- John McCain
John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936 in Panama Canal Zone) is an American politician, decorated war veteran, and currently the Republican Senior U.S. Senator from Arizona. He was a presidential candidate in the 2000 election, but was defeated by George W. Bush for the Republican nomination. On February 28, 2007, during a guest appearance on "The Late Show with David Letterman", … - Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton "Ted" Stevens (born November 18 1923) is the senior United States Senator from Alaska. As the longest serving Republican in the Senate, Stevens served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2007. Stevens has had a six-decade career of government service, beginning with his service in World War II. In the 1950s, he held senior positions in the Eisenhower Interior department. - Tim Russert
Tim Russert , a fixture in American homes on Sunday mornings and election nights since becoming moderator of "Meet the Press" nearly 17 years ago, died Friday after collapsing at the Washington bureau of NBC News. He was 58 and lived in Northwest Washington. - Ken Salazar
Senator Salazar, one of three Latino senators currently in office, is a fifth generation Colorado farmer and rancher. Despite pride in his Hispanic heritage, he is emphatic that he represents national interests in security, energy independence, agriculture, health care and the environment, and has often reached across the aisle to achieve his legislative goals. "I am a Senator for Mexican-Americans, for Latinos, for Afro-Americans, for White women, men. - Herb Kohl
Senator Herb Kohl, Chairman of Senate Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations - Johnny Isakson
John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson (born December 28 1944), is an American politician, who has been the Republican junior United States Senator from Georgia since 2005. Previously, he represented in the House from 1999 to 2005. - Tom Lantos
Thomas Peter "Tom" Lantos, Ph.D (born February 1 1928, Budapest, Hungary as Lantos Tamás Péter) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1981, representing California's 12th congressional district, located in the southwest part of San Francisco County and the northern part of San Mateo County. He is the chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. - Paul Sarbanes
U.S. Sen. Paul Sarbanes of Maryland will speak on campus Thursday, Dec. 2, to open the Hellenic Cultural Studies Program's new Odyssey Lecture Series. His talk will begin at 8 p.m. in the Mills Godwin Jr. Life Sciences Building auditorium. It is free and open to the public. Sarbanes, a Democrat, has served in the Senate since 1976. - Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II born August 4, 1961 is the President-elect of the United States of America. The first African American to be elected President of the United States, Obama was the junior United States Senator from Illinois in 2004 and served until his resignation on November 16, 2008, following his election to the Presidency. His term of office as the forty-fourth U.S. president will begin on January 20, 2009. - Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse (born October 20, 1955) is the Junior Senator from the state of Rhode Island. A Democrat, he previously served as United States Attorney (1994-1998) and state Attorney General for Rhode Island.Whitehouse was born in New York City, New York, the son of Mary Celine Rand and career diplomat Charles S. Whitehouse , and grandson of diplomat Sheldon Whitehouse . He graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and from Yale University in 1978. - Al Gore
Former Vice President Al Gore is Vice Chairman of Metropolitan West Financial, LLC, and a member of the firm's executive leadership team. He serves as a Senior Advisor to Google, Inc. In March 2003, he was elected to the Board of Directors of Apple Computers, Inc. Mr. Gore is a Visiting Professor at two universities in Tennessee, Middle Tennessee State University and Fisk University, and at UCLA. - Edward Everett
Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 - January 15, 1865) was a Whig Party politician from Massachusetts. Everett was elected to the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate, and also served as President of Harvard University, United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Britain, … - Hugo Black
Hugo LaFayette Black (February 27, 1886-September 25, 1971) was an American politician and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, Black represented the state of Alabama in the United States Senate from 1926 to 1937, and served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1937 to 1971. Widely regarded as one of the most influential Supreme Court justices in the 20th century, … - Scott Horton
Scott Horton is an assistant editor at Antiwar.com and is the host of "Antiwar Radio". Previously, Horton was host of The Weekend Interview Show on the Republic Broadcasting Network in the United States. Since 1999, he has hosted six shows in Austin, Texas, beginning with "Say it Ain't So" on the infamous underground station Free Radio Austin – twice the target of FCC raids. - Herman Cain
