The Big Eight Conference was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football. It was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) by its charter member schools:the University of Kansas,University of Missouri,University of Nebraska,and Washington University in St. Louis. Additionally,the University of Iowa was an original member of the MVIAA,while maintaining joint membership in the Western Conference.
Julius Caesar Watts Jr. is an American politician,clergyman,and former football player. Watts played as a quarterback in college football for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican,representing Oklahoma's 4th congressional district.
The 2000 Democratic National Convention was a quadrennial presidential nominating convention for the Democratic Party. The convention nominated Vice President Al Gore for president and Senator Joe Lieberman from Connecticut for vice president. The convention was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles,California from August 14 to August 17,2000. Gore accepted the presidential nomination on August 17,the final night of the convention.
Leslie Cornelius Arends was a Republican politician from Illinois who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1935 until 1974.
William David Ford was a U.S. Representative from Michigan and namesake of the Federal Direct Student Loan Program. Ford was known for his support of workers and educational opportunity. Among his significant legislative accomplishments were authoring the Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and the Middle Income Student Assistance Act,and his key role in passing the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. In 1994,the Federal Direct Student Loan Program was named in his honor.
Alan Dupree Wheat is an American economist,lobbyist,and politician who served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Missouri from 1983 to 1995.
Stephen Ira Cohen is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Tennessee's 9th congressional district since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the western three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee's first Jewish congressman and since 2023 has been the dean of and only Democrat in the state's congressional delegation.
Frank W. Ballou Senior High School is a public school located in Washington,D.C.,United States. Ballou is a part of the District of Columbia Public Schools.
Lucien Norbert Nedzi is an American retired attorney and politician from Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as public administrator of Wayne County,Michigan from 1955 to 1961 and a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1981.
James Albert Smith Leach is an American academic and former politician. He served as ninth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2009 to 2013 and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa (1977–2007).
David Jacoby is the Iowa State Representative from the 86th District. A Democrat,he has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2003,when he was elected in a special election following the resignation of Dick Myers.
Helen Naomi Miller is an American politician who served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2019.
Matt W. Windschitl is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 15th District and Majority Leader of the House
Ako Abdul-Samad is the Iowa State Representative from the 34th District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2007. Previously,he was a member of the Des Moines school board. Abdul-Samad was born,raised,and resides in Des Moines.
Betty R. De Boef is an American politician in the state of Iowa. A Republican,she served in the Iowa House of Representatives for the 96th district from 2001 to 2003 and for the 76th district from 2003 to 2012.
Dennis M. Cohoon is an American politician who served as an Iowa State Representative from 1987 to 2023 representing several different seats in Burlington.
Henry Oscar Talle was an economics professor and a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from eastern Iowa. He served in the United States Congress for twenty years from 1939 until 1959.
Eric Michael Swalwell is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative from California's 14th congressional district since 2023,having previously represented the 15th district from 2013 to 2023. His district covers most of eastern Alameda County and part of central Contra Costa County. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Richard B. Magruder was a rancher,lawyer,and Oregon state legislator. He attended college and then law school at Willamette University. After graduation,he practiced law and operated a ranch in Clatskanie in Columbia County,Oregon. He served four terms in the Oregon House of Representatives,from 1971 until his death in 1978. During the 1977 legislative session,he came within one vote of being elected speaker of the House of Representatives.
Percy Willis Watson is an American politician. He is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 103rd District,being first elected in 1980. He is a member of the Democratic party.
