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Freedom Calendar 01/03/09 - 01/10/09
2009-01-04 02:59:00 January 3, 1933, Republican Minnie Davenport Craig (R-ND) elected as first woman to be Speaker of the House in a state legislature.January 4, 1995, Speaker Newt Gingrich appoints Republican Cheryl Lau first Asian-American woman to serve as General Counsel of U.S. House; Republican Robin Carle becomes first woman elected Clerk of U.S. House.January 5, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt nominates African-American physician William D. Crum as Collector of Customs, over racist objections from Senate Democrats.January 6, 1874, African-American U.S. Rep. Robert B. Elliott (R-SC) delivers eloquent hour-long speech supporting Republicans? civil rights bill.January 7, 1922, Death of Republican Jonah Kalanianaole, native Hawaiian who served as Delegate in U.S. Congress for 19 years.January 8, 1867, Republicans override Democrat President Andrew Johnson?s veto of law granting voting rights to African-Americans in D.C.January 9, 1890, Death of abolitionist and U.S. Rep. William Kelley (R-PA), o...
Freedom Calendar 12/27/08 - 01/03/09
2008-12-28 03:30:00 December 27, 1910, Birth of African-American physician Aris Allen, Chairman of Maryland Republican Party and Secretary of 1980 Republican National Convention.December 28, 1973, Banned Russian author and human rights activist Alexander Solzhenitsyn publishes Gulag Archipelago; President Ronald Reagan would quote his undelivered Nobel acceptance speech in national TV address to Soviet Union.December 29, 1930, Death of Walter Cohen, African-American Republican from New Orleans; served in McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and Coolidge administrations.December 30, 1842, Birth of Republican U.S. Rep. Josiah Walls, who in 1871 became Florida?s first African-American in Congress.December 31, 1898, Republican Theodore Roosevelt becomes Governor of New York; in 1900, he outlawed racial segregation in New York public schools.January 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation, implementing the Republicans? Confiscation Act of 1862, takes effect.January 2, 1895, Republicans Clara Cressingham, Carrie C. Holl...
Freedom Calendar 12/20/08 - 12/27/08
2008-12-21 03:26:00 December 20, 2000, California Republican Ann Veneman nominated as first woman to be U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.December 21, 1981, President Ronald Reagan establishes Task Force on Legal Equality for Women.December 22, 1870, African-American Republican Jefferson Long becomes U.S. Representative from Georgia.December 23, 1815, Civil rights activist and Republican diplomat Henry Garnet born into slavery in Maryland; first African-American to address U.S. Senate (1865).December 24, 1833, Birth of African-American Republican Joseph Corbin, Arkansas Superintendent of Education (1873-74)Christmas Day December 25, 1804, Birth of U.S. Rep. George Ashmun (R-MA), anti-slavery activist and Chairman of 1860 Republican National Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln.December 26, 1939, Birth of former U.S. Rep. Lynn Martin (R-IL), who as Vice Chair of the Republican Conference was the first Republican woman in a congressional leadership position; later served as Secretary of Labor in the ad...
Freedom Calendar 12/13/08 - 12/20/08
2008-12-14 03:46:00 December 13, 2001, ?No Child Left Behind? Act to improve public education for all children passes House; signed into law by President George W. Bush.December 14, 1829, Birth of African-American Republican John Langston; served as diplomat in four Republican administrations, and in U.S. House (R-VA).December 15, 2000, President-elect George W. Bush nominates Colin Powell as first African-American Secretary of State.December 16, 2003, President George W. Bush signs law creating National Museum of African American History and Culture.December 17, 2000, Republican Alberto Gonzales named as first Hispanic to serve as White House Counsel by President George W. Bush.December 18, 1852, Birth of Republican U.S. Rep. George White (R-NC), last former slave to serve in Congress; authored bill to make lynching a federal crime.December 19, 1820, Birth of Republican activist Mary Livermore, organizer of Women?s Suffrage Convention in 1868.December 20, 2000, California Republican Ann Veneman nomina...
