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  Robert Torricelli   Robert Torricelli is a former Senator from New Jersey who only served a single term. He withdrew from the election race after allegations that he had accepted bribes from a businessman were made public.   Robert Torricelli was an elected member of the US House of Representatives from 1983 to 1997, serving as the rep..

  Rod Laporte Rod Laporte is a Canadian attorney. He was a law student before entering the Canadian Parliament House of Commons in 1988, serving as a representative for the areas of Moose Jaw and Lake Centre in the Canadian state of Saskatchewan for one term. During his time in Parliament, Rod Laporte was particularly involved in the regulation and oversight ..

  Roy Bass Roy Bass was a Texas attorney best remembered for acting as the mayor of Lubbock, Texas for a four-year period. In legal circles, Roy Bass was known as a partner in the firm of Bass and Hobbs. Though Roy Bass is primarily remembered for his contributions to the city of Lubbock while acting in a government capacity, one of his documented cases i..

Scott Brown: Junior Senator of MassachusettsScott Brown is most known as the junior Republican Senator of Massachusetts as well as a former member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives as well as the Massachusetts State Senate.Scott Brown was born in Kittery, Main on September 12, 1959, but was raised in Wakefield Massachusetts and often spent his summers with his..

The Life of Shirley ChisholmShirley Chisholm was an American politician, author, and educator most known for her time as the representative for the 12th Congressional district of New York, making her the first black woman to hold a seat in Congress. She also was the first woman to run for in the Democratic presidential nomination as well as the first black major-party candidate..

  Stephen Low served as an American diplomat to Zambia and Nigeria throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. His work as a diplomat led him to establish new schools to help codify and prepare aspirants for the profession. While Stephen Low did not possess a law degree, his work as a diplomat required him to frequently interact with lawyers to help handle many differe..

What is an Election?An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population of a given area chooses an individual to hold a position of public office.Elections are the mechanism by which modern democracies operate; since the 17th century, elections have been used to vote and subsequently swear-in an individual to govern or operate under within a public platform.&n..

What is an Election Poll?•    A poll is a fundamental aspect of voting. Polls are the physical evaluations of an election and the actual booths in which an individual casts his or her ballot. •    ‘Voting’ is regarded as a method for a group of citizens or individuals to elect a public official. The vote is administered in a poll; wher..

  Thomas Rex Lee Thomas Rex Lee is a justice on the Utah Supreme Court. He received his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University in 1988 and graduated with a law degree from the University of Chicago in 1991. Following his graduation, he began his legal career by serving as a law clerk in the Fourth Circuit Appellate Court in Richmond, Virginia. ..

The 12 Articles of the Treaty of TripoliThe Treaty of Tripoli was a treaty written by Joe Barlow, an American diplomat, describing the first treaty between Tripoli and the United States of America.In 1796 The Treaty of Tripoli was approved unanimously by the Senate in 1797, after being signed the year before in Tripoli, as well as in Algiers.The purpose of the Treaty of Tripoli..

  Valerie Plame   Valerie Plame is a former undercover CIA official whose cover was destroyed in a 2003 column by the "Washington Post" journalist Robert Novak. The subsequent investigation regarding who was responsible for the leak of the cover of Valerie Plame took four years to reach its legal conclusion in several trials, although a CIA..

Virginia Foxx is the current Republican representative for the 5th congressional district of North Carolina who serves in the U.S. House of Representatives. She has been serving this position for four terms.Early Life and EducationVirginia Foxx was born in 1943 in The Bronx, New York but was raised in a rural area of Avery County, Virginia. She was the first member of her famil..

A Short Explanation of the War On TerrorWhat is the War on Terror?The War on Terror is also called the War on Terrorism or the Global War on Terror. The War on Terror is a current military campaign held internationally that is led by the United States as well as the United Kingdom. It is supported by many other counties in NATO as well as other countries that are not in the org..

  William Goebel William Goebel was a Kentucky lawyer, senator and governor of the 19th century associated with many controversial policies and lawsuits. In 1887, he joined the Kentucky Senate. As a senator, he championed legislation removing toll fees from several of the turnpikes in the state. One of the people displeased by this action was John Sanford, wh..