Anna Harrison 1775-1864 William Henry Harrison's wife is the only spouse of a president and grandmother of another. ... Sarah Polk 1803-1891 James Polk's wife worked as the president's secretary without taking a salary, and forbid dancing and card playing the White House.   ... Harriet Lane 1830-1903 James Buchanan's niece was the White House hostess for the only president to remain a bachelor. ... Lucretia Garfield 1832-1918 James A. ... Ida McKinley 1847-1907 William McKinley's wife was the only first lady to work as a bank teller and manager, and successfully urge...

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• Grade Level: High School

Jefferson would then continue his education studying at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia from 1760 to 1763. ... This continued for 2 years till Franklin was sent to apprentice in his brother James's print shop. ... However James would not print any of Benjamin's letters. ... Once James found out who the real Mrs. ... At which time he was sent to London under the sponsorship of Pennsylvania Governor William Keith. ...

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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were the first of the nineteenth century Presidents of the United States. ... Under the leadership of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, they opposed the views of the Federalists. ... William Marbury had been promised a judge position by Adams, but James Madison who was Secretary of State at the time would not give him the position. ... Thomas Jefferson sent Robert Livingston and James Monroe to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans from the French. ... Before the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson had planned the westward expedition of Meriwether Lewis a...

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Madison A conflict regarding John Adam's midnight judges and the Judiciary Act of 1801: William Marbury was one of several judges who had been promised a seat by John Adams, but never received a commission. James Madison, the Secretary of State under the Jefferson administration did not deliver the remaining commissions, and as a result, Marbury sued him, urging the Supreme Court to issue a writ of mandamus. ... The Judiciary Act of 1789 which granted the court original jurisdiction over these matters was declared unconstitutional, thereby establishing the principle of judicial review....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Joseph Ellis presents the personalities of John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington beautifully and in tremendous detail. ... In the second chapter, "The Dinner," Ellis exploits a secret compromise between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison in the scene of a dinner party hosted by Thomas Jefferson. ... At the College of William and Mary in 1965, Ellis acquired his B.A. ...

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He emerged himself in his studies learning Latin and Greek, and then going onto attend William and Mary in Williamsburg Virginia, all this by the young age of 17. ... She cam back to the home in 1805 -1806, and gave birth to a son names James Madison, the first child to be born in the White House. ... One man, James Callendar, failed to follow this code and was penalized. ...

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• Grade Level: High School