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Agnew, Spiro
Arthur, Chester Alan
Ashcroft, John
Baker, James Addison
Baker, James
Bernanke, Ben
Bernstein, Carl
Booth, John Wilkes
Bradlee, Ben
Brady, James
Burger, Warren
Burns, Arthur Frank
Bush, George Herbert Walker
Bush, George Walker
Butterfield, Alexander
Byrnes, James Francis
Chao, Elaine
Cheney, Dick
Clay, Henry
Colfax, Schuyler
Coolidge, Calvin
Cuomo, Mario
Curtis, Charles
Darby, Joseph
Davis, Angela
Dawes, Charles Gates
Dean, John
Dewey, Peter
Dewey, Thomas Edmund
Dulles, John Foster
Eisenhower, Dwight David
Elbrick, Charles
Ellsberg, Daniel
Evans, Donald
Fairbanks, Charles W
Felt, Mark
Ford, Gerald
Fromme, Lynette Alice Squeaky
Garfield, James Abram
Goldwater, Barry Morris
Grant, Ulysses Simpson
Greenspan, Alan
Guiteau, Charles
Haig, Alexander
Hamlin, Hannibal
Harding, Warren Gamaliel
Harrison, Benjamin
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard
Hinckley, John
Hobart, Garret A
Hodel, Donald
Hoover, Herbert Clerk
Hopkins, Harry Llloyd
Hunt, Everette Howard
Jefferson, Thomas
Kennan, George
Kissinger, Henry Alfred
Laird, Melvin
Liddy, George
Lincoln, Abraham
Lodge, Henry Cabot
Lovett, Robert
Lyng, Richard
MacArthur, Douglas
Marshall, George Catlett
Martinez, Melquiades Rafael
Martin, Graham
McCarthy, Joseph
McKinley, William
Meese, Edwin
Mineta, Norman Yoshio
Mitchell, John
Monroe, James
Morton, Levi P
Nixon, Richard Mulhouse
Norton, Gale
Perle, Richard
Poindexter, John
Powell, Colin
Quayle, Dan
Reagan, Ronald Wilson
Rice, Condoleezza
Rockefeller, Nelson
Rogers, William
Roosevelt, Theodore
Root, Elihu
Rumsfeld, Donald Henry
Schultz, George
Sherman, James S
Sirhan, Sirhan
Snow, John
Taft, William Howard
Thompson, Tommy
Truman, Harry S
Veneman, Ann
Wallace, Henry
Weinberger, Caspar
Wheeler, William A
Wilkie, Wendell
Woodward, Robert "Bob"
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Hague, The
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Republican Party
History of USA
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| | 1792 | Jefferson, Thomas | |
| Helps found the Republican Party, defends agrarian interests & states' rights |
| 1801 | Jefferson, Thomas | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 3rd President |
| Washington The Republican Party splits between Jefferson & Hamilton |
| 1803 | Jefferson, Thomas | |
| 1st Mar Ohio Ohio becomes the 17th State of the Union |
| 1809 | Lincoln, Abraham | |
| 12th Feb Birth of Abraham Lincoln |
| 1823 | Monroe, James | |
| Adams persuades Monroe to resist the Holy Alliance's conquest of Spain's colonies |
| 2nd Dec Congress states the American continent is not for colonization |
| 2nd Dec Congress states the USAwill remain neutral in Europe |
| 2nd Dec President James Monroe declares the Monroe Doctrine |
| 1826 | Jefferson, Thomas | |
| 4th July Death of Thomas Jefferson |
| 1829 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| 5th Oct Fairfield Birth of Chester Alan Arthur, Vermont, son of a Baptist Minister |
| 1831 | Garfield, James Abram | |
| Cuyahoga County Birth of James Abram Garfield, Orange, Ohio, youngest of 5 children born on a poor farm on the outskirts of Cleveland, Ohio, the poorest man ever to become President |
| 1832 | Clay, Henry | |
| Appointed Republican Party Presidential Candidate |
| 1833 | Harrison, Benjamin | |
| 20th Aug Ohio Birth of Benjamin Harris on |
| 1838 | Booth, John Wilkes | |
| 10th May Birth of John Wilkes Booth |
| 1843 | McKinley, William | |
| 29th Jan Birth of William McKinley |
| 1844 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| Schenectady Enters Union College, age 15 |
| 1848 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| Schenectady Graduates from Union College |
| 1854 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| New York Admitted to the bar |
| 1854 | Lincoln, Abraham | |
| The Republican Party is founded as an anti slavery coalition |
