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Zeke Cohen
City Council Member (1st District), City of Baltimore

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In Maryland, Zeke Cohen has represented the 1st District on the Baltimore City Council since 2016. His belief that "community comes first" was inspired by his mother's stories of marching for Civil Rights during the Mississippi Freedom Summer.

Tags: Baltimore City Council · Baltimore, Maryland · Northampton, Massachusetts · Community Comes First · Elijah Cummings Healing City Act · Mississippi Freedom Summer · Civil Rights · Goucher College · Johns Hopkins University · Public Safety

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Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor
12th President of the United States (1849 - 1850)

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Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850. He previously was a career officer in the United States Army, rose to the rank of major general and became a national hero.

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Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
28th President of the United States (1913 - 1921)

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Woodrow Wilson was an American statesman, lawyer, and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the President of Princeton University.

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Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945 and 1951-1955)

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Sir Winston Churchill was a British statesman who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. As Prime Minister, Churchill led Britain to victory over Nazi Germany during World War II.

Tags: British · Prime Minister · World War II · United Kingdom · Germany · King George VI · Queen Elizabeth II · Anglo-American Relations · British Army · Territorial Army

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William McKinley
William McKinley
25th President of the United States (1897)

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William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897, until his assassination six months into his second term. During his presidency, he led the nation to victory in the Spanish–American War.

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William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
41st United States Secretary of State

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William Jennings Bryan was an American orator and politician from Nebraska, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's nominee for President of the United States (1896, 1900, and 1908).

Collections: In Requiem

Tags: Lawyer · Orator · Politician · The Boy Orator · The Great Commoner · Nebraska · Illinois College · Northwestern University · Progressive Era · Darwinism

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William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft
27th President of the United States (1909 - 1913)

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William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States (1909 - 1913) and the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921 - 1930), the only person to have held both offices.

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William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison
9th President of the United States (1841)

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William Henry Harrison was a United States military officer and politician who served as the ninth President of the United States in 1841. He died of typhoid or paratyphoid fever 31 days into his term (the shortest tenure).

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Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding
29th President of the United States (1921 - 1923)

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Warren G. Harding was the 29th President of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular U.S. Presidents to that point.

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Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
18th President of the United States (1869 - 1877)

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Ulysses S. Grant was an American soldier, politician, and international statesman, who served as the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877. During the American Civil War, he led the Union Army as its commanding general.

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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
3rd President of the United States (1801 - 1809)

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Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, and Founding Father who served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Previously, he had served as the second Vice President of the United States.

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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States (1901 - 1909)

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Theodore Roosevelt was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He also served as the 25th Vice President of the United States.

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Symra Brandon
Director of Community Affairs, New York State Senate and Former City Council Member, Yonkers, New York

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Symra Brandon is the Director of Community Affairs at New York Senate, for Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D, IP, WF), who is Temporary President and Majority Leader at New York Senate. Brandon is formerly a City Council Member at Yonkers, New York.

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Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
Member, Georgia House of Representatives (2006 - 2017)

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Stacey Abrams is an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives, and served as minority leader from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election.

Collections: Women's History Month

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Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm
Member, United States House of Representatives (1969 - 1983)

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In 1968, Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress, and she represented New York's 12th Congressional District. In 1972, she became the first black candidate for a major party's nomination for President.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th President of the United States (1877 - 1881)

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Rutherford B. Hayes was the 19th President of the United States from 1877 to 1881, having served also as an American representative and Governor of Ohio. He was a lawyer and staunch abolitionist, who defended refugee slaves in court proceedings.

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Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
Mayor, New York City (1994 - 2001)

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Rudy Giuliani is an American politician, attorney, and public speaker who served as the 107th Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. He currently acts as an attorney to President Donald Trump.

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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States (1981 - 1989)

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Ronald Reagan was an American politician and actor who was the 40th President of the United States, from 1981 to 1989. Before his presidency, he was the 33rd Governor of California, from 1967 to 1975, after a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader.

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Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
64th United States Attorney General

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Robert F. Kennedy, commonly known by his initials RFK, was an American politician from Massachusetts. He served as the United States junior senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968.

Collections: In Requiem

Tags: Assassination · Conspiracy Theories · Brookline, Massachusetts · Civil Rights · Death Penalty Issues · Cuba · Japan · RFK · Bobby · United States Naval Reserve

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Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
United States Senator (R-Penn.) (1995 - 2007)

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Rick Santorum is an American politician, attorney, and political commentator. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007 and was the Senate's third-ranking Republican from 2001 to 2007.

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Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
36th President of the United States (1953 - 1961)

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Richard Nixon was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States from 1969 to 1974. He had previously served as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.
Founder and President, Rainbow/PUSH

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and politician. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia (1991 - 1997).

Collections: Black History Month

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Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
Former Mayor, South Bend, Indiana

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Pete Buttigieg is an American politician, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana and candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election.

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Nicolás Maduro
Nicolás Maduro
46th President of Venezuela (2013 - Present)

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Nicolás Maduro is a Venezuelan politician serving as the 46th President of Venezuela since 2013 and previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2013 and as Vice President of Venezuela from 2012 to 2013 under President Hugo Chávez.

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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
President of South Africa (1994 - 1999)

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Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa (1994 - 1999). He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.

Collections: Black History Month

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