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• Directory:Mitt Romney
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• Directory:Vermont
  ...in 1724. Claims to the area were relinquished by [[Directory:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] in 1781, [[Directory:New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] in 1782, and [[Directo Wentworth, assuming that New York's modified boundary with Connecticut and Massachusetts (20 mi/32 km E of the Hudson River) would be extended even farther north, m
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• Directory:Rhode Island
  ...hode Island was settled by religious exiles from [[Directory:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]], including Roger Williams, who founded Providence in 1636. It was granted ...ed by the Dutchman Adriaen Block. Roger Williams, banished (1635) from the Massachusetts Bay colony, established in 1636 the first settlement in the area at Provide
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• Directory:New Hampshire
  ...ted:=1788|1788]]. First explored in 1603, it was settled by colonists from Massachusetts during the 1620s and 1630s and became a separate colony in 1741. New Hampsh ...chusetts, New Hampshire was made a separate royal colony in 1679. However, Massachusetts continued to press land claims until the two colonies finally agreed on the
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• Directory:Scoop Jackson
  ...coop Jackson Democrats," the term even being used to describe contemporary Democrats like Joe Lieberman and R. James Woolsey, Jr. [5], [6]. ...primary, and history might well be different. [20] Though Jackson won the Massachusetts and New York primaries, he dropped out on May 1 after losing the critical P
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• Directory:Maine
  ...by Europeans in 1602, the region was annexed by [[Directory:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] in 1652. Maine's northern boundary with New Brunswick was settled by a tr ...erritory, an arrangement which lasted until 1820 when Maine separated from Massachusetts to become a separate state.
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• Directory:Franklin Pierce
  ...entered a [[law school]] in [[Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]], [[Massachusetts]], studying under Governor [[Levi Woodbury]], and later Judges [[Samuel How ...[[1853]]) died at the age of 11 in a tragic railway accident in [[Andover, Massachusetts]] which his parents witnessed, 1 month before the inauguration of his fathe
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• Directory:James K. Polk
  ...n]]. Van Buren's term was a period of heated political rivalry between the Democrats and the [[United States Whig Party|Whigs]], with the latter often subjectin ...uch is this in terms of %?: by about 2,500 votes-->. Though he revitalized Democrats in Tennessee, his victory could not put a stop to the political decline of
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• Directory:William McKinley
  ...es gave the Republican party a grip on the north comparable to that of the Democrats in the south. ...ed. The joint resolution passed on [[July 6]], [[1898]], a majority of the Democrats and several Republicans, among these [[Thomas Brackett Reed|Speaker Reed]],
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• Directory:William Henry Harrison
  The Democrats attempted to ridicule Harrison by calling him "Granny Harrison, the pettico Democrats also cast Harrison as a provincial and out-of-touch old man who would rathe
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• Directory:Ohio
  ..., Treaty of). Conflicting claims to land in that area made by Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Virginia were settled by relinquishment of almost all of the claims (s ...nton had long been prominent opponents of slavery. Nevertheless, the Peace Democrats, the Knights of the Golden Circle, and the Copperheads were very active; Cl
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• Directory:Grover Cleveland
  ...lism]].<ref>Jeffers, 8–12; Nevins, 4–5</ref> As a leader of the [[Bourbon Democrats]], he opposed [[imperialism]], taxes, [[subsidy|subsidies]] and inflationar ...tion to [[free silver]] alienated the [[Agrarianism|agrarian]] wing of the Democrats.<ref name=tugwell>Tugwell, 220–249</ref> Furthermore, critics complained
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• Directory:Brazil
  ...enrique de Oliveira RESENDE]; Liberal Front Party or PFL (now known as the Democrats or DEM); National Mobilization Party or PMN [Oscar Noronha FILHO]; Party of ...ssion:'' Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar PATRIOTA <br />''chancery:'' 3006 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 <br />''telephone:'' [1] (202) 238-2700
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• Directory:Finland
  | bgcolor="#ffffff" | Center Party or Kesk [Matti VANHANEN]; Christian Democrats or KD [Paivi RASANEN]; Green Party or VIHR [Tarja CRONBERG]; Left Alliance ...| ''chief of mission:'' Ambassador Pekka LINTU <br />''chancery:'' 3301 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 <br />''telephone:'' [1] (202) 298-5800
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• Directory:South Korea
  ...s of 2005 and 2006 by-elections; MDP became DP in May 2005; United Liberal Democrats (ULD) merged with GNP in February 2006 ...| ''chief of mission:'' Ambassador LEE Tae-sik <br />''chancery:'' 2450 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 <br />''telephone:'' [1] (202) 939-5600
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• Directory:George H. W. Bush
  |birth_place= [[Milton, Massachusetts]] Bush was born in [[Massachusetts]] to Senator [[Prescott Bush]] and [[Dorothy Walker Bush]]. He became invol
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• Directory:John F. Kennedy
  | state2 = [[Massachusetts]] | state3 = Massachusetts
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• Directory:Australia
  | bgcolor="#ffffff" | Australian Democrats [Lyn ALLISON]; Australian Greens [Bob BROWN]; Australian Labor Party [Kevin ...of mission:'' Ambassador Dennis J. RICHARDSON <br />''chancery:'' 1601 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036 <br />''telephone:'' [1] (202) 797-3000
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• Directory:Lyndon B. Johnson
  ...duties were to schedule legislation and help pass measures favored by the Democrats. He, Rayburn and President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] worked smoothly togethe Tip O'Neill, then a representative from Kennedy's home state of Massachusetts, recalled that Johnson approached him at the convention and said, "Tip, I'd
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• Directory:Richard Nixon
  ...ications reported that Nixon had kept a "[[slush fund]]" for personal use. Democrats and leading Republicans pressured Eisenhower to remove Nixon from the ticke ...Democrats, whose support of integration was alienating some Southern white Democrats. His plan has since been known as the [[Southern strategy]]. Nixon concentr
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