| 1856 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| New York Founds his wn law firm |
| 1858 | Roosevelt, Theodore | |
| 27th Oct Birth of Theodore Roosevelt |
| 1859 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| Marries Ellen Lewis Herndon |
| 1860 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| New York Appointed State Engineer-in-Chief |
| 1860 | Lincoln, Abraham | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Republican Party |
| 10th Nov South Carolina Sth Carolina decides to secede from the Union |
| 1861 | Hamlin, Hannibal | |
| 6th Nov Washington Appointed Vice President of the USA |
| 1861 | Lincoln, Abraham | |
| 29th Jan Kansas Kansas becomes the 34th USAState |
| 6th Nov Appointed President of the USA, 16th President, 1st term, 1st Republican |
| 10th Nov By 1861 all but 3 slave states have joined the Southern Confederacy |
| 1862 | Garfield, James Abram | |
| 19th Sep Elected to the United States House of Representatives |
| 1862 | Lincoln, Abraham | |
| 1st Jan Washington Says "the old south must be destroyed and replaced by new propositions & ideas" |
| 1st Jan Washington Signed by Lincoln proclaiming the freedom of slaves |
| 1st Jan Washington The "Proclamation of Emancipation" is signed by Lincoln |
| 1864 | Lincoln, Abraham | |
| Re-elected President of the USA on a National Union ticket with a large majority |
| 7th June Nominated for the Presidency |
| 7th June The Republicans nominate Abraham Lincoln for a 2nd term |
| 1865 | Harding, Warren Gamaliel | |
| 2nd Nov Birth of Warren Harding |
| 1865 | Lincoln, Abraham | |
| 8th Nov Appointed President of the USA, 16th President, 2nd term |
| 1867 | Lincoln, Abraham | |
| 1st Mar Nebraska Nebraska becomes the 37th State of the Union |
| 1869 | Colfax, Schuyler | |
| Washington Appointed Vice President of the USA |
| 1869 | Grant, Ulysses Simpson | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 18th President |
| 1871 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| New York Appointed Collector of the Port of New York by President Grant |
| 1872 | Coolidge, Calvin | |
| Plymouth Birth of Calvin Coolidge, the son of a storekeeper |
| 1873 | Grant, Ulysses Simpson | |
| 8th Sep Financial panic is caused by over-production & withdrawal of foreign capital |
| 1874 | Hoover, Herbert Clerk | |
| Iowa Birth of Herbert Hoover, West Branch, Iowa, son of Quakers |
| 1876 | Garfield, James Abram | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Republican Party |
| Appointed Republican floor leader of the House of Representatives |
| 1876 | McKinley, William | |
| Elected Member of Congress |
| 1877 | Hayes, Rutherford Birchard | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 19th President |
| Wins the election after an electoral commission rules in his favour |
| 1877 | Wheeler, William A | |
| Washington Appointed Vice President of the USA |
| 1878 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| New York Dismissed after an investigation into the corrupt practices of the customs house |
| 1880 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| Appointed Vice Presidential candidate |
| 1880 | Garfield, James Abram | |
| Elected Member of the Senate |
| Garfield defeats the Democratic candidate Winfield Scott Hancock, another distinguished former Union Army general, by 214 electoral votes to 155 |
| Garfield is the only person who was elected President directly from the United States House of Representatives |
| 4th Mar Appointed President of the USA, 20th President, Garfield takes office |
| 1880 | Hayes, Rutherford Birchard | |
| 1st Mar Pennsylvania Pennsylvania becomes the 1st State to abolish slavery |
| 1881 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 21st President |
| Appointed Vice President of the USA |
| 2nd July Washington Exclaims, "I am a stalwart of the stalwarts..Arthur is president now" |
| 20th Sep Takes the oath the day after Garfield's death |
| 1881 | Garfield, James Abram | |
