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Wikinfo John Quincy Adams He was elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1803, until June 8, 1808, when he resigned, a successor having been elected six months early after Adams broke with the Federalist party. The decision in the Presidential Election of 1824 fell, according to the U.S. Constitution, upon the House of Representatives, as none of the candidates had secured a majority of the electors chosen by the States. He was elected to the Massachusetts State Senate in 1802, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. House of Representatives in the same year. www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=John_Quincy_Adams   (546 words)

U.S. presidential election, 1808 In the U.S. presidential election of 1808, the (Democratic-)Republican candidate James Madison defeated Federalist candidate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Madison had served as United States Secretary of State under incumbent Thomas Jefferson, and Pinckney had been the unsuccessful Federalist candidate in the election of 1804. The election was marked by opposition to Jefferson's Embargo Act of 1807, a halt to trade with Europe that disproportionately hurt New England merchants and was perceived as favoring France over Britain. www.tocatch.info /en/U.S._presidential_election%2C_1808.htm   (329 words)

Wikinfo John Quincy Adams He was elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1803, until June 8, 1808, when he resigned, a successor having been elected six months early after Adams broke with the Federalist party. The decision in the Presidential Election of 1824 fell, according to the U.S. Constitution, upon the House of Representatives, as none of the candidates had secured a majority of the electors chosen by the States. He was elected to the Massachusetts State Senate in 1802, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. House of Representatives in the same year. www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=John_Quincy_Adams   (546 words)

ipedia.com: U.S. presidential election, 1800 Article Other elections: 1789, 1792, 1796, 1800, 1804, 1808, 1812 With the votes tied, the election was thrown to the House of Representatives. On February 17, 1801, the election was finally decided on the thirty-sixth ballot with 10 state delegations voting for Jefferson, 4 voting for Burr and 2 making no choice. www.ipedia.com /u_s__presidential_election__1800.html   (391 words)

List of election results This is a list of election results from around the world. UK Regional and local elections (including Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales) There is also a list of political parties and a list of politics by country. www.asinah.net /articles/content/l/li/list_of_election_results.html   (391 words)

History: United States History - Stats Elections: 1789 1792 1796 1800 1804 1808 1812 1816 1820 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 "The World Almanac Of The U. A." World Almanac Books, New Jersey. www.usahistory.com /stats   (66 words)

1808 -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article November - (4th President of the United States; member of the Continental Congress and rapporteur at the Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill of Rights (1751-1836)) James Madison defeats (additional info and facts about Charles C. Pinckney) Charles C. Pinckney in (additional info and facts about U.S. presidential election) U.S. presidential election 1808 was a (additional info and facts about leap year starting on Friday) leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). January 1 - Importation of (A person who is owned by someone) slaves into the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States is banned www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/18/1808.htm   (876 words)

Evisum.com The Educational Vortal Failing in his presidential ambitions in 1808, he accepted the second spot again under James Madison, whom he openly despised. Tilden, Samuel J. - Forgotten U.S. President - Free teleplay about the US Presidential election of 1876 and Samuel Tilden, who won the popular vote but lost the electoral college vote. Research Unlimited - Memorable Presidential Quotes - List of hundreds of the most interesting and memorable quotations made by American presidents, sorted by president with quick links to each one. search.evisum.com /xtractor.cgi?search=President+Who?+Forgotten+Founders   (756 words)

Evisum.com The Educational Vortal Failing in his presidential ambitions in 1808, he accepted the second spot again under James Madison, whom he openly despised. Tilden, Samuel J. - Forgotten U.S. President - Free teleplay about the US Presidential election of 1876 and Samuel Tilden, who won the popular vote but lost the electoral college vote. NBC news analyst, Howard Fineman, recognized the Jesse Ventura presidential possibility in 2000 during a broadcast discussion on the MSNBC news show "Hockenberry" on January 18. search.evisum.com /xtractor.cgi?search=President+Who?+Forgotten+Founders   (756 words)

Auto Bad Credit Loan Louisiana James Madison won the U.S. presidential election of 1808, largely on the strength of his abilities in foreign affairs at a time when Britain and France were both on the edge of war with the United States. In the election campaign that followed, the bank question caused a fundamental division between the merchant, manufacturing and financial interests (generally credit ors who favored tight money and high interest rates), and the laboring and agrarian sectors, who were often in debt to banks and therefore favored an increased money supply and lower interest rates. After the election of George Washington as the first President of the United States in 1789, Congress passed the first of many laws organizing the government, and adopted a bill of rights in the form of ten amendments to the new Constitution—the United States Bill of Rights. www.the-loan-page.com /loanpages/auto-bad-credit-loan-louisiana.shtml   (756 words)

