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| party=[[United States Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]] ...youthful politician, he joined the [[anti-Federalist]]s in the [[Virginia Convention]] which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, was elected [[United States

...religious freedom and popular control of government. The president of the convention was William King, a prominent Bath merchant and shipbuilder who subsequentl ...Maine Law" remained in effect, in one form or another, until the repeal of National Prohibition in 1934. Abolitionist societies were active throughout the stat

|party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] ...or to the United Nations]] (1971–1973), chairman of the [[Republican National Committee]] (1973–1974), [[United States Ambassador to China|Chief of

...in a [[landslide victory]] in [[United States presidential election, 1964|1964]], but his popularity steadily declined after [[United States House electio ...p?pid=26682 |title=735 — Remarks at a Rally in San Bernardino. October 28, 1964}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbpl.org/trivia.html |title=The Ultim

| party=[[History of United States Republican Party|Republican]] ...ula for prosperity, as typified by his [[McKinley Tariff]] of 1890. As the Republican candidate in the [[United States presidential election, 1896|1896 president

| death_date={{death date and age|1964|10|20|1874|8|10}} | party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]

...Thompson earned a bachelor's degree from [[Memphis State University]] in [[1964]] and a law degree from [[Vanderbilt University]] in 1967. From 1969 to 197 ...s who spent the summer hoping Fred Thompson would emerge as their favored Republican presidential contender are having doubts as ...

...d. Turkey joined the UN in 1945 and in 1952 it became a member of NATO. In 1964, Turkey became an associate member of the European Community; over the past | bgcolor="#ffffff" | republican parliamentary democracy

|party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] ...hower was elected the 34th President as a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]], serving for two terms. As President, he oversaw the cease-fire of the [[

...y defeated then [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] and Republican candidate [[Richard Nixon]] in the [[United States presidential election, 1 ...web |url= http://www.nps.gov/jofi/faqs.htm |title= John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic site |accessdate=2008-02-08 |format= HHTML}}</ref>, the second son

...6/hh26f.htm|title=George Washington Birthplace National Monument|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2008-01-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Image of pa ...[[George Washington's Farewell Address|farewell address]] was a primer on republican virtue and a stern warning against involvement in foreign wars.

...congress of all the colonies, delegates were chosen at the First Virginia Convention (Aug.), and in September Virginia's Peyton Randolph was elected president o ...royal governor, John Murray, earl of Dunmore, to flee, the Fifth Virginia Convention (May 6–June 29, 1776) declared the colony's independence, instructed the

|party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] ...o have been elected to that position, and the only one never to have won a national election at all.

...can Party|Republican]] (1854-1864), [[National Union Party (United States)|National Union]] (1864-1865) ...extinction... .'"</ref> Lincoln won the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. Durin

...Howard Taft]] dividing the [[History of the United States Republican Party|Republican Party]] vote, Wilson was [[United States presidential election, 1912|electe ...dfather had been an abolitionist newspaper publisher and his uncles were [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]]. But his parents moved South in 1851 an

...entually a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]]. After he gained national prominence as head of the wartime Truman Committee, Truman replaced vice pr ...the [[United States Cabinet|cabinet]] and senior [[White House]] staff. [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] made corruption a central issue in the

...of [[Bill Clinton]] (1993-2001). Carter remains an important and relevant national figure today, and he is a leader on many issues, especially the [[Israeli-P ...ic nomination, but lost the election to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Ronald Reagan]].

...litics. Franklin's first cousin, [[Ellen Roosevelt]], was the [[1890 U.S. National Championships (tennis)|1890 U.S. Open Championships]] women's singles and d ...t I|Elliott]]. The young couple moved into [[Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site|Springwood]], his family's estate, where FDR's mother became

...spending money on these wars that we get nothing out of. All the while our national debt is skyrocketing. May 01 04:44:28 <slakr> but TV convention in the US goes with a a tiny group (or simply pair) of writers