| Lakeview Cemetery Garfield is buried, with great and solemn ceremony, in a mausoleum in Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio |
| Washington Inaugurated as President |
| 2nd July Potomac Charles Guiteau, failed applicant for an appointment as minister to Austria & consul-general to Paris , shoots Garfield in a railroad station, he dies 19th Sept |
| 2nd July Potomac Garfield's assassination is instrumental to the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act on January 16, 1883 |
| 2nd July Potomac Guiteau says, "I am a Stalwart of the Stalwarts! I did it and I want to be arrested! Arthur is President now," |
| 2nd July Potomac One bullet grazes his arm, a 2nd bullet lodged in his back & could not be found despite Alexander Graham Bell devising a metal detector |
| 19th Sep Elberon Death of James Abram Garfield, dies from gunshot wounds fired by Charles Guiteau |
| 1881 | Guiteau, Charles | |
| Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense |
| Guiteau is found guilty of assassinating Garfield, despite his lawyers raising an insanity defense, & sentenced to death |
| 2nd July Potomac Charles Guiteau, failed applicant for an appointment as minister to Austria & consul-general to Paris , shoots Garfield in a railroad station, he dies 19th Sept |
| 19th Aug President Garfield dies from gunshot wounds fired by Charles Guiteau |
| 1881 | Hayes, Rutherford Birchard | |
| 1st Mar All the USAstates ratify the Articles of Confederarion |
| 1882 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| Congress suspends Cinese immigration for 10 yrs |
| Enacts the 1st Federal immigration law |
| Learns he has a fatal heart disease, keeps his health a secret |
| 1882 | Guiteau, Charles | |
| Guiteau is executed for the assassination of President Garfield |
| 1883 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| Congress passes the Penleton Act, opens up the civil service to open competition |
| 16th Jan Signs the Tariff Act, raises rates |
| 1884 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| Loses the 4th ballot of the nomination by 541 votes to 207 to James Blaine |
| 1884 | Truman, Harry S | |
| 8th May Birth of Harry S Truman |
| 1886 | Arthur, Chester Alan | |
| 18th Nov Death of Chester Alan Arthur |
| 1889 | Harrison, Benjamin | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 23rd President |
| 1889 | Morton, Levi P | |
| Washington Appointed Vice President of the USA |
| 1892 | Harrison, Benjamin | |
| 10th June Appointed Presidential Candidate by the National Convention |
| 1892 | McKinley, William | |
| Ohio Appointed Governor of Ohio |
| 1896 | McKinley, William | |
| Wins the presidential election for the 1st time |
| 1897 | Hobart, Garret A | |
| Appointed Vice President of the USA |
| 1897 | McKinley, William | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 25th President |
| 1899 | Root, Elihu | |
| Appointed Secretary of War |
| 1900 | McKinley, William | |
| 21st June Nominated for the Presidency |
| Oct Wins the presidential election for the 2nd time |
| 1901 | Fairbanks, Charles W | |
| Washington Appointed Vice President of the USA |
| 1901 | McKinley, William | |
| 6th Sep Buffalo Assassinated in Buffalo, New York |
| 14th Sep Death of William McKinley, of gangrene after assassination attempt |
| 1901 | Roosevelt, Theodore | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 26th President, 1st term |
| 20th May Cuba gains independence from Spain, the USAwithdraws its troops |
| 1902 | Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| 5th July Nahant Birth of Henry Cabot Lodge |
| 1905 | Root, Elihu | |
| Washington Appointed Secretary of State |
| 1907 | Roosevelt, Theodore | |
| Hague, The Leads the Conference at The Hague |
| Hague, The Produces conventions on the conduct of war |
| Hague, The Proposes an International Court of Justice which is established in 1920 |
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