Articles related to "Republican Presidents"

Presidential candidate and Democrat Hillary Clinton followed in her husband's footsteps to became the new "Comeback Kid" in New Hampshire.

The last of the log-cabin presidents, James Garfield attacked political corruption and returned a measure of prestige to the White House

Rutherford B. Hayes is not among the most well-known Presidents of the United States, but he played an important role in determining the shape of the union after the war.

Republican presidents have chosen seven of the current justices. Justice John Stevens is 88 and has served 33 years. How many will serve that long or to that age?

One issue that is being overlooked this election year is the fact that the next president will likely appoint as many as three Supreme Court justices.

In a controversial statement on the senate floor, the senior senator from Nevada compared opposition to healthcare reform with resistance to the abolition of slavery.

Republicans took control of the U.S. House in 1994 and ruled Capitol Hill for more than a decade, but the 2008 elections relegated the GOP to its pre-revolution minority.

The Taliban leader directly responsible for September 11th attacks is free. The media must grill presidential candidates about this outrage. America deserves closure.

Based on the life of former first lady Laura Bush, "American Wife" follows a fictional midwestern girl from rural Wisconsin through her journey to the White House.

To date, American Idol has produced eight winners and all eight Idols claim hometowns south of the Mason-Dixon Line. There must be more at play than coincidence.

Is the Catholic Church officially an arm of the Republican Party? Lately you would have to forgive someone for getting that impression.

Despite decades of low voter turnout and apathy, many far-reaching changes in American history hinged on who was elected President.

By providing everyone with a guaranteed minimum income, it may be possible to solve many challenging social problems that have resisted other approaches.

When the Nation's only unelected President died in 2006, few felt it would effect the elections of 2008. None the less Obama-Ford & McCain-Ford comparisons are surfacing.

While both North and South prepared for conflict after the 1860 election, Abraham Lincoln sought only to reassure that the South could remain safely in the Union.

Barack Obama denouncing Jeremiah Wright's comments is no surprise. There is a great danger, however, in continually allowing these comments into the political arena.

President-elect Barack Obama, his historic election behind him, now faces a daunting array of problems in Iraq and Afghanistan, on Wall Street and Main Street.

Senator John McCain appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC . His Veterans Day appearance was his first time on TV since the presidential election a week ago.

Tall, stately and formal, James Buchanan was the only President who never married.

Abraham Lincoln began his political career as a Whig. In 1854, a new party was formed, and Lincoln became its first successful candidate in 1860.

The Republican Party was the first major U. S. political party to promote and defend the rights of women, including the right to equal pay for equal work.

Grover Cleveland's first term as President of the United States saw him attempting to reform the Federal Government, though he did little legistlating.

Like him or hate him, Curt Schilling running for senate would have made great theater for political junkies.

Since the Republican Party's inception, its candidates have dominated the presidency. The U.S. has experienced some of its worst catastrophes under Republican leaders.

Congressional compromise awarded disputed electoral votes from three Southern states to Rutherford B. Hayes and ended Reconstruction in the South.

The Yankees have always been associated with Republicans, but the team has a much better track record when there is a Democrat in the White House.