Examples of John Kerry in the following topics:
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- Bush was elected for a second term when he narrowly defeated Democratic candidate John Kerry.
- Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the then-junior Senator from Massachusetts.
- With two hot wars overseas, one of which appeared to be spiraling out of control, the Democrats nominated a decorated Vietnam War veteran, Massachusetts senator John Kerry, to challenge Bush for the presidency.
- On July 6, 2004, John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate, shortly before the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston held later that month.
- The split vote in Minnesota denotes an elector's vote counted for Vice President nominee John Edwards.
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- Bush became the second U.S. president whose father had held the same office (John Quincy Adams was the first).
- Running as a self-styled "war president" in the midst of the Iraq War, Bush won re-election in 2004; his campaign against Senator John Kerry was successful despite controversy over Bush's handling of the Iraq War and the economy.
- Bush's second term was highlighted by several free trade agreements, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 alongside a strong push for offshore and domestic drilling, the nominations of Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito, a push for Social Security and immigration reform, a surge of troops in Iraq, and several different economic initiatives aimed at preventing a banking system collapse, stopping foreclosures, and stimulating the economy during the recession.
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- When Virginia congressman John Randolph broke with Jefferson in 1806, his political faction became known as the "Old Republicans," or "quids."
- Virginia congressman John Randolph of Roanoke was the leader of the "Old Republican" faction of Democratic-Republicans that insisted on a strict adherence to the Constitution and opposed any innovations.
- John Randolph was a planter and a congressman from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and also as minister to Russia throughout his career.
- Photograph at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington of John Randolph of Roanoke, VA.
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- John Adams, the second president to hold office, believed in a strong federal government and an expansion of executive power.
- As the second president to hold office, Federalist John Adams followed Washington's example in stressing civic virtue and republican values.
- After the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts, Democratic-Republicans began to use the term "the reign of witches" to describe the Federalist party and John Adams.
- John Adams was the second President of the United States, elected in 1796.
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- John Brown, a radical abolitionist from the North, led an attack on the
federal arsenal Harper's Ferry in 1859.
- Many Northern reactions to John Brown's raid are best characterized as
baffled reproach.
- The psychological significance of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
cannot be overestimated.
- The South found the North's ambivalent attitude toward John Brown's
raid flabbergasting.
- Compare how Southern and Northern states responded to John Brown’s raid
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- John Marshall greatly impacted the legal system in the United States during his 30 year tenure as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
- The Supreme Court also gained significant power under the leadership of Chief Justice John Marshall , who served from 1801 to 1835.
- John Marshall (1755 – 1835) was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States whose court opinions helped lay the basis for American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States a coequal branch of government along with the legislative and executive branches.
- John Marshall was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for over 30 years.
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- John Quincy Adams was elected president by the House of Representatives in 1824, despite not winning the popular vote.
- John Quincy Adams was elected president on February 9, 1825, in the United States presidential election of 1824, after the election was decided by the House of Representatives.
- The crowded field included John Quincy Adams, the son of the second president, John Adams.
- A second candidate, John C.
- Meanwhile, John C.
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- John Marshall (September 24, 1755–July 6, 1835) was chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1801 until 1835.
- House of Representatives from 1799 to 1800, and was secretary of state under President John Adams from 1800 to 1801.
- The incumbent Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth was in poor health, so Adams first offered the seat to ex-Chief Justice John Jay, who declined on the grounds that the Court lacked, "energy, weight, and dignity."
- The three previous chief justices (John Jay, John Rutledge, and Oliver Ellsworth) had minimal legacies beyond setting up the forms of office.
- John Marshall was the chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1801–1835.
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- John Davison Rockefeller was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, a business trust which dominated the oil industry.
- John Davison Rockefeller was an American industrialist and philanthropist.
- Standard Oil began as an Ohio partnership formed by the well-known industrialist John D.
- In the early years, John D.
- John D.
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- John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States, served from March 4, 1825, to March 4, 1829.
- John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was the son of former President John Adams.
- Portrait of John Quincy Adams by George Peter Alexander Healy (1858).