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3 days ago · John Jay (December 23 [O.S. December 12], 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, diplomat, abolitionist, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States. He served from 1789 to 1795 as the first chief justice of the United States and from 1795 to 1801 as the second governor of New York .
Jun 24, 2024 · The Official Register of the United States (title varies) shows the salaries of named individuals, from the U.S. president all the way down to mail clerks.
- Marie Concannon
- 2012
Jun 24, 2024 · The good feelings, perhaps better termed complacency, were stimulated by two events of 1816, during the last year of the presidency of James Madison: the enactment of the first U.S. avowedly protective tariff and the establishment of the second National Bank.
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14 hours ago · Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 [b] – November 18, 1886) was an American politician who served as the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885. He was a Republican lawyer from New York who briefly served as the 20th vice president under President James A. Garfield.
2 days ago · President Andrew Jackson (1829–1837), leader of the new Democratic Party, opposed the Second Bank of the United States, which he believed favored the entrenched interests of the rich. When he was elected for a second term, Jackson blocked the renewal of the bank's charter.
1 day ago · John Quincy Adams was an American statesman, diplomat, and politician who served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. Here are some key details about his life and career: Early Life and Education: - Birth: John Quincy Adams was born on July 11, 1767, in Braintree, Massachusetts (now Quincy, Massachusetts). He was the son of John Adams, the second President of the ...
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Jun 6, 2024 · Indian Removal Act (1830), first major legislative departure from the U.S. policy of officially respecting the legal and political rights of the American Indians. The act authorized the president to grant Indian tribes unsettled western prairie land in exchange for their desirable territories within state borders.