Freedom Calendar 12/06/08 - 12/13/08
2008-12-13 09:28:00 December 6, 1865, Republican Party?s 13th Amendment, banning slavery, is ratified.December 7, 1928, Republican Octaviano Larrazolo of New Mexico becomes first Hispanic to serve in U.S. Senate.December 8, 1953, Eisenhower administration Asst. Attorney General Lee Rankin argues for plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education; 1924 Democratic presidential candidate John W. Davis argues in favor of ?separate but equal?.December 9, 1872, Republican Pinckney Pinchback (R-LA) becomes nation?s first African-American governor.December 10, 1869, Republican Gov. John Campbell of Wyoming Territory signs first-in-nation law granting women right to vote and to hold public office.December 11, 1895, African-American Republican and former U.S. Rep. Thomas Miller (R-SC) denounces new state constitution written to disenfranchise African-Americans.December 12, 2003, President George W. Bush nominates African-American Alphonso Jackson as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.December 13, 2001, ?...
Freedom Calendar 11/28/08 - 12/06/08
2008-12-13 09:28:00 November 29, 1935, Death of African-American U.S. Rep. Henry Cheatham (R-NC), who served as delegate to two Republican National Conventions.November 30, 1983, Clarence Pendleton completes first term as first African-American Chairman of U.S. Civil Rights Commission; appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.December 1, 1873, African-American Republican Alonzo Ransier, former South Carolina Republican Party Chairman and Lt. Governor, sworn in as U.S. Representative (R-SC).December 2, 1863, Phillip Reid, former slave set free by Republicans? 1862 D.C. Emancipation Act, watches his statue Freedom placed atop U.S. Capitol.December 3, 2002, Jewish Republican Linda Lingle (R-HI) inaugurated as state?s first woman governor.December 4, 1886, Death of Republican George Ruffin, first African-American graduate of Harvard Law School and first African-American state judge in the North 5December 5, 2000, Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) becomes first woman elected to U.S. Senate Leadership.December...
Freedom Calendar 11/15/08 - 11/22/08
2008-11-16 01:32:00 November 15, 1983, President Ronald Reagan?s nominee to Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Susan Meredith Phillips, confirmed as first woman to serve as Chairman.November 16, 1948, Death of California Republican Florence Kahn, first Jewish woman to serve in U.S. House of Representatives, 1925-37.November 17, 2003, First generation immigrant, Austrian-American Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, sworn in as Governor of California.November 18, 1872, Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting, after boasting to Elizabeth Cady Stanton that she voted for 'the Republican ticket, straight'November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address, calling for 'a new birth of freedom.'November 20, 1953, Birth of Matt Fong, Chinese-American Republican elected Treasurer of California in 1994; Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 1998.November 21, 1991, President George H. W. Bush signs Civil Rights Act of 1991 to strengthen federal civil rights legislation.November 22, 1865, R...
Freedom Calendar 11/08/08 - 11/15/08
2008-11-09 01:51:00 November 8, 1840, Birth of Judith Ellen Foster; addressing the 1892 Republican National Convention, she declared: ?We are here to help you, and we have come to stay.November 9, 1938, Republican Gladys Pyle becomes first woman elected to U.S. Senate from South Dakota; earlier had been first woman elected to constitutional office (Secretary of State) and to state legislature.November 10, 1829, Birth of Charles Mitchell, who with fellow Massachusetts Republican Edward Walker became one of nation?s first two African-American state legislators in 1866.November 11, 1880, Death of abolitionist, suffragist and Republican activist Lucretia Mott.November 12, 2001, President George W. Bush proclaims National American Indian Heritage Month.November 13, 2002, U.S. Rep. Deborah Pryce (R-OH) elected as Chair of House Republican Conference; she is highest-ranking woman in House majority leadership in U.S. history.November 14, 1824, Birth of U.S. Rep. James Ashley (R-OH), author of constitutional am...
Freedom Calendar 11/01/08 - 11/08/08
2008-11-02 01:19:00 November 1, 1879, Death of U.S. Senator Zachariah Chandler (R-MI), Underground Railroad conductor and co-founder of the Republican Party.November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan makes Martin Luther King?s birthday a national holiday.November 3, 1868, Republican Ulysses Grant defeats Democrat Horatio Seymour in presidential election; Seymour had denounced Emancipation Proclamation.November 4, 1986, Republican Kay Orr of Nebraska elected as state?s first woman governor; also first woman to defeat another woman in a gubernatorial race.November 5, 2002, Michael Steele, former Chairman of Maryland Republican Party, elected as first African-American Lt. Governor in state history.November 6, 1956, African-American civil rights leaders Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy vote for Republican Dwight Eisenhower for President.November 7, 1916, Jeannette Rankin, Republican from Montana, becomes first woman elected to U.S. House of Representatives.November 8, 1840, Birth of Judith Ellen Foste...
