Photo: Abraham Lincoln, by Alexander Gardner, 8 November 1863. Credit: Mead Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.oto: Abraham Lincoln, by Alexander Gardner, 8 November 1863. Credit: Mead Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.

Lincoln: ‘A House Divided against Itself Cannot Stand’

By Tony Pettinato on June 16, 2017

An article about one of Abraham Lincoln’s most important and powerful speeches: the “house divided” speech he delivered on 16 June 1858... (Read More)

Photo: Susanna M. Salter, 1887. Credit: Kansas Historical Society; Wikimedia Commons.

Prank Leads to Election of Nation’s First Woman Mayor

By Tony Pettinato on April 4, 2017

An article about Susanna Salter’s election as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, on 4 April 1887 – the first woman elected to a political office in U.S. history... (Read More)

On This Day: President Ronald Reagan Shot!

By Tony Pettinato on March 30, 2017

An article about the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley, Jr., on 30 March 1981... (Read More)

Photo: Florence Prag Kahn. Credit: Harris & Ewing; U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Florence Kahn: First Jewish Woman Elected to Congress

By Tony Pettinato on February 17, 2017

An article about Florence Prag Kahn becoming the first Jewish woman elected to Congress, winning election on 17 February 1925... (Read More)

Photo: Ronald Harmon “Ron” Brown. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Ron Brown: 1st African American to Lead a Major U.S. Political Party

By Tony Pettinato on February 10, 2017

An article about Ronald Harmon “Ron” Brown being elected chairman of the Democratic Party on 10 February 1989... (Read More)

Photo: a log cabin built by the Civilian Conservation Corps between 1933 and 1937 in Black Moshannon State Park, Pennsylvania. Credit: Ruhrfisch; Wikimedia Commons.

There’s No Place Like Home – a Log Cabin Home

By Thomas Jay Kemp on January 20, 2017

An article about a speech Daniel Webster gave in 1840 praising his family’s log cabin... (Read More)

Photo: Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback, c. 1875. Credit: Mathew Brady & Levin Corbin Handy; U.S. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Pinckney Pinchback: The Nation’s First African American Governor

By Tony Pettinato on December 9, 2016

An article about Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback becoming the nation’s first African American governor on 9 December 1872... (Read More)

First Two Women Governors: Nellie Tayloe Ross & Miriam “Ma” Ferguson

By Tony Pettinato on November 4, 2016

An article about the first two women elected governors in the United States (Ferguson & Ross) on 4 November 1924... (Read More)

Photo: revolver of John Flammang Schrank used in his attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. Credit: Bain News Service; Wikimedia Commons.

Teddy Roosevelt Assassination Attempt Can’t Stop Campaign Speech

By Tony Pettinato on October 14, 2016

An article about presidential candidate Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt giving an hour-long speech despite a would-be assassin’s bullet in his chest in 1912... (Read More)

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