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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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The Army/McCarthy Hearings - http://www.c-span.org/special/mccarthy.asp
Information from C-Span about Senator Joseph McCarthy and his famous hearings to root out communists inside and outside the U.S. Government during the 1950's. |