Freedom Calendar 10/25/08 - 11/01/08
2008-10-26 01:26:00 October 25, 1858, U.S. Senator William Seward (R-NY) describes Democratic Party as ?inextricably committed to the designs of the slaveholders?; as President Abraham Lincoln?s Secretary of State, helped draft Emancipation Proclamation.October 26, 1919, Birth of Republican Senator Edward Brooke (R-MA), who in 1967 became first African-American elected to U.S. Senate by popular vote.October 27, 1800 Birth of U.S. Senator Benjamin Wade (R-OH), author of 1862 law banning slavery in all U.S. territories.October 28, 1842, Birth of Republican suffragist and abolitionist Anna Dickinson, ?Joan of Arc of the Union cause,? whose campaign speeches in many states contributed to victories of Republican candidates.October 29, 1864, African-American abolitionist Sojourner Truth says of President Lincoln: ?I never was treated by anyone with more kindness and cordiality than were shown to me by that great and good man?.October 30, 1829, Birth of civil rights champion and U.S. Senator Roscoe Conkling (...
Freedom Calendar 10/18/08 - 10/25/08
2008-10-19 02:34:00 October 18, 1871, After violence against Republicans in South Carolina, President Ulysses Grant deploys U.S. troops to combat Democrat terrorists who formed the Ku Klux Klan.October 19, 1956, On campaign trail, Vice President Richard Nixon vows: ?American boys and girls shall sit, side by side, at any school ? public or private ? with no regard paid to the color of their skin. Segregation, discrimination, and prejudice have no place in America?.October 20, 1942, 60 prominent African-Americans issue Durham Manifesto, calling on southern Democrats to abolish their all-white primaries.October 21, 1837, Birth of Sara Spencer, Secretary of National Woman Suffrage Association; her address to 1876 Republican National Convention was first by a woman before a major party.October 22, 1868, While campaigning for re-election, Republican U.S. Rep. James Hinds (R-AR) is assassinated by Democrat terrorists who organized as the Ku Klux Klan.October 23, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt nominates f...
Freedom Calendar 10/11/08 - 10/18/08
2008-10-12 01:21:00 October 11, 1972, Horacio Rivero, first Hispanic four-star Admiral, appointed by President Richard Nixon as U.S. Ambassador to Spain.October 12, 1813, Birth of Senator Lyman Trumbull (R-IL), author of Republican Party?s 13th Amendment banning slavery, and of Civil Rights Act of 1866 granting full citizenship to African-Americans.October 13, 1858, During Lincoln-Douglas debates, U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas (D-IL) states: ?I do not regard the Negro as my equal, and positively deny that he is my brother, or any kin to me whatever?; Douglas became Democratic Party?s 1860 presidential nominee.October 14, 1890, Birth of Dwight Eisenhower, who as President spearheaded Republican civil rights initiatives including 1957 and 1960 Civil Rights Acts; used federal troops, marshals, and Justice Dept. officials to force Democrat governors to desegregate public schools.October 15, 1914, African-American Republican James Weldon Johnson, celebrated poet of Harlem Renaissance movement, becomes editor...
Freedom Calendar 10/11/08 - 10/18/08
2008-10-12 01:20:00 October 11, 1972, Horacio Rivero, first Hispanic four-star Admiral, appointed by President Richard Nixon as U.S. Ambassador to Spain.October 12, 1813, Birth of Senator Lyman Trumbull (R-IL), author of Republican Party?s 13th Amendment banning slavery, and of Civil Rights Act of 1866 granting full citizenship to African-Americans.October 13, 1858, During Lincoln-Douglas debates, U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas (D-IL) states: ?I do not regard the Negro as my equal, and positively deny that he is my brother, or any kin to me whatever?; Douglas became Democratic Party?s 1860 presidential nominee.October 14, 1890, Birth of Dwight Eisenhower, who as President spearheaded Republican civil rights initiatives including 1957 and 1960 Civil Rights Acts; used federal troops, marshals, and Justice Dept. officials to force Democrat governors to desegregate public schools.October 15, 1914, African-American Republican James Weldon Johnson, celebrated poet of Harlem Renaissance movement, becomes editor...
