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Political parties established in 1885 (1 C, 9 P) A. 1885 in American politics (4 C, 2 P) C. Cabinets disestablished in 1885 (1 P) Constituencies disestablished in ...
July 11 – San Diego Building and Loan Association founded, predecessor of Great American Bank. July 14 – Sarah E. Goode is the first female African-American to apply for and receive a patent, for the invention of the hideaway bed. July 23 – Former president and Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant dies in Mount McGregor, New York.
Three brothers from the Kennedy political family: John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy, pictured together in July 1960. Many families in the United States have produced multiple generations of politicians who have had a significant influence on government and public policy in their communities, states, and nationally.
Political parties established in 1885 (1 C, ... Pages in category "Organizations established in 1885" ... Association of American Physicians; B.
The Breckinridge family had by that time already established itself as a political dynasty. Clifton's grandfather, John Breckinridge, was President Thomas Jefferson ’s attorney general, while Clifton's father would over the years hold several high-ranking government positions, including vice president of the United States.
The 13 British North American provinces of Virginia, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia united as the United States of America declare their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on ...
Alphonso Taft (November 5, 1810 – May 21, 1891) was an American jurist, diplomat, and politician who served as United States Attorney General and Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant. He was also the founder of the Taft political dynasty, and father of Congressman Charles Phelps Taft and President William Howard Taft.
American electoral politics have been dominated by successive pairs of major political parties since shortly after the founding of the republic of the United States. Since the 1850s, the two largest political parties have been the Democratic Party and the Republican Party—which together have won every United States presidential election since 1852 and controlled the United States Congress ...