- Olympia Snowe
Olympia Jean Bouchles Snowe (born February 21, 1947) is a Republican politician and the senior United States Senator from Maine. A moderate Republican, Snowe has become widely known for her ability to influence close votes and Senatorial filibusters, making her among the most influential of U.S. Senators. She is considered one of the most liberal Republicans in the senate. In 2006, she was named one of "America's Top Ten Senators" by "Time" Magazine.
- Miguel Estrada
Miguel Angel Estrada (born September 25, 1961) is an American lawyer who became embroiled in controversy following his 2001 nomination by President George W. Bush to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Concerned that he was too conservative, Democrats in the Senate used a filibuster to block his nomination.
- Strom Thurmond
James Strom Thurmond was an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina and as a United States Senator. He also ran for the presidency of the United States in 1948 under the segregationist States Rights Democratic Party banner. He garnered 39 electoral votes in that race, making him the first third party presidential candidate to receive electoral votes since Robert LaFollette in 1924.
- William Myers
William Gerry Myers III (born July 13, 1955, Roanoke, Virginia) is an American lawyer. He graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1977 and the University of Denver law school in 1981. He served as Solicitor General of the United States Department of the Interior, as Deputy General Counsel of the United States Department of Energy, as legislative counsel for Senator Alan K. Simpson of Wyoming, and was in private practice.
- William Walker
William Walker (May 8, 1824 - September 12, 1860) was a filibuster, adventurer, and soldier of fortune who attempted to conquer several Latin American countries in the mid-19th century. He held the presidency of the Republic of Nicaragua from 1856 to 1857 and was executed by the government of Honduras in 1860.
- Ernie Chambers
Ernest W. Chambers, "ne" Ernie, (born July 10, 1937) is a Nebraska state legislator from Omaha, representing legislative District 11 in North Omaha. Chambers is considered one of the Legislature's most controversial and colorful members, known for his long filibuster speeches on the Legislature floor.
- Wayne Morse
Wayne Lyman Morse was a United States Senator from Oregon from 1945 until 1969. He made a filibuster for 22 hours and 26 minutes in 1953 protesting the Tidelands Oil legislation, which at the time was the longest filibuster in Senate history. Morse was born to a farming family in Verona, Wisconsin, who imbued the political beliefs of Robert M. LaFollette, Sr. in their children.
- Thomas B. Griffith
Thomas Beall Griffith (born July 5, 1954 in Yokohama, Japan) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. A 1985 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, Griffith left private practice in 1995 to serve as Senate Legal Counsel, the chief legal officer of the United States Senate, where he gave legal advice to both parties during President Clinton's impeachment trial.
- Henry Foster
Dr. Henry Foster was a nominee to the post of Surgeon General of the United States by President Bill Clinton in 1995. Foster, an obstetrician from Tennessee, was nominated to fill the void left by Jocelyn Elders, but garnered substantial controversy when he admitted that he had performed abortions, as well as sterilizations of mentally disabled women in the past. When asked how many, he initially replied that it had been few, …
- Clair Engle
Clair Engle (September 21 1911 - July 30 1964) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and a United States Senator from California. Engle was born in Bakersfield, California, he attended public school and graduated from Chico State College in 1930 and from the University of California Hastings College of Law in 1933. Engle was admitted to the bar in 1933 and commenced practice in Corning, California, and served as district attorney of Tehama County, …
- Juan Santamaría
Juan Santamaría, is officially recognized as the national hero of the Republic of Costa Rica. A national holiday in Costa Rica, Juan Santamaría Day, is held every April 11 to commemorate his death. Santamaría was born in the city of Alajuela. When U.S. filibuster William Walker overthrew the government of Nicaragua and attempted to conquer the other nations in Central America, including Costa Rica, in order to form a private slave-holding empire, …
- Philip Nolan
Philip Nolan was a horse-trader and freebooter in Natchez, on the Mississippi River, and the Spanish province of Texas. He is not to be confused with the fictional Philip Nolan of "The Man Without a Country" by Edward Everett Hale whose background was only loosely based on the real Philip Nolan’s exploits. Nolan was born to Peter Nolan and the former Elizabeth Cassidy in Belfast, Ireland, in 1771. He was apparently well-educated.
