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...to]]. Historian David Potter concludes that the Ostend Manifesto and the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]] were "the two great calamities of the Franklin Pierce admini ...dential contest in which the Whigs would field a candidate. In 1854, the [[Kansas-Nebraska Act]] divided the Whigs, with the Northern Whigs deeply opposed. A

...[[bar (law)|bar]] in [[1823]] and began his law practice in [[Aurora, Erie County, New York|East Aurora]]. In [[1834]], he formed a law partnership, Fillmore *Grant territorial status to New Mexico.

| birth_place=[[Charles City County, Virginia]] ...ed to the [[bar (law)|bar]] in 1809 and commenced practice in Charles City County. He served as a captain of a volunteer military company in 1813 and became

|name=Ulysses S. Grant |nickname="Unconditional Surrender" Grant

...rn trip from that distant outpost, but his son, Stephen F. Austin, had the grant confirmed and in Dec., 1821, led 300 families across the Sabine River to th ...longhorn cattle over trails such as the Chisholm Trail to the railheads in Kansas and even farther to the grasslands of Montana. The traditional symbols of T

...in the nation, serves [[Directory:Colorado|Colorado]], [[Directory:Kansas|Kansas]], [[Directory:Michigan|Michigan]], [[Directory:Minnesota|Minnesota]], [[Di ...oma, then in 1909 returned to Minnesota, where he organized the Washington County Light & Power Company in June 1909. In December 1909, the company's name wa

| birth_place =[[Hardin County, Kentucky]] ...r effort, especially the selection of top generals, including [[Ulysses S. Grant]]. Historians have concluded that he handled the factions of the Republican

|death_place=[[Kansas City, Missouri]] ...part of the [[political machine]] of [[Tom Pendergast]] and was elected a county judge in [[Missouri]] and eventually a [[United States Senate|United States

...ed States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]] under President [[Ulysses S. Grant]]. ...bar (law)|bar]], Taft was appointed Assistant [[Prosecutor]] of [[Hamilton County, Ohio]], based in Cincinnati. In 1882, he was appointed local Collector of

...[[Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]] in [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess County]], which had not elected a Democrat since 1884. He entered the Roosevelt na ...ential election]], Roosevelt campaigned on his New Deal programs against [[Kansas]] Governor [[Alf Landon]], who accepted much of the New Deal but objected t

...ruption led by Joe Hurst, the sheriff of [[Quitman County, Georgia|Quitman County]]; system abuses included votes from deceased persons and tallies filled wi ...raguay]]'s [[Alfredo Stroessner]], [[Augusto Pinochet]] (who was forced to grant [[Chile]] a [[constitution]] providing for a transition back into democracy

...oast Guard, and the [[American Red Cross]]. He set up health units, with a grant from the [[Rockefeller Foundation]], to work in the flooded regions for a y ...ever much hope of him being selected. He publicly endorsed the nominee, [[Kansas]] Governor [[Alf Landon]], although privately he worried that Landon was to

...elt. These factors eventually provoked a number of stadiums, such as the [[Kansas City Royals]]' [[Kauffman Stadium]], to switch from artificial turf back to .../53541549|title=National League promotion final: Harrogate Town beat Notts County 3-1 to secure place in League 2|date=2 August 2020|access-date=2 August 202

...imedia/BarkingFish) Quit (Quit: Life....sure beats the alternative... Lord grant me the serenity to choose a good burial place for the a**holes that pissed [15:25] <Vacation9> Franco|Andro: Really? They can grant themselves perms?