Freedom Calendar 10/04/08 - 10/11/08
2008-10-05 04:06:00 October 4, 1954, Birth of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen, advocate for legal services to the poor; her nomination by President George W. Bush to U.S. Court of Appeals was blocked by Democrats in Senate.October 5, 1861, Death of Michigan anti-slavery activist Kinsley Bingham, elected in 1854 as nation?s first Republican Governor.October 6, 1914, Birth of women?s rights advocate Mary Louise Smith, elected Chair of the Republican National Committee in 1974.October 7, 1868, Republicans denounce Democratic Party?s national campaign theme: ?This is a white man?s country: Let white men rule?October 8, 1898 Republican Joseph Simon (R-OR) elected as first Jewish U.S. Senator outside the former Confederacy.October 9, 1886, Death of Rep. Benjamin Arnett (R-OH), first African-American to represent a majority white constituency in a state legislature 10 Columbus Day.October 10, 1871, Following warnings by Philadelphia Democrats against black voting, African-American Republican civil ...
Freedom Calendar 10/04/08 - 10/11/08
2008-10-05 04:06:00 October 4, 1954, Birth of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen, advocate for legal services to the poor; her nomination by President George W. Bush to U.S. Court of Appeals was blocked by Democrats in Senate.October 5, 1861, Death of Michigan anti-slavery activist Kinsley Bingham, elected in 1854 as nation?s first Republican Governor.October 6, 1914, Birth of women?s rights advocate Mary Louise Smith, elected Chair of the Republican National Committee in 1974.October 7, 1868, Republicans denounce Democratic Party?s national campaign theme: ?This is a white man?s country: Let white men rule?October 8, 1898 Republican Joseph Simon (R-OR) elected as first Jewish U.S. Senator outside the former Confederacy.October 9, 1886, Death of Rep. Benjamin Arnett (R-OH), first African-American to represent a majority white constituency in a state legislature 10 Columbus Day.October 10, 1871, Following warnings by Philadelphia Democrats against black voting, African-American Republican civil ...
Freedom Calendar 09/27/08 - 10/04/08
2008-09-28 03:07:00 September 27, 1804, Birth of anti-slavery U.S. Rep. and Lt. Governor John Goodrich, first Chairman of Massachusetts Republican Party.September 28, 1868, Democrats in Opelousas, Louisiana murder nearly 300 African-Americans who tried to prevent an assault against a Republican newspaper editor.September 29, 1963, Gov. George Wallace (D-AL) defies order by U.S. District Judge Frank Johnson, appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower, to integrate Tuskegee High School.September 30, 1953, Earl Warren, California?s three-term Republican Governor and 1948 Republican vice presidential nominee, nominated to be Chief Justice; wrote landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education.October 1, 1973, Richard Cavazos promoted by President Richard Nixon to be first Hispanic Brigadier General in U.S. Army; in 1982, President Ronald Reagan made him first Hispanic four?star General.October 2, 1983, President Ronald Ronald Reagan proclaims first Minority Enterprise Development Week.October 3, 1924, Repub...
Freedom Calendar 09/20/08 - 09/27/08
2008-09-21 03:29:00 September 20, 1876, Former state Attorney General Robert Ingersoll (R-IL) tells veterans: ?Every man that loved slavery better than liberty was a Democrat? I am a Republican because it is the only free party that ever existed?.September 21, 1872, Nominated by African-American U.S. Rep. Robert B. Elliott (R-SC), South Carolina?s James Conyers becomes first African-American midshipman at U.S. Naval Academy.September 22, 1862, Republican President Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation.September 23, 1816, Birth of U.S. Rep. and Secretary of State Elihu Washburne (R-IL), a founder of the Republican Party and early advocate for the civil rights of African-Americans.September 24, 1957, Sparking criticism from Democrats such as Senators John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, President Dwight Eisenhower deploys U.S. troops to Little Rock, AR to force Democrat Governor Orval Faubus to integrate public schools.September 25, 1981, Republican Sandra Day O? Connor, nominated by President Ron...
