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Egan, Patrick
(Encyclopedia) Egan, PatrickEgan, Patrickēˈgən [key], 1841–1919, Irish and American political leader, b. Co. Longford, Ireland. Fervently devoted to the cause of Irish home rule and land reform, he…Foot Resolution
(Encyclopedia) Foot Resolution, offered in 1829 by Samuel Augustus Foot in the U.S. Senate. This resolution instructed the committee on public lands to inquire into the limiting of public land sale.…Black, Jeremiah Sullivan
(Encyclopedia) Black, Jeremiah Sullivan, 1810–83, American cabinet officer, b. Somerset co., Pa. Admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1830, Black became a successful lawyer. As U.S. Attorney General (…Social Democratic party
(Encyclopedia) Social Democratic party (SDP), former British political party founded in 1981 to offer a centrist alternative to the more extreme positions of the then ruling Conservative party on the…Noske, Gustav
(Encyclopedia) Noske, GustavNoske, Gustavg&oobreve;sˈtäf nôsˈkə [key], 1868–1946, German politician, a Social Democrat. A former member of the Reichstag, he was in charge of the armed forces…Nicholls, Francis Redding Tillou
(Encyclopedia) Nicholls, Francis Redding Tillou, 1834–1912, American politician, b. Donaldsonville, La. At the outbreak of the Civil War he helped organize a company of Confederate volunteers and…Reinfeldt, Fredrik
(Encyclopedia) Reinfeldt, FredrikReinfeldt, Fredrikfrāˈdrĭk rīnˈfĕld [key] 1965–, Swedish politician. A member of the center-right Moderate party, he joined its Youth League in the 1980s, was first…Kohl, Helmut
(Encyclopedia) Kohl, Helmut (Helmut Josef Michael Kohl)Kohl, Helmuthĕlˈm&oobreve;tˌ yōˈzĕfˌ mĭkhˈäĕl kōl [key], 1930–2017, German statesman, chancellor of West Germany (1982–1990) and reunified…Gyurcsány, Ferenc
(Encyclopedia) Gyurcsány, FerencGyurcsány, Ferencfĕˈrĕnts dy&oobreve;rˈchänyə [key], 1961–, Hungarian politician and investment executive, b. Pápa. Educated as a teacher and economist, he was…Ashcroft, John
(Encyclopedia) Ashcroft, John, 1942–, American political figure, b. Chicago, grad. Yale Univ. (B.A., 1964), Univ. of Chicago School of Law (J.D., 1967). A conservative Republican, Ashcroft was…Trending
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