Definition of Thomas Jefferson - Biocrawler An electoral tie resulted between Jefferson and his opponent Aaron Burr in the U.S. presidential election, 1800. Jefferson also supported the erection of what he called a "wall of separation between Church and State", which he believed was a principle expressed within the First Amendment (see Letter to the Danbury Baptist Association, 1802, and Letter to Virginia Baptists, 1808). This wording was cited several times by the Supreme Court as an accurate description of the Establishment Clause: Reynolds (98 U.S. at 164, 1879); Everson (330 U.S. at 59, 1947); McCollum (333 U.S. at 232, 1948). www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Thomas_Jefferson   (3057 words)

Papers of James Madison, University of Virginia As Jefferson's successor, Madison won the 1808 presidential election handily, despite a challenge from his estranged friend, James Monroe. In March 1788, Madison returned home for election to the Virginia ratifying convention, where he ably defended the Philadelphia convention's handiwork, helping Virginia to became the tenth state to ratify the Constitution. Shortly thereafter Madison narrowly defeated James Monroe for election to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served as a guiding light to his fellows. www.virginia.edu /pjm/biog.html   (3057 words)

Papers of James Madison, University of Virginia As Jefferson's successor, Madison won the 1808 presidential election handily, despite a challenge from his estranged friend, James Monroe. Madison lost the election for the 1777 session of the House of Delegates, purportedly because he refused to provide liquor for the voters, a tradition affectionately referred to as "swilling the planters with bumbo." However, his good offices in the legislature were not forgotten. As secretary of state, Madison was charged with a host of duties besides the conduct of American foreign policy, ranging from publishing and distributing the public laws to serving as liaison between the federal government and the governors of the states and territories. www.virginia.edu /pjm/biography1.htm   (1991 words)

Great American History Fact-Finder - -Pinckney Pinckney was an unsuccessful Federalist vice-presidential candidate in the election of 1800, as well as an unsuccessful candidate for president in the elections of 1804 and 1808. Defeated as a Federalist candidate for vice president in the election of 1796, Pinckney later served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as a major general in the War of 1812. Charles gained prominence as a member of the Constitutional Convention, helping to draft and signing the document. college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/gahff/html/ff_145600_pinckney.htm   (294 words)

Great American History Fact-Finder - -Pinckney Pinckney was an unsuccessful Federalist vice-presidential candidate in the election of 1800, as well as an unsuccessful candidate for president in the elections of 1804 and 1808. Defeated as a Federalist candidate for vice president in the election of 1796, Pinckney later served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as a major general in the War of 1812. Charles gained prominence as a member of the Constitutional Convention, helping to draft and signing the document. college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/gahff/html/ff_145600_pinckney.htm   (294 words)

American President Despite such tactics, James Madison won both his party's nomination and the subsequent presidential election. Though the role of presidential hostess had taken on added prestige, the person who held the position was not immune to public censure or personal attack. Critics openly debated the nature of Dolley Madison's relationship with Jefferson, especially as James Madison prepared to run for the presidency in 1808. www.americanpresident.org /history/thomasjefferson/firstlady   (609 words)

The School Network: Napoleon III of France Imprisoned after the second of two abortive coup attempts (October 1836 and August 1840), he escaped to the United Kingdom in May 1846, returning after the revolution of February 1848 to win the presidential election December 2 that year on a platform of strong government, social consolidation and national greatness. Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte (April 20, 1808 - January 9, 1873) was the son of King Louis Bonaparte and Queen Hortense de Beauharnais; both monarchs of the Kingdom of Holland. In a situation that resembles the case of Louis XVIII of France, the numbering of Napoleon's reign assumes the existence of a legitimate Napoleon II of France who never actually ruled. www.school-resource.com /c/napoleon-3-france   (620 words)

Catholic Almanac Online Kohlmann, Anthony (1771-1836): Jesuit and theologian; born in Alsace; joined the Russian Jesuit chapter in 1803; sent to the United States; pastor and administrator of the diocese of New York from 1808-15; won "The Catholic Question," a controversy over the seal of confession in 1812; consultor to Vatican congregations in Rome from 1824-36. John Carroll and a Catholic leader during the American Revolution and the creation of the Constitution; supported the ratification of the Constitution; one of four Catholics chosen to represent American Catholics in congratulating George Washington on his election as president. Ford, John (1895-1973): Motion Picture Director and anticommunist; a director of some 130 films, he won five Academy Awards for Best Director, including Stagecoach (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), and The Quiet Man (1952); received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. www.osv.com /catholicalmanac/catholicspast.asp   (620 words)

Napoleon III of France Imprisoned after the second of two abortive coup attempts (October 1836 and August 1840), he escaped to the United Kingdom in May 1846, returning after the revolution of February 1848 to win the presidential election December 2 that year on a platform of strong government, social consolidation and national greatness. Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte ( April 20, 1808 - January 9, 1873) was the son of King Louis Bonaparte and Queen Hortense de Beauharnais ; both monarchs of the Kingdom of Holland. In a situation that resembles the case of Louis XVIII of France, the numbering of Napoleon's reign assumes the existence of a legitimate Napoleon II of France who never actually ruled. www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/napoleon_iii_of_france   (620 words)

