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George W. Nye Trevor J. pierce George Nye was a loving husband and hard worker, he also came back from a civil war that tour the nation apart looking like a skeloten. He was a mechanic and was a prisoner of war. He was sick for 6 months. During this time he watched his brothers die, while he somehow survived, day after day, month after month, and yet he survived. When he got home he could not maintain his work because he was to weak.
Rutherford B Hayes He was instrumental during reconstruction and served as president from 1877 to 1881. He believed in meritocratic governance and was against racial discrimination. On October 4, 1822, Delaware, Ohio added Rutherford B. Hayes to its citizenry. His father's death preceded his birth by 10 weeks leaving Sophia, Hayes' mother, to raise the family alone.
Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant Ohio. He moved in with his parents, his father, Jesse Grant and his mother Hannah Simpson Grant to Georgetown, Ohio where his father ran a tannery. In 1839, his father, Jesse Grant, arranged his son’s to the U.S. military at West Point. The congressmen was told that Grant mistakenly believed that his name was Ulysses and that his middle name was Simpson (his mother’s maiden last name).
Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Ohio, but soon after Grant 's birth, his father, Jesse R. Grant, moved the family to nearby Georgetown, where he opened a tannery. Growing up, Grant found that he hated the tannery business and lacked any business knowledge, which would plague him for the entirety of his life Luckily, Grant did find a good outlet for his energy at West Point, which he entered at seventeen. A bureaucratic mistake changed his name to Ulysses S. Grant–something Grant never bothered to correct, as he had had never liked the initials H.U.G. very much. At West Point Grant remained solidly mediocre at every task except for equestrian skills, where he excelled. Soon after he graduated and arrived at his first posting in St. Louis,
The Power Ten- 1. New England Patriots: 9-0 (1) Despite injuries to their offensive line, Dion Lewis, and Julian Edelman, the Patriots remain at number one in the power rankings. Bottom line is this: The Patriots find ways to win games.
There are many last names in the world. In fact, there are over 150,000 of them! Stephens just happened to be mine. My surname originated in England in the 10th century; then quickly spread to Siberia, Poland, and to ten popes. Stephens is from the greek name Stephanos, meaning “crown”.
Gary Faye Locke, one of the most famous politician in U.S and China, and also he is the most succeeded Asian-American in U.S. As a third generation Asian-American, he has no traces of Asian without he 's looking. But he 's made a brilliant contribution to the relations between China and the United States. Shize Luo, who 's Gary Locke 's grandfather, moved to United States around the middle of 19th Century. Gary Locke 's father was born in China, and he moved to Washington State when he was Thirteen.
Hunter S. Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky on July 18, 1937. His family was middle class and when Thompson turned 6 they moved to an affluent neighborhood in the Highlands. When he was 14 however on July 3, 1952, his beloved father died of myasthenia gravis. Virginia (Thompson's mother) had to raise him and his siblings by herself, Thompson says she became a heavy drinker after his fathers death. (American National Biography, 2014)
Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts which is now known as Quincy, Massachusetts. (Adams, John) His father was named John Adams as well, he was a farmer, parish, and militia officer. (Adams John) His mother Susanna Boylston Adams was from a family of Brookline and Boston merchants and physicians.
John Marshall was the 4th Chief Justice of the United States of America. His court opinions assisted in laying the basis for the American Constitutional Law. He served as the Chief Justice for the duration of 6 Presidents; John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson. During the American Revolution, Marshall served in the Militia of Virginia.
Quote 1: “The public defender, trying to get him off, called him a dumb animal,” I told her. “He said it would be like tying a hog down in that chair and executing him-an animal that didn’t know what any of it was all about. The jury, twelve white men good and true still sentenced him to death.” (26) My Response: This quote is significant because it is a representation that times have not changed.
Look around. No matter where or how old the same rights are given to everyone else in the United States. No one is treated better or looked at worse. Most schools and businesses today have a variety of people of different colors and religious backgrounds. All of these people have the same opportunity.
Henry Howard Mudgett, better known as H.H Holmes, to most is just a horror story. He is nothing more than a black mark on America’s extensive history, a part of history that is skipped over more often than not. However, Holmes was an important part of United States history. Without the horrors of Holmes, we would not have as strong of a law enforcement or psychology field as we do today. Because of Holmes, the government would not know how to punish capital crimes such as murder and scamming.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote the Sherlock Holmes series. Through his writing career Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote 50 stories about Sherlock Holmes and how he solved mysteries. He had earned a doctorate of Literacy from the University of Edinburgh. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had also earned a doctorate in medicine as well as a bachelor in medicine. He was the son of a artist and civil servant.
Sherlock Holmes I thought the film with Sherlock Holmes was really good. It was something I could not just start watching and then leave during the show, I had to keep watching. Arthur Conan Doyle sure did make a good story. I liked how Benedict Cumberbatch played Sherlock Holmes, he did an amazing job.
