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U.S. Senate Historical Office - http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Senate_Historical_Office.htm
The Senate's "institutional memory" collects and provides information on important events, precedents, dates, statistics, and historical comparisons of current and past Senate activities for use by members and staff, the media, scholars, and the general public. |
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U.S. Senate Historical Statistics - http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm
Lists senators since 1789, plus committee chairs, women, and minorities. Also, senators who have served longest, been appointed, changed parties, joined third parties, and become president. And, salaries, leaders, tie-breakers, chronology, meeting places, expulsions, censures, treaties, impeachments, and nominations. |
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Congressional Biographical Directory - http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp
Input the name of any Senator or Congressman in history, and retrieve a biography or biographical information. |
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Huey Long from PBS - http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/hueylong/
He was hailed as a champion of the poor and reviled as a dictator. Louisiana's Huey Long rose to Governor and U.S. Senator on a platform of social reform and justice, all the while employing graft and corruption to get what he wanted. |
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North Atlantic Treaty - http://www.trumanlibrary.org/nato/nato.htm
History of the North Atlantic Treaty that estacblished NATO, including its submission by President Truman to the U.S. Senate. |