- Mitt Romney
Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12 1947, better known as Mitt Romney), was the 70th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Elected in 2002, Romney served one term and did not seek re-election in 2006; his term ended January 4, 2007. Romney has started his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, having formally announced his candidacy on February 13, 2007. He made his announcement at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan.
- Rudy Giuliani
Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani (born May 28, 1944) is an American lawyer, businessman, and politician from the state of New York. Formerly Mayor of New York City Giuliani is currently seeking the Republican nomination for President. A Democrat and Independent in the 1970s, and a Republican from the 1980s onward, Giuliani served in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, eventually becoming U.S. Attorney.
- Jack Ryan
Jack Ryan (born circa 1960) is a Republican from the state of Illinois who was forced to withdraw his Senate candidacy due to an alleged sex scandal involving his ex-wife, actress Jeri Ryan. In the 2004 Illinois Senate race, he ran for the United States Senate, hoping to succeed retiring Republican Peter Fitzgerald. On March 16, 2004, he won the Republican primary, thus pairing him against Democrat Barack Obama.
- Harold Ford Jr.
Harold Eugene Ford, Jr. (born May 11, 1970) is the current chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) and is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee. Ford represented the state's, centered on Memphis, from 1997 to 2007. Ford did not seek reelection to his House seat in 2006 when he unsuccessfully sought the Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Bill Frist.
- Dick Zimmer
Richard A. "Dick" Zimmer is an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey, who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature and in the United States House of Representatives. Zimmer was born on August 16, 1944 in Newark, New Jersey and earned an undergraduate degree at Yale University in 1966. Following this he graduated from Yale Law School in 1969 and worked as an attorney in New York and New Jersey for several years.
- Abraham Lincoln
Reviews Lincoln's early years as a farmer and his significant impact on U.S. agriculture, including the establishment of the USDA and the beginnings of the National Agricultural Library. Also includes various full text documents and agricultural Acts from the 1860s.
- George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush was the forty-first President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Before his presidency, Bush was the forty-third Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan. He has also served as the member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th district of Texas (1967–1971), the United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973), …
- Rick Lazio
Enrico Anthony "Rick" Lazio (born March 13, 1958) is a former U.S. Representative from the state of New York. A Republican, he is most known for having run unsuccessfully against Hillary Rodham Clinton for the U.S. Senate in New York's 2000 Senate election. Lazio was born in Amityville, New York in Suffolk County. He graduated from West Islip High School in 1976.
- Jim Webb
James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is the junior Senator from Virginia. He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy under President Ronald Reagan. He is a member of the Democratic Party. A 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Webb was a Marine Corps infantry officer until 1972, and is a highly decorated Vietnam War combat veteran. During his four years with the Reagan administration, …
- Katherine Harris
Katherine Harris (born April 5, 1957, Key West, Florida) served as Secretary of State of Florida. Harris won the 2002 election to represent Florida's 13th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. She held that post from 2003 to 2007. Harris lost the November 7, 2006 election to represent Florida in the United States Senate. Harris rose to national attention due to her role as Secretary of State of Florida during the 2000 Presidential Election.
- Alan Keyes
Dr. Alan Keyes (born August 7, 1950) is a former Reagan administration diplomat, a Harvard-educated constitutional scholar, and a conservative political activist. He is also a former television and radio talk show host. He has run twice for President of the United States and three times for the U.S. Senate in 1988, 1992, and 2004 as a Republican.
- Howard Mills
Howard Mills was a Republican New York assemblyman from Middletown who ran against Senator Chuck Schumer of New York in the 2004 U.S. Senate election but lost in a landslide. Mills served as a councilman and later supervisor in the town of Wallkill, Orange County, New York—not to be confused with the hamlet of Wallkill in Ulster County—before being elected to the State Assembly in 1998. As supervisor, Mills noted he worked to keep the town's finances managed properly.
- Matt Fong
Matt Fong is a Republican political leader from California and former state treasurer. Fong, the adopted son of former Democratic California Secretary of State March Fong Eu, graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1975, Pepperdine University MBA in 1982 and from law school at the Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles in 1985.
