Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. was an American politician and statesman who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate,representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. As a senator he was a major leader of modern liberalism in the United States. As President Lyndon B. Johnson's vice president,he supported the controversial Vietnam War. An intensely divided Democratic Party nominated him in the 1968 presidential election,which he lost to Republican nominee Richard Nixon.
Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. was an American diplomat,politician,and activist. As the husband of Eunice Kennedy Shriver,he was part of the Kennedy family. Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps,and founded the Job Corps,Head Start,VISTA,Upward Bound,and other programs as the architect of the 1960s War on Poverty. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 1972 presidential election.
Debra Lynn Winger is an American actress. She starred in the films An Officer and a Gentleman (1982),Terms of Endearment (1983),and Shadowlands (1993),each of which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Winger won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for Terms of Endearment,and the Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress for A Dangerous Woman (1993).
The Chicago Seven,originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven,were seven defendants –Rennie Davis,David Dellinger,John Froines,Tom Hayden,Abbie Hoffman,Jerry Rubin,and Lee Weiner –charged by the United States Department of Justice with conspiracy,crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot,and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and 1960s counterculture protests in Chicago,Illinois during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The Chicago Eight became the Chicago Seven after the case against co-defendant Bobby Seale was declared a mistrial.
Barbara Jean Lee is an American politician and social worker who has served as a U.S. representative from California since 1998. A member of the Democratic Party,Lee represents California's 12th congressional district,which is based in Oakland and covers most of the northern part of Alameda County. According to the Cook Partisan Voting Index,it is one of the nation's most Democratic districts,with a rating of D+40.
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.
Deborah Wasserman Schultz is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 25th congressional district,first elected to Congress in 2004. A member of the Democratic Party,she is a former chair of the Democratic National Committee.
Ladda Tammy Duckworth is an American politician and retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,she represented Illinois's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017.
Gail S. Shaffer is an American politician and activist who served as the 59th Secretary of State of New York under Mario Cuomo.
Carol Ronen is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of both houses of the Illinois General Assembly.
Anne R. Kaiser is an American politician from the state of Maryland who serves in the Maryland House of Delegates,where she represents the 14th district,which includes parts of Silver Spring,Calverton,Colesville,Cloverly,Fairland,Burtonsville,Spencerville,Olney,Brookeville,Ashton-Sandy Spring,Brinklow,Laytonsville,Sunshine,Goshen,and Damascus in Montgomery County.
The 1968 Democratic National Convention protests were a series of protests against the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War that took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago,Illinois. The protests lasted approximately seven days,from August 23 to August 29,1968.
The 2012 Democratic National Convention was a gathering,held from September 3–6,2012,at the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte,North Carolina,in which delegates of the Democratic Party nominated President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden for reelection,in the 2012 United States national election.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL),formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith,is a New York-based international Jewish non-governmental organization and advocacy group whose stated mission is "to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all".
The 2016 Democratic National Convention was a presidential nominating convention,held at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,from July 25 to 28,2016. The convention gathered delegates of the Democratic Party,the majority of them elected through a preceding series of primaries and caucuses,to nominate a candidate for president and vice president in the 2016 United States presidential election. Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was chosen as the party's nominee for president by a 54% majority of delegates present at the convention roll call securing it over primary rival Senator Bernie Sanders,who received 46% of votes from delegates,and becoming the first female candidate to be formally nominated for president by a major political party in the United States. Her running mate,Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia,was confirmed by delegates as the party's nominee for vice president by acclamation.
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a multi-tendency,democratic socialist,and labor-oriented political organization in the United States. Its roots are in the Socialist Party of America (SPA),whose leaders included Eugene V. Debs,Norman Thomas and Michael Harrington. In 1973,Harrington,the leader of a minority faction that had opposed the SPA's transformation into the Social Democrats,USA (SDUSA) during the party's 1972 national convention,formed the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC).
Nina Rosenwald is an American political activist and philanthropist. An heiress to the Sears Roebuck fortune,Rosenwald is vice president of the William Rosenwald Family Fund and co-chair of the board of American Securities Management. She is the founder and president of Gatestone Institute,a New York-based right-wing anti-Muslim think tank.
The 2020 Republican National Convention in which delegates of the United States Republican Party selected the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2020 United States presidential election,was held from August 24 to 27,2020.
Debra Anne Haaland is an American politician serving as the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as chair of the New Mexico Democratic Party from 2015 to 2017 and as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2019 to March of 2021. Haaland is a Native American and enrolled citizen of the Laguna Pueblo.
The 2024 Republican National Convention is an event in which delegates of the United States Republican Party will select the party's nominees for president and vice president in the 2024 United States presidential election. It is scheduled to be held July 15 to 18,2024,at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee,Wisconsin.
