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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Henry_ClayHenry Clay - Wikipedia

    Hace 1 día · At 34, he was the youngest person to become speaker, a distinction he held until 1839, when 30-year-old Robert M. T. Hunter took office. He was also the first of only two new members elected speaker to date, [b] the other being William Pennington in 1860.

  2. 17 de jun. de 2024 · The speaker presides over debate, appoints members of select and conference committees, establishes the legislative agenda, maintains order within the House, and administers the oath of office to House members. The individual in this office is second in the line of presidential succession, following the vice president.

  3. 28 de jun. de 2024 · Former CNN anchor takes on professor in primary aimed at finding Democrat who can win on Long Island. House of Representatives, one of the two houses of the bicameral United States Congress, established in 1789 by the Constitution of the United States.

  4. Hace 1 día · The 1860 United States presidential election was the 19th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1860. In a four-way contest, the Republican Party ticket of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin [2] won a national popular plurality, a popular majority in the North where states already had abolished slavery, and ...

  5. 13 de jun. de 2024 · The battle of Chancellorsville, fought in the spring of 1863 in Virginia’s Piedmont region, pitted a powerful Union Army under Major General Joseph Hooke against a significantly smaller but well-led Confederate force under General Robert E. Lee. Hooker had refit and reorganized his 130,000 men into a potent fighting force over the ...

  6. Hace 3 días · The elder Bayard supported Robert M. T. Hunter of Virginia for the nomination. When the convention deadlocked and the Southern Democrats split from the main party, James Bayard adhered to the regular Democrats, but told Thomas that he thought the nominee, Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, was untrustworthy. [9]

  7. 13 de jun. de 2024 · Volume 2 also includes biographical sketches of three secretaries of state: Robert Toombs, Robert M.T. Hunter, and Judah P. Benjamin. Robert E. Lee Papers From Washington and Lee University Archives