- Juan Rafael Mora Porras
Juan Rafael Mora Porras was President of Costa Rica from 1849 to 1859. He first assumed the presidency following José María Castro's resignation and was subsequently reelected in 1853 and 1859. His administration modified the constitution increasing the requirements to hold citizenship. A high yearly income was required to be a citizen this left the majority of the population without the right to vote or run for office.
- John Golding
John Golding (9 March 1931 - 20 January 1999) was a Labour Party politician and Trade Union leader in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Chester Grammar School, Keele University and the London School of Economics. After some time working in the Civil Service he took up a research job with the Post Office Engineering Union. Golding was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle-under-Lyme at a by-election in 1969.
- Peter Ellis Bean
Peter Ellis Bean (June 8, 1783, Bean Station, Tennessee – October 3, 1846, Veracruz) was a United States filibuster in Texas and Mexico, and a Mexican revolutionary.
- Thomas Gore
Thomas Pryor Gore (born Governor Thomas Pryor Gore on December 10, 1870 - March 16, 1949) was a Democratic politician. Born in Webster County, Mississippi, he moved to Oklahoma in 1901 and was a United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1907 until 1921 and from 1931 until 1937. He is notable for being totally blind as well as for being the maternal grandfather of author Gore Vidal. He is only distantly related to Albert Gore, Sr.
- Joseph Gillis Biggar
Joseph Gillis Biggar commonly known as Joe Biggar or J. G. Biggar, was an Irish Nationalist politician from Belfast who served as the Home Rule League and later Irish Parliamentary Party MP for Cavan from 1874 to 1885 and West Cavan from 1885 to his death in 1890.
- Narcisco López
Narcisco López was a Cuban born soldier of fortune. He fled Cuba for New York City in 1848 after a failed attempt to create a revolt among Cuban planters. He tried three times to raise filibuster expeditions to invade Cuba. His 1849 effort was blocked and the ships assembled for it were seized even before it had left the United States.
- Gerald Regan
Gerald Augustine Regan, LLB, QC, PC (born February 13, 1928) is a Canadian politician. Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Gerald Regan graduated from Dalhousie Law School and was admitted to the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society in 1954. He became one of the region's best known labour lawyers, and his high-profile image led to an invitation to enter politics. He was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1963 federal election.
- Bill Meier
William Carl "Bill" Meier (born 1940) is an attorney and a former member of the Texas State Senate from Hurst in Tarrant County, who holds the world filibuster record in a legislative body. In May 1977, near the close of the regular session, Meier spoke for forty-three hours against a worker's compensation bill that he considered "anti-business" in scope. His activity blocked the bill from being considered in the waning hours of the session.
- Royce Frith
Royce Herbert Frith was a Canadian diplomat, public servant and politician. He received a B.A. (Hon Law) from the University of Toronto, a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Dipl. d’études supérieures (droit) from the University of Ottawa. He was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1949. An amateur actor and performer, Frith found time to act in plays, perform on the radio, and sing and play several instruments.
- Samuel Kemper
Samuel Kemper (?-1814) was an American adventurer and filibusterer. Born in Fauquier County, Virginia, Kemper was involved with his brothers in the 1804 rebellion in West Florida. He later participated in the 1812-13 Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition into Spanish Texas, becoming commander of the American contingent in February 1813. He defeated the Spanish in several battles, but eventually withdrew from the expedition when he lost confidence in the Mexican leaders.
- José María Yáñez
General José María Yáñez was a Mexican hero of the war of independence from Spain and the invasions by France and the United States. He was born to peasants in Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato, and ran way from home as a child to see other lands and customs of the people. At the age of 18, he joined the Ejército Trigarante to fight for the Independence of Mexico where he was promoted, …
- Reuben Kemper
Reuben Kemper (1770-October 10, 1826) was an American adventurer and filibusterer.
