 |
 Leonard Wood
commanded the "Rough Riders" during the
Spanish-American War, and then served as Military
Governor of Cuba. He subsequently served as Chief
of Staff of the U.S. Army and as Governor General
of the Philippines. |
 William Thomas
Sampson became interested in
ordnance technology while at the U.S. Naval
Academy. During his tenure in the Navy he made
numerous improvements to the technology used by
the Navy, and to its training practices. As
Commander of the North Atlantic Squadron during
the Spanish-American War, he was partially
responsible for the American Navy's decimation of
a Spanish fleet at Santiago, Cuba, on July 3,
1898. |
 John
Mercer Langston became the first
African-American to be elected to a public office
in the United States when he was elected Town
Clerk of Brownhelm, Ohio, in 1854. |
 The
French and Indian War, 1754-1763,
was the last and most important conflict over
French and British possessions in North America. |
 Ethan
Allen formed the Green Mountain Boys
to help Vermont resist efforts by New York to
nullify land grants. He then led them in the
capture of Fort Ticonderoga, the first American
victory of the Revolutionary War. |
 Rachel
Jackson stuck by her husband, Andrew
Jackson, despite numerous allegations of adultery
on her part and his frequent absences. When he
was elected President in 1828 she was prepared to
follow him into the White House despite
misgivings about being a First Lady, but died
before she could take on that task. |
 William
Tecumseh Sherman was actually
depicted as insane at one time during the early
years of the Civil War, but still managed to gain
the respect of his superiors and to emerge as one
of the most well-known Generals of the war. He is
probably best remembered for his campaign through
Georgia that resulted in the burning of Atlanta
(which was actually an accident) and the capture
of Savannah. |
 Jeremiah
Simpson acquired the nickname
"Sockless Jerry" while campaigning for
a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives,
where he served from 1891 to 1899. Although he
won the seat by playing the "country
bumpkin," he proved his intelligence while
serving in that seat. |
 Georgia
Neese Clark Gray was an active
member of the Democratic Party and a successful
businesswoman when she was nominated to become
the first woman to serve as Treasurer of the
United States, an office she held from 1949 to
1951. |
 An
Overview of Jimmy Carter's Administration
In choosing Jimmy Carter,
the American voters gained a President about whom
they knew very little, and one who prided himself
on being relatively unknown outside his home
state of Georgia. He had never been a national
candidate and had no significant experience on
the national scene or any close ties to
Washington. Given that the nation was still
reeling from the Watergate fiasco of a few years
earlier, that lack of ties is what undoubtedly
got him elected, albeit by a fairly close margin. |
