WebWilliam Edward Miller (March 22, 1914 – June 24, 1983) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from New York as a Republican.During the 1964 presidential election, he was the Republican nominee for vice president, the first Catholic nominated for the office by the Republican Party.. A native of …

WebAlbany and Schenectady Railroad. The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad was the oldest segment of the NYC merger and was the first permanent railroad in the state of New York and one of the first railroads in the United States.It was chartered in 1826 to connect the Mohawk River at Schenectady to the Hudson River at Albany, providing a way for freight …

WebBillings Learned Hand (/ ˈ l ɜːr n ɪ d / LURN-id; January 27, 1872 – August 18, 1961) was an American jurist, lawyer, and judicial philosopher.He served as a federal trial judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1909 to 1924 and as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1924 to 1951.

WebSamuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States.He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and one of the architects of the principles of American …

WebRobert Lucian Livingston (November 27, 1746 (Old Style November 16) – February 26, 1813) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat from New York, as well as a Founding Father of the United States.He was known as "The Chancellor", after the high New York state legal office he held for 25 years.He was a member of the Committee of Five …

WebAsbury Park (/ æ z b ɛr iː /) is a beachfront city in Monmouth County, New Jersey located on the Jersey Shore.It is part of the New York metropolitan area.. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 15,188 a decrease from 16,116 in 2010, 2000 census 1990 census.. In 2022, Asbury Park's beach was named one of the best in the world by Money and one …

WebMartin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. An African American church leader and the son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr., King advanced …

WebUlysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant / ˈ h aɪ r ə m juː ˈ l ɪ s iː z / HY-rəm yoo-LISS-eez; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and …

WebGender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. [dubious – discuss] Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity.Most cultures use a gender binary, in which gender is divided into two categories, and people are …

WebThe U.S. Army was founded on 14 June 1775, when the Continental Congress authorized enlistment of riflemen to serve the United Colonies for one year.. The 14 June date is when Congress adopted "the American continental army" after reaching a consensus position in The Committee of the Whole.

WebThe Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it flows generally south for 2,340 miles (3,770 km) to the Mississippi River Delta in the Gulf of Mexico.With its many …

WebKirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (née Rutnik; / ˈ k ɪər s t ən ˈ dʒ ɪ l ɪ b r æ n d / KEER-stən JIL-i-brand; born December 9, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from New York since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009.. Born and …

WebThe TV Parental Guidelines are a television content rating system in the United States that was first proposed on December 19, 1996, by the United States Congress, the television industry and the federal communication commission (FCC), and went into effect by January 1, 1997, on most major broadcast and cable networks in response to public concerns …

WebThe United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War, in an act passed by the U.S. Congress on July 17, 1862. By the end of 1862, 12 national cemeteries had been established. A national cemetery is generally a …