- Charles Heywood
Major General Charles Heywood (3 October 1839 - 26 February 1915) was the ninth Commandant of the Marine Corps. Heywood was born in Waterville, Maine. He was appointed second lieutenant in the Marine Corps from New York, on 5 April 1858. During that year he was stationed at the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., and at Brooklyn, New York. While on duty in Brooklyn he served in the 1858 quarantine riots at Staten Island, New York.
- José Antonio Mexía
José Antonio Mexía was a 19th-century Mexican politician. He claimed to have been born in Xalapa, Veracruz, but contradicting contemporary reports say he was a native of Cuba. Mexía was a great supporter of federalism and decentralizing the state. As a senator for the state of México, he participated in an 1834 uprising against President Antonio López de Santa Anna; two months later, he was captured by centralist forces in Jalisco and sent into exile.
- Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński was a Polish pianist and composer. Dobrzyński was born on February 15, 1807, in Romanov, now Dserschynsk, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. He was the classmate of Frédéric Chopin under Józef Elsner. Dobrzyński toured Germany as a soloist and also conducted operas and concerts. Dobrzyński compositions included: an opera, "Monbar czyli Flibustierowie" ("Monbar, or the Filibuster"), …
- James Kerrigan
James Kerrigan (December 25, 1828 - November 1, 1899) was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in New York City. He completed preparatory studies and attended Fordham College. Kerrigan served in Company D, First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, during the Mexican-American War. After the war, he accompanied the Walker filibustering expedition to Nicaragua as a captain and served for a brief period as alcalde of the Nicaraguan capital.
- Benjamin Lett
Benjamin Lett (14 November 1813 - 1858) was an Anglo-Irish -Canadian filibusterer best known for his 1840 bombing of the monument to British general Sir Isaac Brock near Queenston, Ontario. A disciple of William Lyon Mackenzie, in 1838 he was charged with the murder of Captain Edgeworth Ussher. Lieutenant Governor Sir George Arthur posted a reward of 500 pounds for his capture. He fled to the United States, where he attempted to burn a British steamship.
- Paavo Väyrynen
Paavo Matti Väyrynen is a Finnish veteran politician of the Centre Party. He is currently Minister for Foreign Trade and Development in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet. Väyrynen is a former Member of the European Parliament, Member of the Bureau of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. Väyrynen is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, …
- Melchor Liñán Y Cisneros
Melchor Liñán y Cisneros (1629, Madrid-1708, Lima, Peru) was a Spanish prelate, colonial official, and viceroy Peru, from July 7, 1678 to November 20, 1681<sup></sup>). He studied theology in the University of Alcalá de Henares, where he took his doctorate. Thereafter he was chaplin in Buitrago. He was also "calificador" (censor) of the Holy Office of the Inquisition. He arrived in America in 1664, as bishop of Santa Marta.
- Mike Filibuster
Just another victim!
- Chan
Program aborting: Close all that you have worked on. You ask far too much.
- Emily Loen
Hi, I'm going to school. Traveling is fun. I rarely use myspace.
- Suzanne Lozzi
Bassist in the rockin'est grindcore band this side of the muddy river! Rich Horror and the Screaming Nervous Breakdowns!!!!!
- Paul Winder
i am a boring builder during the week but at the weekend i like nothing more than to drink in moderation (lies lies lies) watch films and go to church (more lies).
- Nik
You would tell me if i was crazy right?
- Bryan Bell
I WAS BORN IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, BUT GREW UP IN VIENNA, VIRGINIA JUST OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON, DC. OTHER PLACES I'VE LIVED INCLUDE: ANDERSON, SC--PUTNEY, VERMONT--CHARLESTON, SC--COLUMBIA, SC--CLEMSON, SC--AND CURRENTLY DURHAM, NC.
- Marc
Hi...My name is Marc.
- Patrick Sage
My name is Patrick Gregory and I like to have a good time and a good laugh. I like to ski, play paintball (fading), and listen to music. ("Good music is good music, and that should be enough for anybody." Bradley Nowell) I'm a very modest guy and got on "my space" to make some friends. I've got the greatest girl, and; if I could, I would spend every moment of the future with her (sorry girls). If you want to contact me my screen name is ................LegndrySage13.