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Albinus Nance

Albinus Roberts Nance (March 30, 1848 – December 7, 1911) was an American politician.

Berkley, Virginia

Kenneth Cooper Alexander (born October 17, 1966, in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American politician of the Democratic Party.

Christmas in Los Angeles

In 1981, Los Angeles Mayor, Tom Bradley gave the song its "official" status by way of declaration.

David Bronson

He was elected a member of the Maine House of Representatives, and was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George Evans.

Debunker

The American Heritage Dictionary traces the passage of the words bunk (noun), debunk (verb) and debunker (noun) into American English in 1923 as a belated outgrowth of "bunkum", of which the first recorded use was in 1828, apparently related to a poorly received "speech for Buncombe County, North Carolina" given by North Carolina representative Felix Walker during the 16th United States Congress (1819–1821).

Donna Edwards

The other U.S. lawmakers arrested during the protest were Reps. Jim McGovern (D-Massachusetts), Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota), Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia), Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA), and Lynn Woolsey (D-California).

George A. Cincotta

George A. Cincotta (December 5, 1914 – April 16, 1985) was an American politician from the state of New York.

George Clymer

George Clymer (March 16, 1739 – January 23, 1813) was an American politician and founding father.

George Griswold

On March 8, 1853, Michigan Governor Robert McClelland resigned to become Secretary of the Interior under Franklin Pierce.

Governorship of Ronald Reagan

Robert Finch, Edwin Reinecke, and John L. Harmer served as lieutenant governors over the course of Reagan's time as governor.

Jeff Kemp

Kemp is the son of late former NFL quarterback and American politician Jack Kemp and brother of former Canadian Football League quarterback Jimmy Kemp.

Mainstream Republicans of Washington

Members of Mainstream Republicans of Washington include former congressman Sid Morrison, former secretaries of state Ralph Munro and Sam Reed, former lands commissioner Doug Sutherland, and state legislators Gary Alexander, Steve Litzow, and Hans Zeiger.

Nehemiah G. Ordway

On June 2, 1883, Ordway successfully moved the capital of Dakota Territory from Yankton to Bismarck with the assistance of Alexander McKenzie, an agent for the Northern Pacific Railway.

Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools

Los Angeles Unified School District (known as LAUSD) wanted to build a school on the site since the 1980s, but was met with resistance: Donald Trump wanted to build the world's tallest building on the site, and Mayor Tom Bradley, Nate Holden, and LA's business community were strongly opposed to using the location as a school.

Sampson Mathews

Sampson Mathews (c. 1737- January 20, 1807) was an 18th century American soldier, legislator, and college founder in the colony (and later U.S. state) of Virginia.

Samuel I. Rosenberg

Samuel I. "Sandy" Rosenberg (born May 18, 1950) is an American politician who represents the 41st legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates.

Scott Rumana

Due to the recent conviction of disgraced former Passaic County Chairman Peter Murphy and the resulting "corruption costs you money" campaign of the Democratic Party, Rumana finished fourth behind incumbents Jim Gallagher and Lois Cuccinello and newcomer Sonia Rosado in the 2000 election, losing his seat as the Republicans were left with two seats on the board.

Steve Gutow

In March 2012, Rabbi Gutow was arrested with actor George Clooney, NAACP President Ben Jealous, Representatives Jim McGovern and Jim Moran, and others at a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, DC calling on the US to ensure delivery of humanitarian aid to the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountain regions.

Steve Rauschenberger

While State Senator he was a member of a group of conservative state senators elected in 1992 who often challenged the leadership of the Illinois Republican Party and were dubbed the "Fab Five", the group also included, Peter Fitzgerald, Dave Syverson, Patrick O'Malley and Chris Lauzen.


see also

Abbett

Leon Abbett (1836-1894), American politician and Governor of New Jersey

Andrew Burke

Andrew H. Burke (1850–1918), American politician who served as governor of North Dakota

Arthur S. Link

:Not to be confused with American politician Arthur A. Link

Arthur T. Hannett

Arthur Thomas Hannett (February 17, 1884 – March 18, 1966) was an American politician who rose to become the seventh Governor of New Mexico.

Christopher Ward

Christopher J. Ward, American politician, former treasurer of the National Republican Congressional Committee

Comins

Linus B. Comins (1817-1892), American politician from Massachusetts

Daniel McLean

Daniel E. McLean (died 1980), American politician, mayor of Beverly, Massachusetts, 1937–1949

David Dennison

David S. Dennison, Jr. (1918–2001), American politician in the United States House of Representatives

Doug Coleman

Doug Coleman is an American politician from Apache Junction, Arizona who has served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives since January 2013.

