Politics
The First Woman US State Senator Defeated Her Polygamist Husband in the Election
Despite having a conservative reputation, Utah was the first state to elect a female State Senator in 1896. In the ...
The US Once Stripped American Women of Citizenship if They Married Immigrants
Imagine accidentally losing your citizenship... simply because of the person you got married to! In the early 20th ...
18 American Presidents Didn’t Have a Vice President For All or Part of Their Terms
We're used to seeing a president and a vice president, but more than a dozen times throughout American history, there ...
Members of the Electoral College Have Voted Their Own Way 158 Times
In the United States, presidents are not elected directly-- instead, each state's votes are tallied and the winner ...
During the 1990s, the Clintons Were a Constant Target of Conservative Hoaxes
It's not unusual for politicians to bend the truth when making accusations about opposing candidates' records, but what ...
Republican Leader Dick Armey Was Caught Referring to a Congressman as a “Fag”
The Republican Party has never had a rosy relationship with gays and lesbians, and this incident probably didn't help ...