Blanche Lambert Lincoln is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected to the Senate in 1998;she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and youngest woman ever elected to the Senate at age 38. She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives,representing Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1997.
Robert Marion Berry was an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1997 to 2011. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
The 107th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington,D.C. from January 3,2001 to January 3,2003,during the final weeks of the Clinton presidency and the first two years of the George W. Bush presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1990 United States census.
The 101st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington,D.C.,from January 3,1989,to January 3,1991,during the final weeks of Ronald Reagan's presidency and the first two years of George H. W. Bush's presidency.
Southern Democrats are affiliates of the U.S. Democratic Party who reside in the Southern United States. Most of them voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by holding the longest filibuster in American Senate history while Democrats in non-Southern states supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964. After 1994 the Republicans typically won most elections in the South.
Kenneth Douglas McKellar was an American politician from Tennessee who served as a United States Representative from 1911 until 1917 and as a United States Senator from 1917 until 1953. A Democrat,he served longer in both houses of Congress than anyone else in Tennessee history.
Harold Eugene Ford Sr. is an American politician and Democratic former member of the United States House of Representatives representing the area of Memphis,Tennessee,for 11 terms—from 1975 until his retirement in 1997. He was the first African-American to represent Tennessee in the U.S. Congress. He is a member of the Ford political family from Memphis.
The 1996 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives on November 5,1996,to elect members to serve in the 105th United States Congress. They coincided with the re-election of President Bill Clinton. Democrats won the popular vote by almost 60,000 votes (0.07%) and gained a net of two seats from the Republicans,but the Republicans retained an overall majority of seats in the House for the first time since 1928.
Walter "Clift" Chandler was an American politician from Tennessee and a Representative for the ninth district of Tennessee. He served as mayor of Memphis,Tennessee from 1940 to 1946 and in 1955.
The 112th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,from January 3,2011,until January 3,2013. It convened in Washington,D.C.,on January 3,2011,and ended on January 3,2013,17 days before the end of the presidential term to which Barack Obama was elected in 2008. Senators elected to regular terms in 2006 completed those terms in this Congress. This Congress included the last House of Representatives elected from congressional districts that were apportioned based on the 2000 census.
Tennessee's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in West Tennessee. It has been represented by Democrat Steve Cohen since 2007.
William Tecumsah "Tom" Avery was an American slave owner,politician,member of the United States House of Representatives for the 10th congressional district of Tennessee,and Confederate Army officer.
Asa Hodges was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1873 to 1875.
Otis Theodore Wingo was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1913 to 1930. He was the husband of his successor in office,Effiegene Wingo.
Robert Bruce Macon was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1903 to 1913.
William Joshua Driver was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Denzil Price Marshall Jr. is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Harold Eugene Ford Jr. is an American financial managing director,pundit,author,and former U.S. Congressman who served from 1997–2007 in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party from Tennessee's 9th congressional district,centered in Memphis. He is a member of the Ford political family from Memphis,and is the son of former Congressman Harold Ford Sr.,who held the same seat for 22 years. In 2006,Ford made an unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the retiring Bill Frist. He was also the last chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).
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