What American politician, who was the first formally designated floor leader in the United States Senate, lived at 2000 G Street in Washington, D.C. from 1914 to 1925?
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Oscar W. Underwood House The Oscar W. Underwood House is a historic house located at 2000 G Street in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood Northwest, Washington, D.C.. It is nationally significant both for its association with Alabama politician Oscar Underwood (1862-1929) who lived here 1914-25, and also as the first long-term home of the Washington College of Law, the nation's first law school founded and run by women. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976. The building presently houses a legal aid clinic operated by George Washington University.
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Oscar Underwood Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924. He was the first formally designated floor leader in the United States Senate, and the only individual to serve as the Democratic leader in both the Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
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Everett Dirksen Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician of the Republican Party. He represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 to 1969, he played a highly visible and key role in the politics of the 1960s. He helped write and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968, both landmark pieces of legislation during the Civil Rights Movement. He was also one of the Senate's strongest supporters of the Vietnam War and was known as "The Wizard of Ooze" because of his flamboyant oratorical style.
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56th United States Congress The Fifty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1899, to March 4, 1901, during the third and fourth years of William McKinley's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Eleventh Census of the United States in 1890. Both chambers had a Republican majority. There was one African-American member, George Henry White of North Carolina, who served his second and final term as a Representative in this Congress, and would be the last black member of Congress until 1928, and the last black member of Congress from the South until 1972.
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John Wilbur Dwight John Wilbur Dwight (May 24, 1859 – January 28, 1928) was a U.S. political figure. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1902 to 1913. He also served as House majority whip between 1909 and 1911. He then became House minority whip from 1911 to 1913.
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Edwin J. Templeton Edwin J. Templeton (December 25, 1891 – August 25, 1967) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1925 to 1933. He was Speaker of the House from 1931 to 1933.
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Newton D. Baker House Newton D. Baker House, also known as Jacqueline Kennedy House, is a historic house at 3017 N Street NW in Washington, D.C.. Built in 1794, it was home of Newton D. Baker, who was Secretary of War, during 1916-1920, while "he presided over America's mass mobilization of men and material in World War I. After the assassination of president John F. Kennedy in 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy purchased the house and lived here for about a year.
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C. H. &quot;Sammy&quot; Downs Crawford Hugh Downs, known as C. H. "Sammy" Downs (October 1, 1911 – May 14, 1985), was a lawyer from Alexandria, Louisiana, who was a Democratic member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature. He was a state senator during the final two terms of the Earl Kemp Long administration, 1948 to 1952 and 1956 to 1960. He was Long's senatorial floor leader and later a key player in the administration of another Long factional governor, John J. McKeithen.
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Henry Lincoln Johnson Henry Lincoln "Linc" Johnson (July 27, 1870 – September 10, 1925) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Georgia. He is best remembered as one of the most prominent African-American Republicans of the first two decades of the 20th century and as a leader of the dominant black-and-tan faction of the Republican Party of Georgia. He was appointed by President William Howard Taft as Recorder of the Deeds for the District of Columbia, at the time regarded as the premier political patronage position reserved for black Americans.
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Saxby Chambliss Clarence Saxby Chambliss (born November 10, 1943) is an American politician who was a United States Senator from Georgia from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a U.S. Representative from 1995 to 2003.
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Ralph C. Dills Ralph C. Dills (February 19, 1910 – May 23, 2002) was an American politician in the state of California. A Democrat, he served in the California State Assembly between the years of 1938 and 1949, and in California State Senate from 1966 to 1998. He is the longest serving member in the history of the General Assembly. He was born in Rosston, Texas and died in Rocklin, California.
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Paul O. Husting Paul Oscar Adolph Husting (April 25, 1866October 21, 1917) was an American lawyer from Mayville, Wisconsin who served as a Democratic Party member of the United States Senate from 1915 to 1917.
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George W. Ray George Washington Ray (February 3, 1844 – January 10, 1925) was a United States Representative from New York.
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George J. Mitchell George John Mitchell Jr. (born August 20, 1933) is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician. A Democrat, Mitchell served as a United States Senator from Maine from 1980 to 1995 and as Senate Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995.
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Tom Foley Thomas Stephen Foley, KBE (March 6, 1929 – October 18, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A member of the Democratic Party Foley represented Washington's 5th congressional district as from 1965 to 1995. Foley was the first Speaker of the House since 1862 to be defeated in a re-election campaign.
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Bernie Sanders Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician who has been the junior United States Senator from Vermont since 2007. Sanders is the longest serving independent in U.S. congressional history. Since his election to the House of Representatives in 1990, he has caucused with the Democratic Party, which has entitled him to congressional committee assignments and at times given Democrats a majority. Sanders became the ranking minority member on the Senate Budget Committee in January 2015; he had previously been chair of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee for two years.
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Jesse S. Jones Jesse Shattuck Jones (March 21, 1860 – November 7, 1931) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He served in the Washington State Senate. From 1907 to 1909, he was President pro tempore of the Senate.
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Damon Canfield Damon Revelle Canfield (September 21, 1897 – August 14, 1992) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1953 to 1967 and in the Senate from 1967 to 1975.
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J. Lister Hill Joseph Lister Hill (December 29, 1894 – December 20, 1984) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama in the U.S. Congress for more than forty-five years, as both a U.S. Representative (1923–38) and a U.S. Senator (1938–69). During his Senate career, he was active on health-related issues and served as Senate Majority Whip (1941–47). At time of his retirement, Hill was the fourth-most senior Senator.
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George W. Scott George W. Scott (born 1937) is an American former politician in the state of Washington. He was elected to the state House of Representatives from the 46th District in 1968 while a graduate student at the University of Washington. He won the first of three state Senate terms in 1970. Scott would go on to chair the Ways and Means Committee, the Senate’s budget writing committee. He did not run for re-election in 1982.
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Inauguration of Millard Fillmore The Inauguration of Millard Fillmore, as the 13th President of the United States, was held on Wednesday, July 10, 1850 at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., following the death of President Zachary Taylor the previous day. President Zachary Taylor died from a severe intestinal illness which subsequently thrust Millard Fillmore into the role of President . The inauguration marked the commencement of Millard Fillmore's only term (a partial term of ) as President, but he faced a stressful climate . There was political hubbub surrounding the Compromise of 1850 decision, which Millard had, days before Taylor's death, confessed that he was against his party when it came to this issue. Therefore, as he entered into the presidency, he found himself appointing an entirely new cabinet after Taylor's Cabinet members resigned . During the Inauguration, William Cranch, chief judge of the U.S. Circuit Court, administered the presidential oath of office to Fillmore in the chamber of the House of Representatives. Cranch had also administered the oath to John Tyler in 1841, when Tyler succeeded to the presidency upon William Henry Harrison's death. Millard Fillmore was the last, Third-Party President to ever be sworn into office. Being from the Whigg Party, no other president after him would ever be from another political party that was not either the Democratic or Republican party .
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Jacob Harold Gallinger Jacob Harold Gallinger (March 28, 1837 – August 17, 1918), was a United States Senator from New Hampshire who served as President pro tempore of the Senate in 1912 and 1913.