Political Party – Republican Party
George F. Bowles (1844-1899)
George F. Bowles, born enslaved in 1844 in Charleston, South Carolina, was one of the most prominent figures in Reconstruction...
John Edward James (1981-)
John Edward James, an Iraq War Veteran and Tea Party conservative Republican, is currently a member of Congress from Michigan’s...
Peter Crosby (1844-1884)
Peter Crosby was born in 1844 and lived twenty years in Clark County, Mississippi. He moved to Vicksburg in 1864...
Wesley Parish Hunt (1981-)
Wesley Parish Hunt, a Republican member of Congress from Texas, was born on November 13, 1981, in Houston, Texas, to...
Herschel Junior Walker (1962-)
Herschel Junior Walker, a former football running back, was the Republican nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in...
Charles Banks (1873-1923)
Booker T. Washington once called Charles Banks the “most influential businessman in the United States” and Mississippi’s “leading Negro Banker.”...
The Jaybird-Woodpecker War (1888-1889)
The Jaybird-Woodpecker War was a conflict between two political factions in Fort Bend County, Texas. The origin of the conflict...
Randy Daniels (1950- )
Randy Allen Daniels is a politician, and journalist, who served as the 61st Secretary of State for New York. Daniels...
Lucille Boynton Skaggs Edwards (1875-1972)
Lucille Boynton Skaggs Edwards, a journalist and suffragist, was the first African American woman magazine publisher in Nebraska. Edwards was...
