Nancy Reagan was an American film actress who was the first lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989,as the second wife of President Ronald Reagan.
Mary Elizabeth Alexander Dole is an American attorney,author,and politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2003 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party,she previously served in five presidential administrations,including as U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Ronald Reagan from 1983 to 1987 and as U.S. Secretary of Labor under Reagan's successor,George H. W. Bush,from 1989 until 1990. Dole then left government to serve as president of the American Red Cross from 1991 to 1999;she departed from that position to seek the Republican nomination in the 2000 presidential election,but eventually withdrew from the race.
James Addison Baker III is an American attorney,diplomat and statesman. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 10th White House chief of staff and 67th United States secretary of the treasury under President Ronald Reagan and the 61st U.S. secretary of state before returning as the 16th White House chief of staff under President George H. W. Bush.
Nancy Josephine Kassebaum Baker is a retired American politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon,who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937 and the 1936 Republican nominee for president,and the widow of former U.S. senator and diplomat Howard Baker.
The New Hampshire presidential primary is the first in a series of nationwide party primary elections and the second party contest,the first being the Iowa caucuses,held in the United States every four years as part of the process of choosing the delegates to the Democratic and Republican national conventions which choose the party nominees for the presidential elections to be held in November. Although only a few delegates are chosen in the New Hampshire primary,its real importance comes from the massive media coverage it receives,along with the first caucus in Iowa.
Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler is an American politician who has served multiple different positions within the United States Department of State.
Jack Eckerd was an American businessman and the second generation owner of Eckerd chain of drugstores.
Southern Democrats are members of the U.S. Democratic Party who reside in the Southern United States.
The 1984 United States Senate elections were held on November 6,with the 33 seats of Class 2 contested in regular elections. They coincided with the landslide re-election of President Ronald Reagan in the presidential election. In spite of the lopsided presidential race,Reagan's Republican Party suffered a net loss of two Senate seats to the Democrats,although it retained control of the Senate with a reduced 53–47 majority.
Claude Roy Kirk Jr. was an American businessman and politician who served as the 36th governor of Florida from 1967 to 1971. A Republican for most his career,he was the first Republican governor of Florida since Reconstruction.
Richard Bernard Stone was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Florida from 1975 to 1980 and later served as Ambassador at Large to Central America and Ambassador to Denmark. Before running for the U.S. Senate he served as Florida Secretary of State.
Edward John Gurney Jr. was an attorney and an American politician based in Florida,where he served as a Representative and a United States Senator. Born and raised in Portland,Maine,Gurney moved to Florida after his service in World War II. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1962,Gurney was the second Republican elected to Congress from Florida in the 20th century.
William Henson Moore III is an American attorney and businessman. He is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives,having represented Louisiana's 6th congressional district,based in Baton Rouge,from 1975 to 1987. He was only the second Republican to have represented Louisiana in the House since Reconstruction,the first having been David C. Treen,then of Jefferson Parish.
Louis Frey Jr. was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 until 1979. He represented Florida's 5th congressional district from 1969 to 1973 and the 9th district from 1973 to 1979,until he ran unsuccessfully in 1978 for the Republican nomination for governor to succeed the term-limited Democrat Reubin Askew of Pensacola.
William Cato Cramer Sr.,was an American attorney and politician,elected in 1954 as a member of the United States House of Representatives from St. Petersburg,Florida. He was the first Florida Republican elected to Congress since 1880,shortly after the end of Reconstruction. He was re-elected,serving without interruption until 1970.
The 1970 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 3,1970,to determine the governor and lieutenant governor of Florida,concurrent with the election to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
Dominick Leonard DiCarlo was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1965 to 1981;Ronald Reagan's first Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters from 1981 to 1984;and a United States Judge of the United States Court of International Trade from 1984 to 1999.
Jon R. Thomas was United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters from 1984 to 1986.
The 1986 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 4,1986. Incumbent Republican Senator Charles Mathias Jr. decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Democratic U.S. Representative Barbara Mikulski defeated Reagan Administration official Linda Chavez for the open seat. Mikulski's swearing-in marked the first time since 1969 where Democrats held both Senate seats from Maryland.
The presidential transition of George H. W. Bush began when then-Vice President Bush won the United States 1988 United States presidential election,becoming the president-elect,and ended when Bush was inaugurated on January 20,1989.
