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Charles Fenderich, Joseph Marion Hernández, First Hispanic Member of the U.S. Congress 1821- 1823, Library of Congress, 1850

Joseph Hernández is the first Hispanic Member of U.S. Congress (17th, 1821–1823) and the first Territorial Delegate to represent Florida. Though…

Tags: Congress, Florida, Hispanic, Joseph Marion Hernández

Committee of 100 for the 250th Celebration of the founding of the City of Newark, Past Mayors of Newark, New Jersey, 1836-1884, Library of Congress, 1916

The City of Newark's anniversary industrial exposition in 1916 celebrated the 250th anniversary of the settlement of the City. This composition was…

Tags: Mayors, New Jersey, Newark

D.W. Bartlett, The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, Heritage Auctions, 1860

"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just." - Abraham Lincoln This is…

Tags: 1860, Abraham Lincoln, Biography, Campaign, Lincoln, Presidents

Ezra Ames, George Clinton Governor of New York, 1739 - 1812, New York Historical Society, 1814

George Clinton 1739 – 1812 was an American soldier and statesman, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Governor…

Tags: George Clinton, Governor, James Madison, New York, NY, Thomas Jefferson, Vice President

Harry Ives Thompson, Jonathan Trumbull Governor of Connecticut 1797–1809, Harry Ives Thompson, 1880

Jonathan Trumbull was a Representative and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Lebanon, Conn., March 26, 1740. He graduated from Harvard College in…

Tags: Connecticut, Governor, Jonathan Trumbull, Speaker of the House, US Senator

Library of Congress - National Photo Company Collection, 1921-1923 Rebecca Latimer Felton - First Woman to serve as a U.S. Senator, Library of Congress, Between 1909 and 1932

Rebecca Felton’s 1835-1930, was born in De Kalb County, Georgia. She is the first Woman to join the U.S. Senate, (67th 1921-23). Her brief and…

Tags: Georgia, Progressivism, Rebecca Felton, US Senator, Women, Women's Suffrage

Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1869-1871 Hiram Rhodes Revels - First African American appointed to serve in the U.S. Senate, Library of Congress, 1870

Hiram Rhodes Revels: 1827-1901. Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina . Revels is the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress (41st,…

Tags: African-American, Hiram Rhodes Revels, Mississippi, Religion, US Senator

Mathew Brady, 1845-51 & 1855-61 David Levy Yulee - First Jewish American U.S. Senator, Library of Congress, 1855-1865

David Levy Yulee was a Delegate and a Senator from Florida; born David Levy in St. Thomas, West Indies, June 12, 1810. At the age of nine was sent to…

Tags: Confederacy, Daniel Levy Yulee, Florida, Jewish., Railroad, US Senator

Mathew Brady or Levin Handy, Joseph Rainey, First African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1869-1879, Library of Congress, Between 1865 and 1880

Joseph Hayne Rainey, 1832-1887. Born in Georgetown, South Carolina. He was the first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives,…

Tags: African-American, Congress, House of Representatives, Joseph Hayne Rainey, Reconstruction Era

McKinley Presidential Campaign, William McKinley Presidential Campaign, Library of Congress, 1895-1900

"Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be." - Sydney J. Harris In the 1896…

Tags: Campaign, Industrial, Presidents, Progressive Era, Republican Party, William McKinley