Clerk of the United States House of Representatives

Abraham Rodriguez Professor Killian PS 001 31 October 2017 All About Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the United States 16th president, he was elected in 1861. Lincoln was born on February 12th, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. His father, Thomas Lincoln, was unable to read and write, and his mother, Nancy Hanks, died when he was nine years old. When Lincoln turned seventeen, he found a job on a ferryboat. Two years later, he built his own flatboat and ran farm produce down the Mississippi river

When given the chance to leave the hard work of the farm and work as a clerk Houston choose to runaway. When he ran away meet with and was accepted into the Cherokee tribe not far from his family’s farm. Here he found comfort and acceptance in the tribe. Years later he returned to the white settlement becoming a teacher and then joining the Tennessee Militia. Later he would serve in the United States House of Representatives. In 1829 Houston married Eliza Allen of Tennessee, however the marriage

as founding fathers like Thomas Jefferson or George Washington, he was an instrumental player on the United States political and legal field, still affecting modern policies today. He had many life-long achievements some of which include being elected mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia, the first name of the Virginia Representatives on the Declaration of Independence, appointed to the Virginia House of Burgess, and is also considered one of the framers of the constitution. George Wythe was the man behind

Again, in the state of Ohio, a law took effect in 2005 that gives women the right to breastfeed children in any location of any public accommodation where she is allowed to be. Bonnie Morris thought that breastfeeding in public was her right, however; when she was asked

Introduction Today’s assignment will focus on a discussion with a Founding Father by the name of Benjamin Franklin regarding the role of the government. The topic of the discussion is the current state of the federalist of the government, the different branches, functions, structural, and political characteristics, federal powers and exclusive powers. At the end of this assignment Benjamin Franklin will have knowledge of how the government operates

most defining moments in the multiple spanning century history of the United States is the Constitutional Convention. The Constitutional Convention was held from May 25 to September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. This convention was to convene in order to fix the current presiding governing document, the Articles of Confederation. Each of the thirteen states were to send delegates to represent the desires of the state however, Rhode Island did not send a delegate. Each of these delegates

Constitution of the United States of America (hereafter “The Constitution”), which had not yet been ratified. The Federalist Papers not only championed The Constitution, but they also explained how the new government would operate in the United States as further detailed below. It was crucial to the success of the new country that The Constitution be ratified; and Jay, Hamilton and Madison were prepared to do anything they could to see to the documents, as well as the United States, success.

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND CONSTITUTION Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 - July 23, 1793) was lawyer, statesman, and one of the Found Fathers of the United States. Sherman was born into a farm family in Newton, Massachusetts near Boston. When he was two years old his family moved to Stoughton. When he was young his education did not extend pass his father's library and grammar school. Also he had a Harvard-educated parish minister that took him under his wing. In 1743 his father died, so him and

Abigael Schneider American Government 1. What does it mean when it is said that the United States is a "democratic republic"? Give an example of how our nation is a democratic republic. When the United States (or any other nation) is referred to as a “democratic republic” we then know two things about that nation’s system of government. First, the term “democratic” tells us that the citizens of a nation rule its government and that those citizens are afforded certain rights. These rights include

The Brethren – Inside the Supreme Court: Book Review The Brethren, co-authored by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong, is an in-depth documentary of the United States Supreme Court from 1969 to 1975, under the leadership of Warren Burger. The book attempts to present the reader with what "really" goes on in the Supreme Court. It describes the conferences, the personality of justices, and how justice's feel toward each other, items which are generally hidden from the public. This book is comparable