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Political Leaders & Statecraft

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Nancy Pelosi b. 1940Political Leaders & StatecraftFirst female Speaker of the House who shepherded major healthcare and economic legislation.Henry Clay 1777–1852Political Leaders & StatecraftSenator and statesman known as the Great Compromiser for his role in preserving the Union.William Jennings Bryan 1860–1925Political Leaders & StatecraftThree-time Democratic nominee and orator who made monetary reform, popular democracy, and moral politics central national issues.Mitch McConnell b. 1942Political Leaders & StatecraftLongest-serving Senate party leader who reshaped the federal judiciary through confirmation strategy.Stephen A. Douglas 1813–1861Political Leaders & StatecraftIllinois senator whose popular-sovereignty doctrine and debates with Lincoln framed the crisis over slavery.Al Smith 1873–1944Political Leaders & StatecraftFour-term governor of New York and the first Catholic nominated for president by a major partyBoss Tweed 1823–1878Political Leaders & StatecraftBoss of Tammany Hall, whose ring looted New York City while it fed and naturalized the city's immigrants.Barry Goldwater 1909–1998Political Leaders & StatecraftSenator and presidential nominee whose 1964 campaign helped create the modern conservative movement.Henry Cabot Lodge 1850–1924Political Leaders & StatecraftSenate leader who blocked American entry into the League of Nations after the First World War.Bob Dole 1923–2021Political Leaders & StatecraftWounded veteran and Senate leader who helped write the Americans with Disabilities Act.Samuel J. Tilden 1814–1886Political Leaders & StatecraftThe reform governor of New York who won the popular vote in 1876 and lost the presidencyNewt Gingrich b. 1943Political Leaders & StatecraftSpeaker who engineered the 1994 Republican House majority and the Contract with America agenda.Tip O’Neill 1912–1994Political Leaders & StatecraftLong-serving House speaker who became the leading congressional counterweight to Ronald Reagan.Robert La Follette 1855–1925Political Leaders & StatecraftWisconsin governor and senator who led the Progressive movement against railroad and corporate influence.Adlai Stevenson II 1900–1965Political Leaders & StatecraftIllinois governor and two-time Democratic presidential nominee who later served as UN ambassador.Sam Rayburn 1882–1961Political Leaders & StatecraftLongest-serving Speaker of the House who steered New Deal and postwar legislation through Congress.Thurlow Weed 1797–1882Political Leaders & StatecraftPolitical boss of New York and editor of the Albany Evening JournalMark Hanna 1837–1904Political Leaders & StatecraftIndustrialist and party boss who invented the modern corporate-funded presidential campaign.Roscoe Conkling 1829–1888Political Leaders & StatecraftSenate boss of the Stalwart patronage machine who resigned in a fight over one customs house.