Christopher Christie : An American Politician

Agatha Christie, full name Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller, was born on September 15, 1890 in Torquay, England. Agatha Christie’s mother’s name is Clarissa Margaret Boehmer. She was an English woman

Chapter one of The American Political Tradition by Richard Hofstadter is centered on the Founding Fathers. The very beginning of the chapter says that the Constitutional Convention was trying to create a government that would pay debts and avoid currency inflation. The Democratic ideas that the Founding Fathers were so against appealed mostly to less privileged classes, and not at all to the higher classes. This chapter says that the Founding Fathers thought that if no constitutional balance were achieved, one specific class or would take over others. Three advantages of a good constitutional government were listed in this chapter as well. One: keep order against majority rule. Two: a representative government. Three: aristocracy and democracy

Richard Hofstadter examines the political beliefs of the founding fathers in the first chapter of the American Political Tradition. Ideas thought about by most Americans to be the center of our organization, our founders viewed liberty, democracy, and property, as evil. The composition can be depicted to be vicious as well, because liberty, democracy, and property are linked to the United States Constitution.

Nathaniel Gorham was born in Massachusetts on May 27, 1738. His family was descendants of John Howland, who was a founder of the Plymouth colony, hence the reason he was raised in Massachusetts. He married Rebecca Call in his mid-20s and together they had nine kids. His father was a packet boat operator, and he a merchant. He received an insufficient education growing up, but always seemed to nudge his way into political affairs. Gorham accomplished much with his career before the convention, played an important role as a politician during the convention, and showed great participation after the convention.

elected position. A few years later in 2006, Booker won the election for Mayor of Newark. In 2013, Booker was elected senator of New Jersey. Since then Booker has been a highly vocal and devoted senator. He is dedicated to fighting for his beliefs and serving his constituency. Although Cory Booker would make an excellent president, there are a few things I would advise him on before starting his campaign.

Hoechner was born on Sept. 8, 1994, in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Bruce and Judith Hoechner. He spent nearly half of his childhood in Yardley, Pennsylvania where he attended high school at Pennington Preparatory School. During his time there, he ran track, achieved academic honors, and received drum and music awards. Hoechner graduated high school with honors in 2012. Hoechner spent the remainder of his childhood traveling around China, Thailand, and Australia due to his father’s occupation.

Rutherford B. Hayes was born on October 4, 1822 in Delaware, Ohio to Rutherford Hayes and Sofia Bichard. His father died before he was born and was raised by his mother and uncles. The future president began attending Harvard Law in 1843 and graduated in 1845. Hayes married Lucy Webb

The article, “In Praise of Gerrymandering” written by Kevin D. Williamson, talks about gerrymandering, which is when politicians are cheating to be elected and shares his opinion that Republicans have become “too good” at this. He then illustrates that Democrats need to demonstrate better ways of obtaining votes.

Stephen Medvic, In Defense of Politicians, discusses why Americans feel that politicians are dishonest. In 2007, a Gallup poll about honesty and ethical standards for occupations, showed that only 12 and 9 percent of people felt that Congressmen and State office holders held high standards, (Medvic p. 2). In addition, Americans tend to like their representatives more than the members of Congress because they view them as actual people. Americans view Congress as a group of politicians who are greedy and not representing their interests, (Medvic p. 4).

Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri. His parents were John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen Young Truman. He also grew up in a poor family. He only had one brother and one sister. Since he was young, he liked history, government and reading.

Rutherford B. Hayes was born on October 4,1822 in Delaware,Ohio. His mom’s name was Sophia Birchard Hayes. Since, Rutherford B. Hayes was the youngest one out of his four siblings, he was the most precious to his mother. His father’s name was Rutherford Hayes Jr. He was a storekeeper and died ten weeks before Rutherford B. Hayes was born. Hayes attended Kenyon College in 1842. Later on, he set off to go to Harvard Law School and eventually graduated in 1845. He had five years of law practice which made him a successful criminal defense lawyer in Cincinnati. He gained a reputation for his criminal cases.

David Crockett the most well known Texans who was actually born in Tennessee on August 7,1786 . By 1821, he was elected to the State Legislature. A state legislature in the United States is the legislative body of any of the 50 U.S. states. The formal name varies from state to state. In 25 states, the legislature is simply called the Legislature, or the State Legislature, while in 19 states, the legislature is called the General Assembly. David was reelected to that position in 1823. From 1827 through 1833, Crockett served in the Congress of the United States. However, in his run for a fourth term in Congress, he was defeated by a narrow margin.

Ronald Reagan was born on February 6, 1911 in Tampico, Illinois (Huckshorn 1). He was born in a small apartment above the Pitney General Store (Life Before 1). John Edward Reagan (his father) was a shoe salesman that was an alcoholic. The first time he saw his son he said, "For such a little bit of a fat Dutchman, he makes a hell of a lot of noise, doesn 't he" (Life Before 1). This led to his nickname, "Dutch."

Biography: Paragraph 1: Walter Whitman Jr. born on May 31, 1819 in West Hills, Long Island, New York and his mother name was Louisa Vanvesor and she was Dutch

This often removes the offender and victim from the process due to the complex nature of the law. As such, people’s conflicts have become rarer and more valuable than property, as Christie states (p.8, 1977). 2. Who, or what, is Christie most critical of in his article, and why?