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22 hours ago · John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier. He represented Kentucky in both houses of Congress and became the 14th and youngest-ever vice president of the United States. Serving from 1857 to 1861, he took office at the age of 36.
22 hours ago · The Republican Party wanted to achieve the gradual extinction of slavery by market forces, because its members believed that free labour was superior to slave labour. White southern leaders said that the Republican policy of blocking the expansion of slavery into the West made them second-class citizens, and they also said it challenged their ...
22 hours ago · 2024. 2028 →. v. t. e. This article contains the results of the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries and caucuses, the processes by which the Republican Party selects delegates to attend the 2024 Republican National Convention. The series of primaries, caucuses, and state conventions culminate in the national convention, where the ...
22 hours ago · e. The 1928 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the wider United States presidential election. Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president . With the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties ...
22 hours ago · The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the 8 U.S. representatives from the state of Missouri, one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections will coincide with the U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives ...
22 hours ago · The candidates in the general election were Republican nominee Bill Huizenga, a member of the Michigan House of Representatives; Democratic nominee Fred Johnson, an associate professor of history at Hope College; Green Party nominee Lloyd Clarke, a former United Auto Workers representative; Libertarian Party nominee Joseph Gillotte, the founder ...
22 hours ago · The third presidential term of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on January 20, 1941, when he was once again inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States, and the fourth term of his presidency ended with his death on April 12, 1945. Roosevelt won a third term by defeating Republican nominee Wendell Willkie in the 1940 United States ...
