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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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History.com: American Presidents: John Tyler

For Students 9th - 10th
This easy-to-navigate site has John Tyler's biography, significant events in his life, an image gallery, and video clips.
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270towin: 1988 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a map and detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1988 won by George H.W. Bush becoming the first incumbent Vice President of the United States to win a presidential election in 152 years.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Presidential Election by States, 1801

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States showing the results of the 1801 presidential election, and shows the 16 states, territories, disputed areas, and Spanish Florida. At the time, the Vice Presidency was determined by the Electoral College, with...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Who Will Be President?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
This lesson plan will allow students to experience the election process of an American President through a mock election. Students will learn the steps that must be followed in order to have an election. This is a great way to get...
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Google Cultural Institute: Aaron Burr

For Students 9th - 10th
This visual website from Google Cultural Institute shares background information and photos about Aaron Burr.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John C. Breckinridge

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Cabell Breckinridge

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Aaron Burr

For Students 9th - 10th
Aaron Burr, Jr. was an American politician, Revolutionary War hero and adventurer. He served as the third Vice President of the United States under Thomas Jefferson (1801-1805).
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Garret Augustus Hobart

For Students 9th - 10th
Garret Augustus Hobart (June 3, 1844 - November 21, 1899) was the twenty-fourth Vice President of the United States.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Clinton

For Students 9th - 10th
(1739-1812) George Clinton, was governor of New York (1777-1795} and fourth vice president of the United States under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Levi Parsons Morton

For Students 9th - 10th
Levi Parsons Morton (May 16, 1824 - May 16, 1920) was a Representative from New York and the twenty-second Vice President of the United States. He also later served as Governor of New York.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Thomas Andrews Hendricks

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Andrews Hendricks (September 7, 1819 - November 25, 1885) was a U.S. Representative and a Senator from Indiana, a Governor of Indiana, and the twenty-first Vice President of the United States (serving with Grover Cleveland).
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Schuyler Colfax

For Students 9th - 10th
Schuyler (pronounced "Sky-ler") Colfax, Jr. (March 23, 1823 - January 13, 1885) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the seventeenth Vice President of the United States.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Almon Wheeler

For Students 9th - 10th
William Almon Wheeler (June 30, 1819 - June 4, 1887) was a Representative from New York and the nineteenth Vice President of the United States. When Congress voted a pay raise in 1873 and made it retroactive for five years, Wheeler not...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Elbridge Gerry

For Students 9th - 10th
Elbridge Gerry was an American statesman and diplomat. As a Democratic-Republican he was selected as the fifth Vice President of the United States, serving under James Madison. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Henry Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Millard Fillmore

For Students 9th - 10th
Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 - March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office. He was the second Vice President to assume the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Washington (1789)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Electoral College elected Washington unanimously in 1789, and again in the 1792 election; he remains the only president to receive 100% of electoral votes. John Adams was elected vice president. Washington took the oath of office as...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Henry Alexander Wise

For Students 9th - 10th
Henry Alexander Wise (December 3, 1806 - September 12, 1876) was an American statesman from Virginia. Henry A. Wise served in the United States Congress from 1833 to 1844. Wise was active in securing the election of John Tyler as Vice...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John C. Calhoun

For Students 9th - 10th
A portrait of John C. Calhoun, one of the leading United States Southern politicians and philosopher from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. Calhoun was an advocated for states' rihgts, limited government, and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Theodore Frelinghuysen

For Students 9th - 10th
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...