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• Directory:Franklin Pierce
  | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] ...King]] won by a landslide, defeating the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]] ticket of [[Winfield Scott]] and [[William Alexander Graham|William A. Gr
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• Directory:Tennessee
  ...with its capital at Knoxville. It was the first state to be carved out of national territory. ...blacks), was described by Thomas Jefferson as the least imperfect and most republican of any state. Armed with land grants awarded for service in the American Re
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• Directory:Warren G. Harding
  | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] ...as he died from a heart attack aged 57. A [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] from [[Ohio]], Harding was an influential [[newspaper]] publisher. He ser
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• Directory:Nebraska
  ...ly extended from lat. 40°N to the Canadian border, was firmly Northern and Republican in sympathy during the Civil War. In 1863 the territory was reduced to its ...joining the Populist party. The first national convention of the Populist party was held at Omaha in 1892, and Nebraska's most famous son, William Jennings
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• Directory:Brazil
  | bgcolor="#ffffff" | ''party to:'' Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, | <div align="right">National holiday:</div>
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• Directory:William McKinley
  | 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
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• Directory:George H. W. Bush
  |party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] ...al election, 1980|unsuccessful 1980 presidential run]], Bush was chosen by party nominee Ronald Reagan to be candidate for vice president. During his tenure
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• Directory:Andrew Jackson
  ...-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] ...aped the modern [[History of the United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]].<ref>[[Sean Wilentz|Wilentz, Sean]]. ''Andrew Jackson'' (2005), p. 8, 35.
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• Directory:North Dakota
  ...of the La Follette Progressives in Wisconsin encouraged the growth of the Republican Progressive movement in North Dakota, a fusion with the Democrats elected H Working primarily with the Republican party because it was the majority party in North Dakota, the league captured the state legislature in 1919 and proc
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• Directory:Fred Thompson
  '''Thompson, Fred''' (1942- ), [[Republican]] member of the [[United States Senate]] from [[Tennessee]] (1995- ). Born ...s who spent the summer hoping Fred Thompson would emerge as their favored Republican presidential contender are having doubts as ...
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• Directory:James Buchanan
  | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] ...control of the [[History of the United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]]. As Southern states declared their secession in the lead-up to the [[Amer
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• Directory:John Adams
  | party=[[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]] ...ed by battles inside his own [[United States Federalist Party|Federalist]] party against a faction led by [[Alexander Hamilton]], but he broke with them to
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• Directory:Grover Cleveland
  | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] ...elected to the Presidency in the era of [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] political domination that lasted from 1860 to 1912. Cleveland's admirers
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• Directory:Dwight D. Eisenhower
  |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 [[
  59 KB (8,361 words) - 17:11, 1 April 2008
• Directory:James K. Polk
  | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] ...ed the state of [[Tennessee]]. A [[History of the United States Democratic Party|Democrat]], Polk served as [[Speaker of the United States House of Represen
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• Directory:Richard Nixon
  |party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] ...[[United States House of Representatives]] in 1946, defeating [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] five-term incumbent [[Jerry Voorhis]] in the 1
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• Directory:Herbert Hoover
  | party=[[United States Republican Party|Republican]] ...28]] Hoover easily won the [[History of the United States Republican Party|Republican nomination]]. The nation was prosperous and optimistic, leading to a landsl
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• Directory:Delaware
  ...l 1901. Delaware Democrats subsequently became divided, and the Republican Party emerged in 1905 to assume a leading political role for some years. * Delaware is the only state without any National Park System units such as national parks, seashores, historic sites, battlefields, memorials, and monuments.
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• Directory:George Washington
  | Political Party=[[Federalist|United States Federalist Party]] | political party=[[Federalist]] (informally)
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• Directory:Abraham Lincoln
  ...can Party|Republican]] (1854-1864), [[National Union Party (United States)|National Union]] (1864-1865) ..... .'"</ref> Lincoln won the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] nomination in 1860 and was elected president later that year. During his
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