The 1864 United States presidential election was the 20th quadrennial presidential election.It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1864. Near the end of the American Civil War, incumbent President Abraham Lincoln of the National Union Party easily defeated the Democratic nominee, former General George B. McClellan, by a wide margin of 212–21 in the electoral college, with …

The United States ambassador to the United Kingdom (known formally as the ambassador of the United States to the Court of St James's) is the official representative of the president of the United States and the American government to the monarch and government of the United Kingdom. The position is held by Jane D. Hartley, who presented her credentials to Queen …

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election.As president, Wilson …

McClellan, George Brinton: Major general, USA (May 14, 1861) USMA, 1846 General-in-Chief (November 1, 1861 – July 22, 1862) Relieved of duty November 7, 1862 ... Wallace, William Harvey Lamme: Brigadier general, USV (March 21, 1862) DOW, Battle of Shiloh (w. April 7, 1862, d. April 10, 1862) Ward, George Hull: Colonel, USV

The 1912 United States presidential election was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1912. Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson unseated incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft and defeated former President Theodore Roosevelt, who ran under the banner of the new Progressive or "Bull Moose" Party. This is the most …

When legendary coach George Halas' Chicago Bears used the T-formation to defeat the Washington Redskins by a score of 73–0 in the 1940 NFL championship game, it marked the end of the single wing at nearly all levels of play, as teams, over the course of the 1940s, moved to formations with the quarterback "under center" like the T. George ...

Ota Benga (Estado Livre do Congo, 1883 – Lynchburg 20 de março de 1916) foi um homem Mbuti (Pigmeu do Congo), que ficou conhecido por ter sido apresentado na Exposição Universal de 1904 em St. Louis, Missouri, e como uma exibição em um zoológico humano no Zoológico do Bronx em 1906. Benga foi comprado por traficantes de escravos africanos pelo explorador …

The Battle of the Wilderness was fought on May 5–7, 1864, during the American Civil War.It was the first battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.The fighting occurred in a wooded area near Locust Grove, Virginia, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Fredericksburg.

To provide sufficient clearance for shipping in the East River, the Brooklyn Bridge incorporates long approach viaducts on either end to raise it from low ground on both shores. Including approaches, the Brooklyn Bridge is a total of 6,016 feet (1,834 m) long when measured between the curbs at Park Row in Manhattan and Sands Street in Brooklyn. A separate measurement of …

Otros dos participantes en las reuniones de esa noche en el Blackstone, el senador de Kansas Charles Curtis y el coronel George Brinton McClellan Harvey, amigo íntimo de Hays, auguraron a la prensa que Harding saldría elegido, pero por las debilidades del resto de aspirantes. [92]