James Madison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Republican Congressional Caucus chose presidential candidates for the party, and Madison was chosen in the election of 1808, easily defeating Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Madison's plantation life was made possible by his paternal great-great-grandfather, James Madison, who utilized Virginia's headright system to import a significant number of indentured servants, thereby allowing him to accumulate a large tract of land. Madison was born in Port Conway, Virginia on March 16, 1751 (March 5 according to the Old Style Julian Calendar). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Madison   (2220 words)

ipedia.com: Edward Livingston Article It has been alleged that Livingston’s case was damaged by President Thomas Jefferson, who believed that Livingston had favoured Aaron Burr in the presidential election of 1800, and that he had afterwards been a party to Burr’s schemes. Livingston was again a representative in Congress during preliminary work in the preparation of a new civil code, done by James Brown and Moreau Lislet, who in 1808 reported a Digest of the Civil Laws now in force in the Territory of Orleans with Alterations and Amendments adapted to the present Form Of Government” Livingston was the leading member of a commission appointed to prepare a new civil code, which for the most part the legislature adopted in 1825, and the most important chapters of which, including all those on contract, were prepared by Livingston alone. www.ipedia.com /edward_livingston.html   (1197 words)

Articles - Nathaniel Hawthorne He lost this job due to the change of administration in Washington after the presidential election of 1848. (The author added the "w" to his surname in his early twenties.) Hawthorne's father died at sea in 1808 of yellow fever, when Hawthorne was only four years old, and Nathaniel was raised secluded from the world by his mother. Melville had just read Hawthorne's short story collection Mosses from an Old Manse, which Melville later praised in a famous review, "Hawthorne and His Mosses." Melville's letters to Hawthorne provide insight into the composition of Moby-Dick, which Melville dedicated to Hawthorne, 'in appreciation for his genius.' Hawthorne's letters to Melville did not survive. www.mybenches.com /articles/Nathaniel_Hawthorne   (1235 words)

TUCKER, Thomas Tudor (1745-1828) Guide to Research Papers The papers of Thomas Tudor Tucker chiefly contain correspondence (1791-1808) between Thomas Tucker and John Page relating to such topics as federal office-seeking and patronage, congressional and Virginia politics, problems of coinage and the Mint of the United States, national finance, the presidential election of 1800, and the trial of Aaron Burr. The file includes a photostat of a portrait of Thomas Tudor Tucker, a sheet of signatures, and copies of letters by Thomas Tucker to John Page dealing with matters of Congress and politics of the period. A letter from Thomas Tudor Tucker to Dr. Isaac Chanler of Charleston, South Carolina, concerning yellow fever in New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston. bioguide.congress.gov /scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=T000403   (267 words)

Usman dan Fodio --  Encyclopædia Britannica Although he had already served as a United States congressman (1976–80) and as a United States senator (1981–89), public official Dan Quayle was not very well known at the national level when Republican presidential candidate George Bush selected him to be his running mate in the 1988 election. Usman also spelled Uthman or Usuman, Arabic 'Uthman Ibn Fudi Fulani mystic, philosopher, and revolutionary reformer who, in a jihad (holy war) between 1804 and 1808, created a new Muslim state, the Fulani empire, in what is now northern Nigeria. It was founded by Dan Tunku, a Fulani warrior who was one of the 14 flag bearers for the Fulani jihad (holy war) leader Usman dan Fodio. secure.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9074522   (267 words)

James Madison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Republican Congressional Caucus chose presidential candidates for the party, and Madison was chosen in the election of 1808, easily defeating Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Madison's plantation life was made possible by his paternal great-great-grandfather, James Madison, who utilized Virginia's headright system to import a significant number of indentured servants, thereby allowing him to accumulate a large tract of land. Madison led the unsuccessful attempt to block Hamilton's proposed Bank of the United States, arguing the new Constitution did not explicitly allow the federal government to form a bank. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Madison   (2092 words)

Edward Livingston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It has been alleged that Livingston’s case was damaged by President Thomas Jefferson, who believed that Livingston had favoured Aaron Burr in the presidential election of 1800, and that he had afterwards been a party to Burr’s schemes. Livingston was again a representative in Congress during preliminary work in the preparation of a new civil code, done by James Brown and Moreau Lislet, who in 1808 reported a "Digest of the Civil Laws now in force in the Territory of Orleans with Alterations and Amendments adapted to the present Form Of Government”. Livingston was born in Clermont, Columbia County, New York. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Livingston   (1234 words)

Sierra Leone's Modern and Post-Modern History Today a multi-party democracy operates under the presidency of Alhaji Dr Ahmed Tejan Kabbah who won a landslide victory in the May 2002 Presidential and Parliamentary Election. In 1808 Sierra Leone officially became a crown colony with the land possessions of Sierra Leone Company (formerly known as St George’s Bay Company) transferred to the crown. Since independence, Sierra Leone has been ruled by 8 Head of State, at one time making history in the world, of having the youngest Head of State, Valentine Strasser aged 27 years. www.visitsierraleone.org /modernhistory.asp   (457 words)

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