The Kennedy family is an American political family that has long been prominent in American politics,public service,entertainment,and business. In 1884,35 years after the family's arrival from County Wexford,Ireland,Patrick Joseph "P. J." Kennedy became the first Kennedy elected to public office,serving in the Massachusetts state legislature until 1895. At least one Kennedy family member served in federal elective office from 1947,when P. J. Kennedy's grandson John F. Kennedy became a member of Congress from Massachusetts,until 2011,when Patrick J. Kennedy II retired as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government,created in the aftermath of the Wall Street crash of 1929. Its primary purpose is to enforce laws against market manipulation.
Charles Christopher Cox is an American attorney and politician who served as chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,a 17-year Republican member of the United States House of Representatives,and member of the White House staff in the Reagan Administration. Prior to his Washington service he was a practicing attorney,teacher,and entrepreneur. Following his retirement from government in 2009,he returned to law practice and currently serves as a director,trustee,and advisor to several for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
David Adam Smith is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the U.S. representative for Washington's 9th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party,Smith previously served in the Washington State Senate.
Michael Everett Capuano is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2019. A Democrat,his district included the northern three-fourths of Boston,as well as parts of Cambridge,his hometown of Somerville,and other communities immediately north and south of Boston. Prior to being elected to Congress,he served as an Alderman and Mayor of Somerville.
Thomas Howard Kean is an American politician,statesman,and academic administrator from the state of New Jersey. A Republican,Kean served two terms as the 48th governor of New Jersey from 1982 to 1990.
Gregory Paul Walden is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 2nd congressional district from 1999 to 2021. He is a Republican. Walden is the son of three-term Oregon State Representative Paul E. Walden. In October 2019,Walden announced that he would not run for reelection in 2020.
Arthur Levitt Jr. is the former chairman of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He served from 1993 to 2001 as the twenty-fifth and longest-serving chairman of the commission. Widely hailed as a champion of the individual investor,he has been criticized for not pushing for tougher accounting rules. Since May 2001 he has been employed as a senior adviser at the Carlyle Group. Levitt previously served as a policy advisor to Goldman Sachs and is a Director of Bloomberg LP,parent of Bloomberg News.
John Greg Ganske is an American politician,plastic surgeon,and retired U.S. Army reserve lieutenant colonel from Iowa. He served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 and was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Iowa in 2002.
Lynn Morley Martin is an American businesswoman and former politician who served as the 21st United States secretary of labor from 1991 to 1993,under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party,she previously represented Illinois's 16th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1991. Before her election to Congress,Martin served in both chambers of Illinois General Assembly;in the State House of Representatives from 1977 to 1979,as well as the State Senate from 1979 to 1980.
The 1990 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 6,1990,to elect members to serve in the 102nd United States Congress. They occurred in the middle of President George H. W. Bush's term. As in most midterm elections,the president's Republican Party lost seats to the Democratic Party,slightly increasing the Democratic majority in the chamber. It was a rare instance,however,in which both major parties lost votes to third parties such as the Libertarian Party as well as independent candidates.
Samuel Howard Sloan,also known as Mohammad Ismail Sloan,is an American perennial candidate and former broker-dealer. In 1978,he won a case pro se before the United States Supreme Court,becoming the last non-lawyer to argue a case in front of the court before it prohibited the practice in 2013. He has unsuccessfully run or attempted to run for several political offices,including President of the United States.
Robert Freeman "Bob" Smith was an American politician from Oregon. A member of the Republican Party,he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 and again from 1997 to 1999.
Stephen B. Pence is an American attorney who was the 53rd lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 2003 to 2007. He took office with fellow Republican Ernie Fletcher in December 2003.
James Lee Bunn is an American politician from Oregon. A native of Yamhill County,he served in the Oregon State Senate before election to the United States House of Representatives,where he served for one term before losing re-election. A Republican,he now works as a correctional officer for the county.
Dennis Alan Smith is an American businessman and former United States congressman from the state of Oregon. A native of the state,he served in the Air Force before working in the airline industry and taking over the family's newspaper business. A Republican,he served ten years in Congress from 1981 until 1991. His father was former Oregon Governor Elmo Smith.
A regional stock exchange is a term used in the United States to describe stock exchanges that operate outside of the country's main financial center in New York City. A regional stock exchange operates in the trading of listed and over-the-counter (OTC) equities under the SEC's Unlisted Trading Privileges (UTP) rule.
Robert Edward Latta is an American politician who is the United States representative for Ohio's 5th congressional district,serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes many of Toledo's suburbs,as well as Findlay,Bowling Green,Napoleon,Sylvania,Defiance and Van Wert. It also includes a sliver of Toledo itself.
North American Co. v. Securities and Exchange Commission,327 U.S. 686 (1946),is a United States Supreme Court case holding that a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) order under the Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA) directing a public utility holding company to divest its securities of all companies except for one electric company did not violate the Commerce Clause or the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Thomas Patrick O'Dea is an American attorney and representative in the Connecticut House of Representatives representing the 125th District,encompassing parts of Darien,North Stamford,and New Canaan. For most of his career,the district included portions of Wilton until the district boundaries were changed in 2022. He is a member of the Republican Party and the House Republican Caucus.
