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Bill Nelson
Clarence William "Bill" Nelson II is a politician who serves as the senior United States Senator from Florida.He has been in office since 2001. Nelson started in the Florida House of Representatives, where he work from 1973 to 1979. He was elected to United States House of Representatives in 1978, serving to 1991. January 1986, Nelson became the second United States Congress member to fly in space. He was a Payload Specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia.
Nelson was born in Miami, the only child of Nannie Merle and Clarence William Nelson. His father died of a heart attack when Nelson was 14 and his mother of Lou Gehrig's disease when he was 24.
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In 1965, he joined the U.S. Army Reserve during the Vietnam War. He served on active duty from 1968 to 1970, gaining the rank of captain, and stayed in the Army until 1971. Nelson began practicing law in Melbourne in 1970.
In 1986, Nelson became the second member of Congress to travel into space. He was a Payload Specialist on 's STS-61-C mission from January 12 to 18, 1986. Columbia landed at Edwards AFB at 5:59 a.m. PST, on January 18. Mission elapsed time was 6 days, 2 hours, 3 minutes, 51 seconds. It was the last successful Space Shuttle flight before the Challenger.
He retired from Congress in 1990 to run for Governor of Florida but was unsuccessful. He became Treasurer , Insurance Commissioner ,and Fire Marshal of Florida, serving from 1995 till
He served as a city commissioner for West Miami. This was before he got elected to the Florida House State of Representatives in 2000. (Rubio, 2012)
at Westpoint for a year a which he was dismissed for neglect of duties. John
About five years later, he was elected to the House of Representatives. As of today, he is representing Georgia in the fifth district, and is a highly respected member of congress. Lewis has done many things to bring about change, but he felt it was always more to do. Some of the things he has called for is the health care reform, measures to fight poverty and to improve education in schools. He also over saw multiple renewals of the Voting Rights Act. When it came down to the voting rights something always would happen, especially when the supreme court struck down part of the law in 2013’s Shelby County vs. Holder. Lewis decried the decision as a “dagger into the heart” of voting rights.
He represented House District 70. After completing 10 years in the House of Representatives, he was elected to the Texas State Senate where he represented Senate District 8 in both Collin and Dallas counties.
The United States Congress appropriated electoral power to Florida’s 26th Congressional District as of January 2013 as a response to the 2010 Census. The first winner of the electoral district, Joe Garcia (Democrat), was appointed the 113th Congressman on January 2, 2013. Following his two-year term in office, Carlos Curbelo (Republican), now holds the position as the 114th Congressman for the 26th District.
De you know that 2 Document Infuenced Nelson to make his own. In this essay you will learn how the Declaration of indepence and the Declaration of the right of man and of the citizen Influenced Nelson.
Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia in January 31,1919 the only parent he had was his mother who single handedly raised him and his four other siblings her name was Mallie Robinson where he lived he was the only black family on his block they had a lot of prejudice which only strengthened their bond.
After graduating from Yale with a law degree in 1941, Gerald R. Ford returned to his home town of Grand Rapids Michigan to start a law firm with his friend Phillip Buchen. He also became active in local politics. However, less than a year passed before he joined the Navy in 1942 to assist in
But then, he was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2000, and elected as the speaker in November of 2006 (Rubio). His campaign for the US senate started in 2009, but he expected to lose to a wealthier rival. And even though he doubted himself, he was surprisingly elected on the promise of bringing conservative ideas to the senate (“Marco Rubio”).
Prince Rogers Nelson was one of the most unforgettable icons to ever live. Prince was born into a legendary family, his father was currently a musician and prince was considerably familiar with the twist and turns of generating a name for himself. I was fortunate to live a quick few years with Prince as a musician. He is definitely celebrated today in many different ways and Prince will always be remembered for his outgoing and frisky personality.
My experience in Thomas Nelson is awesome, I really like the study environment, trio program, tutor zone, and advising center here, they help me success my academic years. I always need to schedule my class and work and list down my to do list, in order to get everything finish. In addition, I'm also suffering ADD, and English is my second language, so I have to spent extra time on my homework and study than others. Therefore, to know my advantage for learning is important, which is be patience, and this is the reason that I can be an outstanding student and a member of PTK at Thomas
In 1972, NASA after several attempts started the Space Shuttle Program for space exploration, commercial purposes, and national security tasks and it started developing Columbia as one of the first shuttles in the program. In early of 1981s, Columbia completed its first space mission. On January 2003, Columbia Space Shuttle was ready for STS-107 mission and its 28th flight. The mission was to transport two teams of scientists (7 astronauts in total) to conduct over 80 experiments in 16 days with 12-hour shift time.
The STS-85 space shuttle was launched on August 7, 1997 on launch pad 39A. It included six people: Curtis Brown who was a commander, Kent Rominger who was a pilot, Jan Davis, Robert Curbeam, Stephen Robinson who were all mission specialists and Bjarni Tryggvason who was a payload specialist. The mission was 11 days, 19 hours, 18 minutes, and 47 seconds. It landed in Kennedy Space Center, Florida on August 19, 1997. It traveled 4.7 million miles.
After reading about President Nelson’s life it really impressed me the story about the doctor who started bleeding in his stomach. The reason this impressed me was because none of his colleges could do anything to help him through their medical knowledge, but only the power of the priesthood could save the life of that man. What a blessing to have such power nowadays, and what a joy to have men of God spiritual prepared to act in the Lord’s name.
Nelson Mandela grew up in the village Mvezo in Umtata in South Africa.. He later lived in a part of South Africa’s Cape Province.