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- List of U.S. state capitals (5230 bytes)
56: | [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]
69: ... — [[1873]] (east wing), [[1879]] — [[1881]] (west wing), [[1884]] — [[1906]] (center)
141: ...]] — [[1924]], [[1931]] — [[1934]] (office tower & wing)
177: | [[1881]] — [[1888]] - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...eplacing the [[Ford Excursion]]). For the science fiction book, see [[Expedition (book)]].''
12: ... Álvares]] ([[16th century]] [[Portuguese]], the first to reach [[China]])
17: ...[Norway|Norwegian]], first at the [[South Pole]], first to navigate the [[Northwest Passage]] in a sin...
21: ...(1796—1878), [[British Empire|British]] naval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]...
23: ...9]]), [[Spain|Spanish]], first to sight the [[Pacific Ocean]], founded Darién, oldest surviving Europ... - John C. Fremont (3726 bytes)
2: ...ce of [[President of the United States]], and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run...
5: ...s generally acknowledged that Frémont became the first European American to view [[Lake Tahoe]]. He ...
7: ...] the new Republican Party nominated him as their first [[President of the United States|presidential]...
11: ...] of the [[Arizona Territory]] from [[1878]] to [[1881]]. He died of [[peritonitis]] in a [[hotel]] in [...
15: ...dard [[Binomial nomenclature#Authorship in scientific names|botanical author abbreviation]] '''Frém.'... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
15: ...nk Abbandando|Abbandando, Frank]], (1910-1942), Mafia hitman
16: ...igh-Mackay|Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert]], (1848-1881), author
22: ...a Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
99: *[[Abram|Abraham]], (circa 1800 BC), Biblical figure - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
15: *[[Adam]], Biblical figure, first man
34: *[[Abigail Adams|Adams, Abigail]], (1744-1818), [[First Lady of the United States]]
41: ...ivil War General and president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]
48: ...[Franklin Pierce Adams|Adams, Franklin Pierce]], (1881-1960), author
66: ...officer)|Adams, Samuel]], (1912-1942), US naval officer - Elizabeth Cady Stanton (4406 bytes)
2: ...]], [[1902]]) was a social activist and a leading figure of the early [[women's rights]] movement in t...
6: ...Anthony and [[Matilda Joslyn Gage]] published the first of three volumes of the ''[[History of Woman S...
14: ...as the daughter of Colonel James Livingston, an officer in the Revolutionary War. Elizabeth Cady Stan... - Mary Cassatt (9047 bytes)
6: ...ing painting at the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] (1861-...
8: ...ly, but art supplies and models were difficult to find in the small town. Her father continued to resi...
12: The jury accepted her first painting for the [[Paris Salon]] in [[1872]]. ...
20: ...]]). [[Mary Cassatt]]. Oil on canvas. [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]].]]
21: ...orward approach. By [[1886]], she no longer identified herself with any art movement and experimented ... - Ouida (1938 bytes)
1: ....png|thumb|Caricature of Ouida (Punch, August 20, 1881)]]'''Ouida''' ([[January 7]], [[1839]] – [[...
13: * ''Findelkind'' (??) [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/1...
16: * ''Held in Bondage'' (1863) (first published with the title ''Granville de Vigne'...
32: * ''A Village Commune'' (1881) - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...udent of [[Karl Weierstrass]] in [[Berlin]]. In [[1881]] she was appointed professor at [[Stockholm Univ...
3: ...lievich Kriukovskoi]] (1800-1874), an artillery officer of Belarusian ("''Polish''") descent. He manag...
5: ...) and had more education and "appreciation of the finer things" than her husband.
7: Sofia Kovalevskaya contributed to the understanding of...
11: ...aper for one house, used his old notes instead. Sofia spent many hours of childhood scrutinising the s... - Clara Barton (9023 bytes)
1: ...ht|thumb|''Famed American [[nurse]] Clara Barton, first president of the [[American Red Cross]]'']]
2: ...nfusion with her date of birth, as her birth certificate says the 25th, while her family members say t...
12: ...cation, and despite opposition, set up one of the first free public schools in the state.
14: ...nited States Patent and Trademark Office|Patent Office]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] where she learned the...
