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John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, was the chairman of the Student ...
John Lewis. John Llewellyn Lewis (February 12, 1880 – June 11, 1969) was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to 1960. A major player in the history of coal mining, he was the driving force behind the founding of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO ...
The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2023 ( H.R. 14) is proposed voting rights legislation named after civil rights activist John Lewis. The bill would restore and strengthen parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, most notably its requirement for certain jurisdictions to seek federal approval before enacting certain changes to ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon and the last of the Big Six civil rights activists led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died Friday at age 80. He is being ...
James K. Polk. Democratic. Elected President. Zachary Taylor. Whig. The 1848 United States presidential election was the 16th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1848. In the aftermath of the Mexican–American War, General Zachary Taylor of the Whig Party defeated Senator Lewis Cass of the Democratic Party. [ 2]
The Freedom to Vote Act(formerly known as the For the People Act),[1]introduced as H.R. 1,[2]is a billin the United States Congress[3]intended to expand voting rights, change campaign finance laws to reduce the influence of money in politics, ban partisan gerrymandering, and create new ethics rules for federal officeholders. [4][5][6][7]
Democratic-Republican: 8: François Dorgenois: November 6, 1812 December 4, 1812 Acting Democratic-Republican (7) Nicholas Girod: December 5, 1812 September 4, 1815 1 1 ⁄ 2: Democratic-Republican 9: Augustin de Macarty: September 4, 1815 May 13, 1820 2 Democratic-Republican 10: Louis Philippe de Roffignac: May 14, 1820 May 10, 1828 4 ...
July 26, 2024 at 4:18 PM. [Getty Images] John Lewis has the green light to build homes in a ground-breaking first for the department store chain. Bromley Council approved the plans for a block of ...