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Biography of Ben Nighthorse Campbell: A Northern Cheyenne Goes to the U.S. Senate

By: Ruth Hull Chatlien

Governor Huey Pierce Long of Louisiana: The Louisiana Populist Who Tried to End the Great Depression

By: Feature Writer Bonnye Good

Bill Clinton Biography: The Life of the 42nd President

By: Brandon Marcel Cherry

Democrat George Bancroft: The Political Career of a Nineteenth Century Historian

By: William L. Wunder

President John Tyler's Second Marriage: First U.S. Chief Executive to Wed While in Office

By: Linda N. Riggins

Frances Perkins, First Woman Cabinet Member: Secretary of Labor Perkins worked on the New Deal, Social Security

By: Penny White

Barack Hussein Obama Biography: The Life & Career of the 44th President

By: Brandon Marcel Cherry

Harry Truman in World War I: The Captain of Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, in the Great War

By: William L. Wunder

Pierre Elliott Trudeau: A Short Biography of Canada's Fifteenth Prime Minister

By: Sara McCleary

The Early Political Skills of Franklin Roosevelt: From Groton School to the 1920 Presidential Election

By: Heather Strong

The Baron de Bastrop: Biography of a Noble Fraud

By: Darla Sue Dollman

Winston Churchill Trivia: Five Fascinating Facts about British Prime Minister Churchill's Life

By: James Parsons

Soldier and Politician Jefferson Davis: President of the Confederate States of America

By: Matthew Pizzolato

William Pitt The Younger (1759 –1806): English Statesman and Politician

By: Jo Lamb-White

Herbert Hoover and the Road to the White House: An Eminently Capable and Moral Leader On the Wrong Side of History

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Thomas Woodrow Wilson Before the Presidency: President of Princeton and Governor of New Jersey

By: Heather Strong

Sam Houston: First President of the Republic of Texas

By: Darla Sue Dollman

Rutherford B Hayes: Prepared for the Presidency but Abandoned by his Party

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Jack Kemp: Quarterback, Statesman, Congressman: Kemp: Medal of Freedom Recipient

By: Feature Writer Jan Czech

The Political Philosophy of Karl Marx: Anti-Capitalism in the Industrial Revolution

By: Jeanie Turner

Charles, Earl Grey: A Great Reforming Prime Minister

By: Lisa Sanderson

Idaho's Senator William Edgar Borah: Senator Borah of Idaho Held Office for 33 Years

By: Dale Raugust

Rebecca Jane (Reba) Hurn: First Washington State Attorney and First Washington State Senator

By: Dale Raugust

Jean Jaurès, French Socialist: Reformist and Antimilitarist

By: Feature Writer Lito Apostolakou

Agrippina the Younger: Wife of Claudius, Mother of Nero, Sister of Caligula

By: Aimi Persand

Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794): One of the most Influential Figures of the French Revolution

By: Aimi Persand

Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948): Known as "Mahatma". He was leader of the Indian Nationalist Movement

By: Aimi Persand

A President's Eclectic Religious Views: How Abraham Lincoln's Faith Influenced His Policies

By: Ashley Waggoner

Ellen Louks Fairclough: Canada’s First Woman to be Federal Cabinet Minister

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

A President's Unique Personality: Characteristics That Distinguished Abraham Lincoln

By: Ashley Waggoner

A Biography of Abraham Lincoln: A Timeline of America's Sixteenth President

By: Ashley Waggoner

Idi Amin: Story of the Murderous and Intimidating Ugandan Dictator

By: Scott Hayden

Harry Lane: Father of the Portland Rose Festival

By: Samuel Turner

Richard Martin and the First Anti-Cruelty Bill: Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Hon. George Turner, Pioneer Attorney: Spokane Washington's Prominent Pioneer Lawyer and Politician

By: Dale Raugust

Maximilien Robespierre: The French Revolution and the Reign of Terror

By: Jason Chavis

Sir Robert Peel: British Prime Minister

By: Barry Vale

Historian Theodore Roosevelt: The History Career of the Twenty-Sixth President

By: William L. Wunder

Sir Winston Churchill: The British Bulldog: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

By: Jim Osborn

Thomas More and Heresy: Saint More as a Persecutor of Protestants

By: John Edward Fahey

Congresswoman Barbara Jordan: Political Legacy of an African-American Woman

By: Feature Writer Martha R. Gore

Karl Marx and Communism: Former and Remaining Communist Countries

By: Stephanie Cox

Robert Moses: The controversial power broker who built New York

By: Lee Gjertsen

Eighth President Martin Van Buren: The Red Fox of Kinderhook, New York

By: Anya Laurence

Governor Sir James Douglas: First Governor of Vancouver Island and British Columbia

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

Marquis de Pombal: Hero of the Lisbon Earthquake Disaster

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

Richard Nixon's First Engagement: An Account of the Engagement of Richard Nixon to a Fellow Student

By: Anya Laurence

Cromwell's Spymaster: John Thurloe Became Head of Intelligence in the Protectorate

By: John Richard Roberts

Mao Zedong: Founder of the People's Republic Of China

By: Scott Hayden

Varina Howell Davis: A short biography of the second wife of Jefferson Davis

By: Anya Laurence

Gordon Brown: British Prime Minister

By: Feature Writer Neil Gunn

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