 1821 to 1851, becoming the first member of that body to serve...

Republican U.s. Senator from Mississippi. Learn about the first Black U.S. Senator who advocated for relief for newly freed slaves, improving navigation on the rivers, and desegregation of the United States Army. He worked toward more...

(1833-1901) Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States (1889-93). He had previously served as a senator from Indiana and was known as "Kid Gloves" and "Little Ben." , US Senator from Indiana

James Gillespie Blaine was a U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, two-time United States Secretary of State, and champion of the Half-Breeds.

Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 - March 13, 1901) was the twenty-third President of the United States, serving one term from 1889 to 1893. Harrison was born in North Bend, Ohio, and at age 21 moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he...

(1791-1868) James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States, largely remembered for his failure to avert the Civil War. President, Ambassador to the UK, Secretary of State, Senator from Pennsylvania

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...

A map of Arizona from 1904. "Arizona was organized as a territory in 1863. Area, 112,290 square miles; population, 122,212. Of these 26,480 are Indians. About one-third of the white population are foreign born. Chiefly a mining Territory...

The NPR offers a summary of the political career of Strom Thurmond, the oldest serving Senator in the United States.

The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress features a brief summary of the career of Colorado Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell who served from 1993-2005 both as a republican and a Democrat.

(1804-1869) Fourteenth President of the United States and a member in the House of Representatives and Senate.

(1834-1920) United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.

Henry Wilson (February 16, 1812 - November 22, 1875) was a Senator from Massachusetts and the eighteenth Vice President of the United States. He was a leading Republican who devoted his enormous energies to the destruction of what he...

General John C. Breckinridge (1821 - 1875) was a lawyer, U.S. Representative and Senator from Kentucky, the 14th Vice President of the United States, Southern Democratic candidate for President in 1860, a Confederate general in the Civil...

John Cabell Breckinridge was a lawyer, U.S. Representative, Senator from Kentucky, Vice President of the United States, Southern Democratic candidate for President in 1860, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and the last...

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...