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Tag: Politics and Politicians

Illustration: "Assassination of Abraham Lincoln." This Currier & Ives print (1865) implies Rathbone was already rising as Booth fired at Lincoln; in fact, Rathbone was unaware of Booth until he heard the shot. Credit: Currier & Ives; Wikimedia Commons.

Lincoln’s Assassination: The Curse of the Presidential Box

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 14, 2020

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about some of the other victims of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on 14 April 1865... (Read More)

Photo: U.S. Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels of Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Reactions to First Black Senator in U.S. History: Hiram Revels

By Tony Pettinato on February 25, 2020

An article about the mixed reactions to Hiram Rhodes Revels becoming the first African American member of the U.S. Congress, on 25 February 1870... (Read More)

Illustration: portrait of Andrew Jackson by Ralph E. W. Earl, c. 1837. Credit: Tennessee Portrait Project; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: President Andrew Jackson Miraculously Survived Assassination Attempt

By Tony Pettinato on January 30, 2019

An article about Richard Lawrence firing two pistols point-blank at President Andrew Jackson on 30 January 1835, and Jackson’s miraculous survival... (Read More)

Photo: Ulysses Grant writing memoirs at Mount McGregor near Saratoga Springs, New York, 27 June 1885

On This Day: Sad, Painful Death for President Ulysses S. Grant

By Tony Pettinato on July 23, 2018

An article about the death of President Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War hero, who died a painful and impoverished death at the age of 63 on 23 July 1885... (Read More)

Photo: detail from a Carte de Visite of John Wilkes Booth, undated. Credit: Black & Case; Wikimedia Commons.

American Traitor: 3 Facts about John Wilkes Booth, Slayer of Abraham Lincoln

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 12, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about President Abraham Lincoln’s killer: John Wilkes Booth... (Read More)

Photo: President John F. Kennedy's grave, Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia. Credit: Michelle J. Chappell-Norris.

Where Were You? Documenting Family History and the Kennedy Assassination

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on November 22, 2017

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about recording family memories of the killing of President John F. Kennedy... (Read More)

Photo: detail from a Carte de Visite of John Wilkes Booth, undated. Credit: Black & Case; Wikimedia Commons.

Lincoln’s Assassin, John Wilkes Booth, Shot Dead

By Tony Pettinato on April 26, 2017

An article about the shooting death of John Wilkes Booth on 26 April 1865, 12 days after Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln... (Read More)

Illustration: Rep. Joseph Hayne Rainey. Credit: Simmie Knox; Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.

First African American Congressman Elected: Newspapers React

By Tony Pettinato on December 12, 2016

An article about Joseph Hayne Rainey becoming the first African American ever elected to Congress, on 12 December 1870... (Read More)

Photo: Secret Service agent Clinton Hill shielding the occupants of President Kennedy's limousine: President Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and his wife Nellie, 22 November 1963. Credit: Justin Newman; Wikimedia Commons.

Eyewitness Accounts of President Kennedy’s Assassination

By Tony Pettinato on November 22, 2016

An article about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on 22 November 1963... (Read More)

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