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Many wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders
The legacy of slavery in America remains a divisive issue, with sharp political divides. Some argue that slavery still ...
Houston Chronicle18d
Many wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders − new study demonstrates the enduring legacy of slavery
We found that legislators who are descendants of slaveholders are significantly wealthier than members of Congress without slaveholder ancestry. In 1860, one year before the Civil War, the market ...
Commentary: One veteran’s feeling of betrayal on Veterans Day
If Americans wanted to thank veterans, they should have voted for the one candidate who hadn’t tried to overthrow our ...
The New York Times5d
Eighth Congressional District Ratification Meeting.; SPEECHES OF F.A. TALLMADGE AND ISAAC C. DELAPLAINE.
The divisions among the Anti-Republicans of the Eighth Congressional District having been settled by the withdrawal of the rival candidates, and the nomination of ISAAC C. DELAPLAINE to represent ...
Post and Courier11h
Review: 'Decade of Disunion' examines political and moral questions in lead-up to Civil War
In the end, all roads led back to the halls of Congress, where the political giants of the period ... did the Democratic ...
The New York Times1mon
Nominations for Congress.
TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...
Trump isn’t the first president menaced by Derangement Syndrome
A Republican presidential candidate endangering democracy, threatening the Constitution and such a menace to America he could ...
Ahead of unprecedented election, looking for lessons in America’s past
The 1860 election, a four-way contest with an unlikely winner ... Chase to the president-elect that now rests in the ...
The Atlantic7y
The Election in November
Our Congress debates and our newspapers discuss ... though the uninitiated fail to see any logical sequence from 1789 to 1815 or 1860. If Mr. Bell loves the Constitution, Mr. Breckinridge is ...
CBS News6d
Minnesota has 10 electoral votes. Here's how the Electoral College works for the state.
The state peaked at 12 votes from 1912 to 1928, and it had just four at its inaugural presidential election in 1860.
The Conversation17d
Many wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders − new study demonstrates the enduring legacy of slavery
We found that legislators who are descendants of slaveholders are significantly wealthier than members of Congress without slaveholder ancestry. In 1860, one year before the Civil War, the market ...