1856 United States presidential election
The 1856 United States presidential election was the 18th quadrennial presidential election. Democrat James Buchanan defeated Republican nominee John C. ...
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Politics of California
The Big Five is an informal institution of the legislative leadership role in California’s government. Only the Democratic Party and ...
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1852 United States presidential election
The 1852 United States presidential election was the 17th quadrennial presidential election. Democrat Franklin Pierce, a former Senator from New ...
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1880 Greenback National Convention
The Greenback Party was a newcomer to politics in 1880, having first nominated candidates for national office four years earlier. ...
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Independent politician
An independent or nonpartisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party. Independents are a recurrent feature of ...
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1848 United States presidential election
The 1848 United States presidential election was the 16th quadrennial presidential election. General Zachary Taylor of the Whig Party defeated ...
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Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
The Shackleton–Rowett Expedition was Sir Ernest Shackleton’s last Antarctic project, and the final episode in the Heroic Age of Antarctic ...
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Chloroform
Chloroform, or trichloromethane, is an organic compound with formula CHCl3. It is a powerful anesthetic, euphoriant, anxiolytic and sedative when ...
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1844 United States presidential election
The 1844 U.S. presidential election was the 15th presidential election, held from Friday, November 1 to Wednesday, December 4, 1844. ...
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Nyuserre Ini
Nyuserre Ini was an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, the sixth ruler of the Fifth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom period. He ...
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