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Jackson, Andrew
US President - 1829-37
More nearly than any of his predecessors, Andrew Jackson was elected by popular vote; as President he sought to act as the direct representative of the common man.
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Jefferson, Thomas
US President - 1801-09
As a reluctant candidate for President in 1796, Jefferson came within three votes of election. Through a flaw in the Constitution, he became Vice President, although an opponent of President Adams. In 1800 the defect caused a more serious problem. Republican electors, attempting to name both a President and a Vice President from their own party, cast a tie vote between Jefferson and Aaron Burr. The House of Representatives settled the tie. Hamilton, disliking both Jefferson and Burr, nevertheless urged Jefferson's election.
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Johnson, Andrew
US President - 1865-69
With the Assassination of Lincoln, the Presidency fell upon an old-fashioned southern Jacksonian Democrat of pronounced states' rights views. Although an honest and honorable man, Andrew Johnson was one of the most unfortunate of Presidents. Arrayed against him were the Radical Republicans in Congress, brilliantly led and ruthless in their tactics. Johnson was no match for them.
Mar 17, 2006, 21:29

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Johnson, Lyndon B.
US President - 1963-69
"A Great Society" for the American people and their fellow men elsewhere was the vision of Lyndon B. Johnson. In his first years of office he obtained passage of one of the most extensive legislative programs in the Nation's history. Maintaining collective security, he carried on the rapidly growing struggle to restrain Communist encroachment in Viet Nam.
Mar 17, 2006, 21:34

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Jones, Chuck
Chuck Jones animated some of the world's favorite characters. Read all about this remarkable man's life.
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Joplin, Scott
An introduction to the ragtime composer Scott Joplin.
Mar 30, 2006, 12:37

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Joyner-Kersee, Jackie
Jackie Joyner-Kersee is one of the greatest female American athletes of all time. Find out why in this biography.
Mar 17, 2006, 12:08

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Kennedy, John F.
US President - 1961-63
On November 22, 1963, when he was hardly past his first thousand days in office, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullets as his motorcade wound through Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President; he was the youngest to die.
Mar 17, 2006, 21:40

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King, Martin Luther Jr.
Learn about the remarkable life of Martin Luther King, Jr. through these wonderful resources.
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Lee, Robert E.
Born on January 19th and raised in Virginia, Robert E. Lee was a mighty General of the Confederacy.
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Lincoln, Abraham
US President - 1861-65
Lincoln warned the South in his Inaugural Address: "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you.... You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it."
Jul 17, 2006, 21:43