- Ned Lamont
Edward Miner Lamont, Jr. (born January 3, 1954) was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in the Connecticut United States Senate election held on on November 7 2006. He faced incumbent Senator Joe Lieberman, running as in independent, as well as Republican nominee Alan Schlesinger and Green Party candidate Ralph Ferrucci in a four-way general election in November, …
- Pat Toomey
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Toomey (born November 17, 1961 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a United States politician. He was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, representing Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district from 1999 to January 2005. Toomey was raised by working-class Catholic parents. Through scholarships, he was able to attend LaSalle Academy and Harvard University. After graduating, he worked for several investment firms, …
- Mark Kennedy
Mark Raymond Kennedy, is an American politician. Kennedy was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007. He represented Minnesota's 2nd congressional district during the 107th Congress (2001–2003).
- Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill (born July 24, 1953) is an American Democratic politician, currently the junior United States Senator from the state of Missouri and former State Auditor of Missouri. She defeated Republican Senator Jim Talent in 2006 by a margin of 50% to 47%. Along with Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, she is one of two female senators in the 110th United States Congress freshman class. She is the first woman elected to the Senate from Missouri in her own right.
- Betty Castor
Betty Castor (born Elizabeth Bowe in Glassboro, New Jersey on May 11, 1941) is an American public servant and educator who served as Florida Education Commissioner and President of the University of South Florida. In 2004, she faced Republican Mel Martinez as the Democratic candidate for the open U.S. Senate seat of retiring Senator Bob Graham and was very narrowly defeated by him.
- Jon Tester
Jonathan "Jon" Tester (born August 21, 1956) is the Democratic junior U.S. Senator from Montana. Previously, he was President of the Montana State Senate.
- Ed Bryant
Edward Glenn Bryant, usually known as Ed Bryant, (born September 7, 1948), American politician, is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee (1995 - 2003). Born in Jackson, Tennessee, he earned his B.A. in 1970 and J.D. in 1972, both from the University of Mississippi. As a student he was active in the Sigma Nu Fraternity. He later served in the United States Army, …
- Bob Franks
Robert Douglas Franks (born 21 September 1951 in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a Republican politician. He is a former U.S. Representative from New Jersey. Franks grew up in suburban Chicago. He graduated from DePauw University in 1973 and from law school at Southern Methodist University in 1976. He had been involved in Republican politics while growing up, including the races of Charles Percy. As a teenager, he returned to his home state.
- David Duke
David Ernest Duke is a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, a candidate in presidential primaries for both the Democratic and Republican parties, and former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Duke is a self-styled "white nationalist," and he is commonly referred to by his opponents as a white supremacist. He says he does not think of himself as a racist, however, …
- Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist , Attorney General (State of Florida)
- Mike Ciresi
Michael "Mike" V. Ciresi is a prominent trial attorney and a current Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate for the United States Senate from Minnesota. Ciresi gained his public reputation by litigating several high-profile mass tort cases.
- Van Hilleary
William Vanderpool Hilleary, usually known as Van Hilleary (born June 20, 1959) is a Republican politician from Tennessee.
- Diane Allen
Diane B. Allen is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1995, where she represents the 7th Legislative District. She served as the Deputy Republican Conference Leader from 2002-2003 and as the Majority Whip from 1998-2001. She was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1996-1998. Senator Allen has served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1996 and 2000.
- David Walters
David Lee Walters was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Oklahoma from 1991 to 1995. Walters was born near Canute, Oklahoma. He graduated as valedictorian from Canute High School in 1969. He later graduated from University of Oklahoma in 1973 with a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering. In 1977 he earned his master's degree in business administration from Harvard University. He became the project manager for Gov. David Boren.
- Geraldine Ferraro
Geraldine Anne Ferraro (born August 26, 1935) is a Democratic politician and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives. She is best known as the first and only woman to date to represent a major U.S. political party as a candidate for Vice President. Ferraro and running mate Walter Mondale were defeated in a landslide by incumbent President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush in the 1984 election.
