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National Archives, William Livingston First Governor of New Jersey 1776-1790, National Archives, No date given

William Livingston 1723 - 1790, served as the Governor of New Jersey 1776 - 1790, during the American Revolutionary War and was a signer of the United…

Tags: Governor, Library, New Jersey, Poems, Poetry, US Constitution, William Livingston

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

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

Smithsonian-led Team of 3-D Digital Imaging Specialists, Smithsonian 3-D Portrait of President Barack Obama, First African-American U.S. President, Smithsonian Institution, 12/02/2014

People have always sought to document their leaders with the best technology available in their time, and the Smithsonian collects the results of…

Tags: 3D, 3D Portrait, African-American, Barack Obama, National Portrait Gallery, Obama, Presidents, Smithsonian

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

Jeannette Rankin, First Woman in the United States Congress

Jeannette Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) is often remembered primarily for being the first woman elected into the U.S. Congress. However, her…

Tags: Congress, Congresswoman, Jeannette Rankin, Montana, Pacifism, War, Women

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