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David Durenberger (R-MN) Senator was denounced by the Senate for unethical financial transactions (1990) and then disbarred as an attorney. [355] In 1995, he pled guilty to 5 misdemeanor counts of misuse of public funds and was given one year's probation.
On December 3, 2008, Obama chose Bill Richardson to be his Secretary of Commerce. [32] On January 4, 2009, Richardson withdrew his name from consideration because of a federal grand jury investigation into pay-to-play allegations. [33] Later that year, the investigation ended and Richardson and his staff members were cleared of any wrongdoing. [34]
Quizlet is a multi-national American company that provides tools for studying and learning. [1] Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [ 2 ] and released to the public in January 2007. [ 3 ]
A 2015 poll administered by the American Political Science Association (APSA) among political scientists specializing in the American presidency had Abraham Lincoln in the top spot, with George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, Andrew Jackson, and ...
Failures occurred predominantly among state-chartered banks. National banks accounted for less than 1/6 of the total bank failures and less than 1/4 were members of the Federal Reserve System. [2] Caldwell and Company, a leading investment bank known as the "Morgan of the South," stands as a notable bank
The "Big Three" of Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, together with Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, cooperated informally on a plan in which American and British troops concentrated in the West; Soviet troops fought on the Eastern front; and Chinese, British and American troops fought in Asia and the Pacific ...
Farber, David (2012-12-01). The Sixties: From Memory to History. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469608730. Farber, David (2012-08-26). The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism: A Short History. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1400834297. Farber, David (2013-05-03). Everybody Ought to Be Rich: The Life and Times of John J. Raskob ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 January 2025. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...