Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

male, 46 years old (United States)
President of the United States, assassinated, Civil War, Gettysburg Address, abolition of slavery, Republican…Reconstruction
Reviews Lincoln's early years as a farmer and his significant impact on U.S. agriculture, including the establishment of the USDA and the...
Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee

male
Supports war in Iraq, Republican, Religious Right, 2008 GOP Presidential candidate, Baptist, Wayne Dumond…Reconstruction
Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is the former governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas, having served from 1996 to 2007, who is a...
Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson

male, deceased (1875)
War Democrat, impeachment, impeached, Union political leader, From Tennessee, United States Senator…Reconstruction
Andrew Johnson was the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Li...
Eric Foner

Eric Foner

male, deceased (1943) (New York City Area, United States)
republican party, American, Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, Academic, Reconstruction, Columbia University faculty
Starting October 1, 2001 , Eric Foner will moderate a month-long open discussion on teaching about Reconstruction on the HISTORY MATTERS Web site...
Charles Sumner

Charles Sumner

male, deceased (1874)
Harvard University alumni, Harvard Law School alumni, American, Republican, American politician, Reconstruction
Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 - March 11, 1874) was an American politician and statesman from Massachusetts. An academic lawyer and a powerful...
John Cornyn

John Cornyn

male, 57 years old (Austin, Texas, United States)
Texas courts, texas attorney general, Texas Supreme Court justice, St. Mary's University School of Law, district court, supreme court…Reconstruction
John Cornyn III (born February 2, 1952) is the junior United States Senator from Texas. He is a Republican and was elected to his first term in...
John Ford

John Ford

male, 67 years old
Politics of Tennessee, Political corruption, Scandal, political boss, bribery, insurance…Reconstruction
John N. Ford (born May 3, 1942) is a funeral director, insurance agent, and consultant in Memphis, Tennessee. He is a former Democratic member of...
W. E. B. du Bois

W. E. B. du Bois

male, deceased (1963)
from Berkshire County, Massachusetts, separatism, writer, historian, Sociologist, African Americans' rights activist…Reconstruction
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (pronounced) (February 23, 1868 - August 27, 1963) was an American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist,...
Thaddeus Stevens

Thaddeus Stevens

male, deceased (1868)
john c. fremont, from Pennsylvania, from Vermont, abolitionist, Dartmouth College alumni, american civil war…Reconstruction
Thaddeus Stevens, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He, Charles Sumner, and John C. Frémont were the p...
Sonny Perdue

Sonny Perdue

male, 62 years old
Delegate to the Republican National Convention, Benjamin Conley, George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III, United States Republican Party, Georgia State Senator, governor…Reconstruction
George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III (born December 20, 1946) is the current governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. Upon his inauguration in January...