This is the grave of Paul Brown. Born in 1880 in Hartwell, Georgia, Brown went to the University of Georgia and then got a law degree from the same school in 1901. He passed the bar almost immediately and started a practice in the town...
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There's a new study out looking at the wealth of members of Congress whose ancestors owned slaves compared with members of Congress whose ancestors did not own slaves. Will it.
This is the grave of Jim Wright. Born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1922, Wright grew up not super well off. His father was a traveling salesman, which meant no.
Oh gee, seems like a time to put of a picture of Nathaniel Banks, who became Speaker of the House in 1856 after a mere 133 votes spread over two months.
Thanks to some state courts taking some responsibility for stopping Republicans just fixing elections (not that this is going to survive the Supreme Court much longer based on the high.
The rich people who dominate the leadership of the Democratic Party are very, very, very unhappy at the movement from within the party to ban members of Congress from trading.
Sean McCaffity I've known Sean McCaffity since he was in high school—and probably since I was in high school, but I'm not entirely sure. We both debated in high school and college, although Sean was more successful than I ever was—he won the National Debate...
This is the grave of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg. Muhlenberg, a son of the founder of the Lutheran Church in America, was a Pennsylvania minister and supporter of the American Revolution..
Get used to this guy Really, really screwed. The Cook Political Report came out with ratings Wednesday for how House elections are shaping up. The simple math: Just 33 seats.
I ran across former Speaker of the House Galusha Grow today. Hadn't thought of him in awhile and remembered he is one of the great names in Congressional history. I read his Wikipedia page and was reminded of just how horrible Congress was in the...
Scott claims one of the most important questions of our time is why Canadian teams haven't won the Stanley Cup for so long. He may be right, but THE MOST.
This is pathetic: Barring a burst of productivity in the lame-duck session in November and December, the 112th Congress is set to enter the Congressional record books as the least.