- Ed Zschau
Edwin Van Wyck Zschau (born January 6, 1940 in Omaha, Nebraska) represented California's 12th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1987. In 1986 he ran as the Republican candidate for a seat in the United States Senate, losing to incumbent Alan Cranston by 104,000 votes. Zschau briefly re-entered the political arena as the vice presidential running mate to former Colorado Governor Dick Lamm, a Democrat, …
- Tim Michels
Tim Michels is a Republican from Wisconsin. He earned the Republican nomination on September 15 2004 for the U.S. Senate to run against the incumbent Senator, Russ Feingold. He defeated well-known car dealer Russ Darrow, Jr., State Senator Bob Welch, and attorney Robert Lorge in the Republican primary. However, he lost in the general election to Feingold, 56%-44%.
- Christine Todd Whitman
Christine Todd "Christie" Whitman (born September 26, 1946) is an American Republican politician and author who served as the 50th Governor of New Jersey. Whitman was also the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in the administration of President George W. Bush until 2003. Whitman now has an energy lobbying group called the Whitman Strategy Group, "a consulting firm that specializes in government relations and environmental and energy issues".
- Gray Davis
Described by the San Jose Mercury News as "perhaps the best-trained Governor-in-waiting California has ever produced," Governor Gray Davis has made improving public education his administration's number-one priority. As his first official act as Governor, he called a special session of the Legislature to address his proposals to ensure that every child can read by age 9, strengthen teacher training and education, and increase accountability in the schools.
- Paul Hackett
Paul Lewis Hackett III (born March 30, 1962) is a trial lawyer and veteran of the Iraq War who unsuccessfully sought election to the United States Congress from the Second District of Ohio (map) in the August 2, 2005, special election. Hackett, a Democrat, narrowly lost to Republican Jean Schmidt, a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, providing the best showing in the usually solidly Republican district by any Democrat since the 1974 election.
- Patty Wetterling
Patty Wetterling (born November 2, 1949) is a U.S. advocate of children's safety, particularly focused on protecting children from abduction and abuse. Her advocacy began after her son was abducted in 1989. She was a candidate for the Minnesota Sixth District seat in the United States House of Representatives as the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate in 2004 and 2006, losing to Republicans Mark Kennedy and Michele Bachmann respectively.
- Harvey Gantt
Harvey B. Gantt (born 1943 in Charleston, South Carolina) is an architect and politician. In 1963, he was the first black American to be admitted to Clemson University in South Carolina, the last State to hold out to racial integration. He received a degree in architecture with Honors from Clemson and a Master's degree in City Planning from MIT. From 1974 until 1983, Gantt served on the Charlotte City Council.
- Millicent Fenwick
Millicent Hammond Fenwick (February 25, 1910 - September 16, 1992) was an American fashion editor, politician and diplomat. A long-time Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, she entered politics late in life and was renowned for her energy and colorful enthusiasm. She was regarded as a moderate and progressive within her party and was outspoken in favor of civil rights and the women's movement.
- Jim Sykes
Jim Sykes (born 1952 in Rapid City, South Dakota) is a journalist (primarily radio), producer, and Alaskan politician and founder of the Green Party of Alaska. In 1990 he ran for governor on the Green Party ticket and gained more than 3% of the vote, thus establishing the first state ballot access for the Green Party in the United States. He continues to be active in Green Party politics, most recently running for US Senate in 2004.
- Bill Jones
William Leon Jones (born December 20, 1949) is a U.S. politician from California who served in the California State Assembly and later served as California's 27th Secretary of State. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of California in 2002 as well as an unsuccessful candidate to the United States Senate from California in 2004 against incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer.
- Jim Cooper
James Hayes Shofner "Jim" Cooper (born July 19, 1954) is a politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee, currently a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state's, based in Nashville. He is a Democrat, and previously represented the neighboring from 1983 to 1995. He belongs to the Blue Dog Coalition.
- Skip Humphrey
Hubert Horatio "Skip" Humphrey III (born 26 June 1942) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). He is the son of the late Vice President Hubert Humphrey and the late U.S. Senator Muriel Humphrey. He attended American University where he was a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi, Beta Chi chapter, and is a graduate University of Minnesota Law School.