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• March 7
  * 1975: The U.S. Senate changed its cloture rule, requiring a vote of three-fifths of the total mem ...save the Union ("I wish to speak today, not as a [[Directory:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] man, not as a Union man, but as an American. . . .)", and his words helpe
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• February 11
  * 1794, first session of United States Senate open to the public * 1812, [[Directory:Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed a redistricting law favoring his party --- giv
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• Directory:Mitt Romney
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• Directory:John McCain
  ...cain john mccain after a distinguished military career and 20 years in the senate, arizona sen. John mccain's quick profile us 2008 presidential elections, 2 ...ness or personal use - free trial with no credit card required. Welcome to massachusetts for mccain " higher taxes are the last thing we need the economy isn't hurt
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• Directory:John Quincy Adams
  ...l district|8th]], [[Massachusetts's 11th congressional district|11th]] & [[Massachusetts's 12th congressional district|12th]] | birth_place =[[Braintree, Massachusetts]]
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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
  ...Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] and [[United States Senate|Senate]]. Later, Pierce took part in the [[Mexican-American War]] and became a [[b ...entered a [[law school]] in [[Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]], [[Massachusetts]], studying under Governor [[Levi Woodbury]], and later Judges [[Samuel How
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• Directory:Scoop Jackson
  ...Senate's "most eligible bachelor" [2], married Helen Hardin, a 28-year old Senate receptionist, but Jackson didn't move out of his childhood home where he li ...ackson relinquished his seat in the House for a run at one of Washington's Senate seats—he won that election, and remained a Senator for over thirty years.
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• Directory:John Adams
  | birth_place=[[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]], [[British America]] | death_place=[[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]], [[USA]]
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• Directory:William Henry Harrison
  ...States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] and [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Ohio]]. Harrison first gained national fame for leading U. ..._John_Tyler.htm John Tyler, Tenth Vice President (1841)]. Secretary of the Senate, United States Government. Last accessed [[2007-04-01]].</ref>
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• Directory:Brazil
  ...21, PCdoB 13, PV 13, PSC 9, other 17; note - as of 1 January 2008: Federal Senate - seats by party - PMDB 20, DEM (formerly PFL) 14, PSDB 13, PT 12, PTB 6, P ...(11 ministers are appointed for life by the president and confirmed by the Senate); Higher Tribunal of Justice; Regional Federal Tribunals (judges are appoin
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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:Australia
  ...er 2007 (next to be called no later than 2010) <br />''election results:'' Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Liberal Party-National Pa ...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:William McKinley
  ...i speedily ratified this, but it lacked the necessary 2/3 vote in the U.S. Senate. The solution was to annex Hawaii by joint resolution, which required only ...he Senate the last day of March. More deliberation marked procedure in the Senate. This body passed the bill after toning up its schedules with some 870 ame
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• Directory:James K. Polk
  ...ndy]]. While working for Grundy, he served as clerk of the Tennessee State Senate. Polk was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] in 1820, and established his ow ...efferson]]. The first public office he held was that of chief clerk of the Senate of Tennessee (1821–1823). He resigned the position in order to run his su
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• Directory:John F. Kennedy
  | state2 = [[Massachusetts]] | state3 = Massachusetts
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• Directory:Lyndon B. Johnson
  |order4=9th [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|United States Senate Minority Leader]] ...5=10th [[Assistant party leaders of the United States Senate|United States Senate Majority Whip]]
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• Directory:Grover Cleveland
  ...escended from English ancestors, the first Cleveland having emigrated to [[Massachusetts]] from northeastern [[England]] in 1635.<ref>Nevins, 6</ref> On his mother ...Ohio]], and [[Benjamin Franklin Butler (politician)|Benjamin Butler]] of [[Massachusetts]] also had considerable followings, along with various [[favorite son]]s.<r
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• Directory:United States of America
  ...ho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New ...anuary 2001) <br />''cabinet:'' Cabinet appointed by the president with Senate approval <br />''elections:'' president and vice president elected on th
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• Corporation
  ...tts itself was a corporate colony at that time – owned and operated by the Massachusetts Bay Company (until it lost its charter in 1684) - so Harvard College is a c ...former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] candidate for Senate from [[Maine]], claims that:
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