Herman grew up in Georgia. Cain's father worked three jobs because he wanted his family to have more opportunity. Inspired by his father, Cain earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Morehouse College in 1967. He earned a master's degree from Purdue University while working as a mathematician for the Department of the Navy. Upon graduation, he worked as a business analyst for The Coca-Cola Company. In 1968, he married Gloria Etchison . - Gouverneur Morris
Gouverneur Morris (January 31, 1752 - November 6, 1816) was an American statesman who represented Pennsylvania in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and was an author of large sections of the Constitution of the United States. He is widely credited as the author of that document's Preamble: "We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union...". Morris is regarded as a visionary of the idea of being "American". - Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abrams (born January 24, 1948) is an American lawyer who has served in foreign policy positions for two Republican U.S. Presidents, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. During Bush's first term in office, he was appointed the post of Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director on the National Security Council for Near East and North African Affairs. - Hiram Rhodes Revels
Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1822 - January 16, 1901) was the first African American to serve in the U.S. Senate. Since he preceded any African American in the House, he was the first African American in Congress as well. He represented Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during Reconstruction. As of 2006, Revels was one of only five African Americans ever to have served in the United States Senate - Theodore Olson
Theodore Bevry Olson (born September 11, 1940) was the 42nd United States Solicitor General, serving from June 2001 to July 2004. Born in Chicago, Olson completed his undergraduate degree at the University of the Pacific. After earning his law degree from Boalt Hall at the University of California, Berkeley, he worked as an associate and a partner in the Los Angeles, CA office of the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. - Steve Preston
Steven C. Preston (born ca. 1961) is the 22nd Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. President George W. Bush nominated him to the post. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent on June 29, 2006, and was sworn in on July 10, 2006. Prior to leading the SBA, he was an American businessman, serving as Executive Vice President of ServiceMaster, Inc. Preston grew up in Janesville, Wisconsin and he attended Parker High School, … - David Rice Atchison
David Rice Atchison (11 August 1807 - 26 January 1886) was a mid-19th century Democratic United States Senator from Missouri. He served as President Pro Tempore of the Senate for a total of six years. He is probably best known for the urban legend claiming that, for one day in March 1849, he was "de jure" President. - Deborah Tate
Deborah Tate is one of five current United States FCC Commissioners. She was nominated by President George W. Bush on 2005-11-09, for the remainder of the term expiring 2007-06-30. She was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on 2005-12-21, and sworn in as FCC Commissioner on 2006-01-03. She has spoken out in favor of Digital Rights Management. In April 2007, the Center for Public Integrity reported that Tate, a Nashville native, … - Gaddi Vasquez
Ambassador Gaddi Holguin Vasquez (born January 22 1955) is the 8th United States Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, in Rome, Italy. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on June 29, 2006. Mr. Vasquez was sworn into office on September 7 2006 by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Prior to that, he was the Director of the United States Peace Corps. - Lucius D. Clay
General Lucius Dubignon Clay (April 23 1897 - April 16 1978) was an American general and military governor best known for his administration of Germany immediately after World War II. Deputy to General Eisenhower, 1945; deputy military governor, Germany (U.S.) 1946; commander in chief, U.S. Forces in Europe and military governor, U.S. Zone, Germany, 1947-49; retired 1949. Clay is considered the "father" of the Berlin Airlift (1948-49) - Clay Sell
Clay Sell - deputy secretary of Energy - Trent Lott
I was born in Grenada, Mississippi on October 9, 1941. I attended Ole Miss and received a bachelors degree in Public Administration in 1965 and a law degree in 1967. I was president of Sigma Nu fraternity. After receiving my law deg - John Eager Howard
John Eager Howard (June 4, 1752 - October 12, 1827) was an American soldier and politician from Maryland. He was born in and died in Baltimore County. Howard County, Maryland, is named for him. Howard was an Episcopalian and a Brother of a Baltimore lodge of Freemasonry. A captain, who rose to the rank of colonel in the Continental Army, he fought at the Battle of White Plains and in the Battle of Monmouth. - Woodbridge Nathan Ferris
Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (January 6, 1853-March 23, 1928) was an educator from New York, Illinois and Michigan, as well as Democratic statesman and Governor (1913-1916). - John E. Kenna
John Edward Kenna (April 10, 1848 - January 11, 1893) was an American politician who was a Senator from West Virginia from 1883 until his death. Kenna was born near St. Albans, in Kanawha County, Virginia, which became part of the state of West Virginia in 1863. He had little education, and at the age of 16 he served with General Joseph O. Shelby in the Confederate Army and was wounded. After returning home, he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1870. - Mark Gearan
Mark Gearan is a politician, lawyer and communications expert. He is the current President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. During the Clinton Administration he served several roles. Gearan was director of the Peace Corps from 1995 to 1999. Prior to his Peace Corps directorship, he was assistant to the President and White House Director of Communications, a position with the title of White House Deputy Chief of Staff. - Clarence M. Kelley
Clarence M. Kelley (October 24, 1911 - August 5, 1997) was a public servant and former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Clarence Kelley was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1911. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Kansas in 1936 as a proud member of Sigma Nu fraternity. He then continued his education to earn an LL.B. from the University of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1940. - Maury Maverick Jr.
Maury Maverick, Jr. (January 3 1921 - January 28 2003) was an American lawyer, politician, activist, and columnist from the U.S. state of Texas. A member of the prominent Maverick family, he was the great-grandson of Samuel Maverick, the rancher who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence and famously refused to brand his cattle, and the son of Maury Maverick, Sr., a two-term member of the United States House of Representatives and one-term mayor of San Antonio, Texas. - Dale V. Sandstrom
Dale V. Sandstrom (born March 9, 1950) is a North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as a North Dakota Public Service Commissioner from 1983 to 1992, and as a Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court since 1992. Dale V. Sandstrom was born and raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He graduated with B.A. degree from North Dakota State University and a juris doctor degree from the University of North Dakota School of Law. - Ambrose Burnside
Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 - September 13, 1881) was an American railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator. As a Union Army general in the American Civil War, he conducted successful campaigns in North Carolina and East Tennessee, but was defeated in the disastrous Battle of Fredericksburg and Battle of the Crater. His distinctive style of facial hair is now known as sideburns, … - Jay Rockefeller
Senator Jay Rockefeller has proudly served the people of West Virginia for over 40 years. In 1964, Rockefeller first came to West Virginia as a 27-year-old VISTA volunteer serving in the small mining community of Emmons. West Virginia has been his home ever since. - Sam Giancana
Sam "Momo" Giancana ((born Salvatore Guingano) June 15, 1908 - June 19, 1975) was a famous and powerful mafioso and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957-66. Among his nicknames included "Mo", "Mooney" and "Sam the Cigar" - Ruth Harkin
Ruth R. Harkin Ruth R. Harkin , 62, senior vice president, international affairs and government relations, for United Technologies Corporation (UTC) and chair of United Technologies International, UTC’s international representation arm, from 1997 to 2005. CEO and president of Overseas Private Investment Corporation from 1993 to 1997. Also a member of the board of regents, the state of Iowa, and a director of Bowater Incorporated. Lives in Alexandria, Va. - Martin Neil Baily
Before joining the Brookings Instituion in August 2007, Martin worked at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Previously, Martin completed a successful term as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under U.S. President Bill Clinton . At the same time, he also served as president of the Economic Policy Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development in Paris. - Steve Sydness
Steve Sydness , chief executive officer, joined the BizLand team in September 1999. In addition to overseeing the company's day-to-day operation, he is principally responsible for determining its long-term strategy and directing its future growth. Steve has been instrumental in building BizLand's management team and securing its sources of capital. - John C. Breckinridge
John C. Breckinridge is the only vice president to take up arms against the government of the United States. He completed four years as vice president under James Buchanan, ran for president as the Southern Democratic candidate in 1860, and then returned to the Senate to lead the remnants of the Democratic Party for the first congressional session during the Civil War.
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