Edward Holland

Edward Everett Holland (1861–1941), American politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia

Gaza in Crisis

Any political opposition to Israel within the U.S. was however undermined by American politician Fiorello H. LaGuardia, pioneer of identity politics, and Canadian journalist Isaiah L. Kenen, founder of lobby group the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

Gerald Hills

Gerald (Rusty) J. Hills, II is an American politician and educator in the state of Michigan and is currently the communications director for Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette.

Ilsley

Daniel Ilsley (1740-1813), American politician (Representative from Massachusetts)

Jacob Worth

Jacob Worth (May 1, 1838 New York City – February 21, 1905 Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas) was an American politician from New York.

James Banks

Jim Banks (born 1979), American politician in the Indiana Senate

James Celebrezze

James Patrick Celebrezze (born February 7, 1938) is an American politician and jurist of the Ohio Democratic party, who served as a judge of the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, common pleas court (domestic relations division).

James Hubbard

James W. Hubbard (born 1948), American politician in the Maryland House of Delegates

James Phelan

James D. Phelan (1861–1930), American politician; Mayor of San Francisco and U.S. Senator from California

Jasper McLevy

Jasper McLevy (March 27, 1878—November 20, 1962) was an American politician who served as mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut from 1933-1957.

John Considine

John J. Considine (born 1948), former American politician and attorney

John Denison

John A. Denison, American Politician of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1875-1948

John Doll

John P. Doll (born 1961), American politician and former member of the Minnesota State Senate

John Hayden

Mike Hayden (John Michael Hayden, born 1944), American politician, Governor of Kansas

John Irwin

John N. Irwin (1847–1905), American politician, governor of Idaho Territory, 1883–1884, and Arizona Territory, 1890–1892

John Snow

John W. Snow (born 1939), American politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury

Johnny Ford

Johnny L. Ford (born August 23, 1942, in Midway, Alabama) is an American politician and mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama, and a former Alabama State Representative.

Jun Choi

Jun H. Choi (born May 17, 1971) is an American politician and the former Mayor of Edison, New Jersey, a community of over 100,000 people and the fifth largest municipality in the state.

Keith Williams

Keith P. Williams, American politician, member of the North Carolina General Assembly

Keith Wright

Keith L. T. Wright (born 1955), American politician, member of the New York State Assembly

Nan Campbell

Nancy "Nan" Campbell (née Phelps; July 7, 1926 − November 19, 2013) was an American politician.

Philip H. Hoff

Philip Henderson Hoff (born June 29, 1924) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Vermont where he served as the 73rd Governor of Vermont from 1963 to 1969.

Revercomb

W. Chapman Revercomb (1895–1979), American politician and lawyer in the state of West Virginia

Richard B. Connolly

Richard Barrett Connolly (1810 Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland – May 30, 1880 Marseille, France) was an American politician from New York.

Robert H. Roberts

Robert H. Roberts (June 5, 1837 Nantglyn, Denbighshire, Wales – September 3, 1888 Boonville, Oneida County, New York) was an American politician from New York.

Robert Ingersoll

Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899), American politician and agnostic orator

Robert Lyon

Robert W. Lyon (1842–1904), American politician, mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Seiler

Jack Seiler (born 1963), American politician and Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Semmes

Benedict Joseph Semmes (1789–1863), American politician and Maryland State Senator

Steven Taylor

Steven W. Taylor (born 1949), American politician, Oklahoma Supreme Court justice

Strickler

Daniel B. Strickler (1897–1992), American politician from Pennsylvania; lieutenant governor 1947–51

Thomas Golden

Thomas Golden, Jr. (born 1971), American politician in the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Thomas Koch

Thomas F. Koch (born 1942), American politician who currently serves in the Vermont House of Representatives

Thomas McMahon

Tom McMahon, American politician and former mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania

Walter George

Walter F. George (1878–1957), American politician from the state of Georgia

Warren Spannaus

Warren R. Spannaus (born December 5, 1930) is an American politician from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) and former Attorney General of Minnesota.

William H. Hughes

William Henry Hughes (September 30, 1864 in Chapmanville, Venango County, Pennsylvania – November 11, 1903 in Granville, Washington County, New York) was an American politician from New York.

William McCoy

William John McCoy (1834–1897), American politician and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

William T. Jackson

William Trayton Jackson (May 8, 1876 – October 3, 1933) was an American politician.

William Washburn

William B. Washburn (1820–1887), American politician representing Massachusetts

Witherell

James Witherell (1759-1838), American politician and jurist in Vermont and Michigan