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Notable Historic Political Leaders Posters
for the social studies classroom and home schoolers.
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history > Notable US Political Leaders < social studies
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Thomas Hart Benton, John C. Calhoun, Lewis Cass, Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, Alexander Hamilton, Sam Houston, Daniel Webster, David Wilmot,
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Thomas Hart Benton
b. 3-14-1782; North Carolina
d. 4-10-1858; Washington, DC
Thomas Hart Benton was nicknamed “Old Bullion” for his advocacy of “hard money” as opposed to paper currency. He was also a staunch supporter of the westward expansion of the United States that became known as Manifest Destiny and wrote the first Homestead Act which encouraged settlement by giving land grants to anyone willing to work the soil, thereby displacing Native peoples.
Benton served as a Tennessee state senator and later as an aide-de-camp to Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. After dueling with Jackson -leaving a bullet in the future president - he moved to Missouri Territory in 1815 where he was elected to the U.S. Senate from Missouri five time (1821-1851) but lost reelection because he opposed slavery.
Benton's son-in-law was John C. Fremont, an explorer, Union General and presidential candidate; his great nephew was painter Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975).
• Life of Thomas Hart Benton by Theodore Roosevelt
• Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
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John C. Calhoun (D)
b. 1-30-1882; Hyde Park, NY
d. 3-31-1850; Washington, DC.
“History proves that dictatorships do not grow out of strong and successful governments, but out of weak and helpless ones. If by democratic methods people get a government strong enough to protect them from fear and starvation, their democracy succeeds; but if they do not, they grow impatient. Therefore, the only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over its government.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1938
• World War II posters
• Eleanor Roosevelt posters
• Fala, President Roosevelt's dog
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Lewis Cass
b. 10-9-1782; Exeter, New Hampshire
d. 6-17-1866; Michigan
Military officer, explorer, and politican Lewis Cass served in the War of 1812, lead the expedition for the source of the Mississippi River and was a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, and a U.S. Senator representing Michigan. He was also the nominee of the Democratic Party for President of the United States in 1848.
• Abilene, Kansas Home print
• World War II posters
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Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
(36th President, 1963-1969)
b. 8-27-1908; Stonewall, TX
d. 1-22-1973; Johnson City, TX
“I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.” Lyndon B. Johnson
• Civil Rights Posters
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Gerald R. Ford (R)
(38th President, 1974-1977)
b. 7-14-1913; Omaha, NE
d. 12-26-2006; Rancho Mirage, CA
“I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers.” Gerald R. Ford
• Michigan posters
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Jimmy Carter (D)
(39th President, 1977-1981)
b. 10-1-1924; Plains, GA
“In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: ‘We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.’”
• Nobel Peace Prize posters
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Ronald Reagan (R)
(40th President, 1981-1989)
b. 2-6-1911; Tampico, IL
d. 6-5-2004; Bel-Air, CA
“Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.” Ronald Reagan
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George Bush (R)
(41th President, 1989-1993)
b. 6-12-1924; Milton, MA
“I have opinions of my own – strong opinions – but I don't always agree with them.” George Bush
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Bill Clinton (D)
(42nd President, 1993-2001)
b. 8-19-1946; Hope, AR
“Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference.” William Jefferson Clinton
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George W. Bush (R)
(43rd President, 2001-2009)
b. 7-6-1946; New Haven, CT
“You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.” - George W. Bush, Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001
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Barack Obama (D)
(44th President, 2009-present)
b. 8-4-1961; Hawaii
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” Barack Obama
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