Johnson vetoed legislation that Congress passed to protect the rights of ... On  March 5, the trial began in the Senate, where Republicans held more ... Andrew  Johnson may have lacked a formal education, but he possessed an innate talent  for debate and oratory. ... Forty-two days later, he was president of the United  States.
James Monroe (1758-1831), the fifth U.S. president, oversaw major westward ...  Monroe was a delegate to the Continental Congress and served as a U.S.  senator, ... which doubled the size of the U.S. As president, he acquired Florida,  and also dealt with ... He held this office for three years until President Thomas  Jefferson ...
James Madison Jr. (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an American  statesman and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United  States from 1809 to 1817. He is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his  pivotal role in drafting ... In this role, Madison supervised the Louisiana Purchase,  which doubled the ...
Jan 18, 2018 ... An unprecedented surge of female candidates are running for office, from ... seats  as Republican women, according to the Center for American ... Now she's  running for Congress to replace Representative Ed ... “Women have been  running Naperville forever, but we haven't necessarily held elected office.
The presidency of Jimmy Carter began at noon EST on January 20, 1977, when  Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as the 39th President of the United States, and  ended on January 20, 1981. Carter, a Democrat, took office after defeating  incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford in ... He presided over the  establishment of the Department of Energy and the ...
Says that when Republicans held Congress and the presidency, they "doubled the size of the (U.S.) Department of Education."