21: ...s, eventually reaching some of the grimmest battlefields of the war and serving during the sieges of P... - Painting (4567 bytes)
34: ...st.]] Different types of paint are usually identified by the medium that the pigment is suspended or ...
48: *[[Spray paint]] ([[Graffiti]])
70: *[[Graffiti]]
80: *[[Figure painting]]
102: *[[Pablo Picasso]], ([[1881]]-[[1973]]), Spanish [[Cubism|cubist]] artist - President of the United States (42878 bytes)
5: ...d is usually one of the world's best-known public figures. During the [[Cold War]], the President was ...
7: ...head of government in a [[republic]]. Today the office is widely emulated all over the world in nation...
11: == Requirements to hold office ==
14: ...mmigrants to American society. Prominent public officials that are barred from the presidency because ...
16: ...wo four-year terms or a maximum of ten years in office should he have succeeded to the Presidency prev... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
6: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>[[March 4]], [[1869]] – [[Mar...
13: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]:'''</td><td>[[Julia Grant]]</td></tr>
32: ...nd although Grant protested the change, it was difficult to resist the [[bureaucracy]]. Upon graduatio...
39: ...e agent in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], and finally an assistant in the leather shop owned by hi...
41: ...r|Fort Sumter]], Captain Grant arrived in [[Springfield, Illinois]], with a company of men he had rais... - William A. Wheeler (2833 bytes)
12: ! Term of Office:
13: | [[March 4]], [[1877]]-<br />[[March 3]], [[1881]]
46: ...1867]] and [[1868]], and was elected to the Forty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses ([[Marc...
48: ...urated in March [[1877]] and served until March [[1881]]. He retired from public life and active busine...
52: ...ears=[[March 4]], [[1877]] – [[March 3]], [[1881]]}} - Chester A. Arthur (12210 bytes)
5: | date1=[[September 20]], [[1881]]
7: | preceded=[[James A. Garfield]]
10: | place of birth=[[Fairfield, Vermont]]
18: ...sgruntled office seeker, on July 2, [[1881]]. Garfield died on September 19th, and Arthur became [[Pr...
20: ...ner, and was widely popular by the time he left office. He was also sometimes called "Elegant Arthur" ... - Grover Cleveland (20963 bytes)
8: <tr><td>'''Term of Office:'''</td><td>
21: <tr><td>'''[[First Lady of the United States|First Ladies]]:'''</td><td>[[Rose Cleveland]] (siste...
25: ...], [[List of leaders who died in office|died in office]])<br>
36: ...c Office is a Public Trust" as his trademark of office, and was later elected, [[Governor of New York]...
39: ...d_wedding.png|left|thumb|Grover Cleveland was the first and only President married in the White House.... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
3: ...d had seen it reduced to little more than a small fishing village.
7: [[Image:Alexandria_egypt_6.jpg|thumb|right|Fishing Boats in Alexandria's Eastern Harbour, close...
21: ...act knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frightening the...
23: ...t of fishermen and pirates. Behind it there were five native villages scattered along the strip betwe...
51: ...erated him that he completely demolished its fortifications, although he seems to have spared the live... - South Africa (40100 bytes)
9: ... India]] in number. As a result, there are many official names for the country.
11: ...e non-official languages may be used in certain official uses in limited areas where it has been deter...
13: Many of the "unofficial languages" of the [[Bushmen|San]] and [[Khoik...
17: ... English on the front cover and lists the other official names of South Africa on an inner page.
19: ...ica]] feel that their languages, despite having official status, are being sidelined in favour of Engl... - Arkansas (11679 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
46: ...AW" was made official by the state legislature in 1881.
50: ..." when Tucker refused to give up the governor's office for a short period of time, because the Arkansa...
52: ...tes|South]], were a majority of state and local offices are held by [[United States Republican Party|R...
56: Each office's term is four years long. - Iowa (24205 bytes)
10: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
36: ...e state is "State of Iowa", and the [[U.S. Post Office]] abbreviation for the state is '''IA'''.
45: ... and [[Jacques Marquette]] are believed to be the first Europeans to visit Iowa. They described Iowa ...
47: *The first white settlers officially moved to Iowa in June [[1833]]. Primarily,...
49: ...he [[Union Pacific]] railroad. The completion of five major railroads across Iowa brough major econom...
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