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William Berry Hartsfield Sr. (March 1, 1890 – February 22, 1971), was an American politician who served as the 49th and 51st Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. His tenure extended from 1937 to 1941 and again from 1942 to 1962, making him the longest-serving mayor of his native Atlanta , Georgia .
Ronald Reagan, who was president of the Screen Actors Guild and later president of the United States, and Arnold Schwarzenegger both came to prominence through acting. Gray Davis, the 37th governor of California, was the second governor in American history to be recalled by voters.
William B. Hartsfield (1st term) 1937 1941 1 Democratic 48: Roy LeCraw: 1941 1942 1 ⁄ 2: Democratic 49: William B. Hartsfield (2nd term) 1942 1962 5 Democratic 50: Ivan Allen Jr. 1962 1970 2 Democratic 51: Sam Massell: 1970 1974 1 Democratic 52: Maynard Jackson (1st & 2nd terms) 1974 1982 2 Democratic 53: Andrew Young: 1982 1990 2 Democratic ...
Raphael Warnock, Democratic challenger for a U.S. Senate seat representing Georgia, and former Mayor of Atlanta and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young are seen as early voting in ...
Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. (March 23, 1938 – June 23, 2003) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 54th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, from 1974 to 1982, and again as the city's 56th mayor from 1990 to 1994.
Since being admitted to the Union in 1850, California has participated in 43 presidential elections. A bellwether from 1888 to 1996 , voting for the losing candidates only three times in that span, California has become a reliable state for Democratic presidential candidates since 1992 .
Franklin Rhoda, B.Sc. 1872 – activist for Chinese civil rights in the 1870s; founded "Church of the New Age" and San Francisco's "Underground Mission"; surveyed uncharted parts of Rocky Mountains; Ed Roberts, B.A. 1964, M.A. 1966, C.Phil. 1969 – founder of the Independent Living Movement; Kartar Singh Sarabha – Indian revolutionary
When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, his campaign slogan was "Change we can believe in." He ran on the platform that called for the country to come together and create the positive change ...