Freedom Calendar 09/13/08 - 09/20/08
2008-09-14 03:06:00 September 13, 1988, President Ronald Reagan proclaims first National Hispanic Heritage Week.September 14, 1874, Democrat white supremacists seize Louisiana statehouse in attempt to overthrow racially-integrated administration of Republican Governor William Kellogg; 27 killed.September 15, 1981, President Ronald Reagan establishes the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, to increase African-American participation in federal education programs.September 16, 1949, Death of African-American Republican and women?s rights activist Hallie Quinn Brown, instrumental in rallying women of all races to support Republican candidates.September 17, 1971, Former Ku Klux Klan member and Democrat U.S. Senator Hugo Black (D-AL) retires from U.S. Supreme Court; appointed by FDR in 1937, he had defended Klansmen for racial murders.September 18, 1895, Republican civil rights activist Booker T. Washington tells white audience in Atlanta: ?There is no defense or security ...
Freedom Calendar 08/30/08 - 09/06/08
2008-09-07 00:58:00 August 30, 1890, Republican President Benjamin Harrison signs legislation by U.S. Senator Justin Morrill (R-VT) making African-Americans eligible for land-grant colleges in the South.August 31, 1823, Birth of Speaker of the House Galusha Grow (R-PA); secured passage of Homestead Act, providing free land to settlers and ending plans of Democrats to open western lands to slave plantations.September 1, 1975, Gen. Daniel James receives fourth star from Republican President Gerald Ford; first African-American to hold that rank in U.S. Air Force.September 2, 1910, Administration of Republican George Alexander, Mayor of Los Angeles, makes Alice Wells first woman police officer in America.September 3, 1868, 25 African-Americans in Georgia legislature, all Republicans, expelled by Democrat majority; later reinstated by Republican Congress.September 4, 2001, Republican U.S. Senate selects Alfonso Lenhardt as first African-American Sergeant at Arms.September 5, 1883, After reforms implemented ...
Freedom Calendar 08/30/08 - 09/06/08
2008-08-31 03:58:00 August 30, 1890, Republican President Benjamin Harrison signs legislation by U.S. Senator Justin Morrill (R-VT) making African-Americans eligible for land-grant colleges in the South.August 31, 1823, Birth of Speaker of the House Galusha Grow (R-PA); secured passage of Homestead Act, providing free land to settlers and ending plans of Democrats to open western lands to slave plantations.September 1, 1975, Gen. Daniel James receives fourth star from Republican President Gerald Ford; first African-American to hold that rank in U.S. Air Force.September 2, 1910, Administration of Republican George Alexander, Mayor of Los Angeles, makes Alice Wells first woman police officer in America.September 3, 1868, 25 African-Americans in Georgia legislature, all Republicans, expelled by Democrat majority; later reinstated by Republican Congress.September 4, 2001, Republican U.S. Senate selects Alfonso Lenhardt as first African-American Sergeant at Arms.September 5, 1883, After reforms implemented ...
Freedom Calendar 08/09/08 - 08/16/08
2008-08-10 04:33:00 August 9, 1988, Lauro Cavazos, first Hispanic to serve in Cabinet, nominated by President Ronald Reagan to be Secretary of Education.August 10, 1988, President Ronald Reagan signs Civil Liberties Act of 1988, compensating Japanese-Americans for deprivation of civil rights and property during World War II internment ordered by FDR.August 11, 1868, Death of U.S. Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (R-PA), who introduced 14th Amendment; requested burial in a racially-integrated cemetery, with epitaph 'Equality of Man before his Creator'.August 12, 1982,Hispanic Republican Faith Evans, first woman in nation to serve as U.S. Marshal, sworn in following appointment by President Ronald Reagan.August 13, 1818, Birth of Lucy Stone, Republican anti-slavery and women?s rights activist; founder of American Woman Suffrage Association in 1869.August 14, 1996, Pacific Research Institute President Sally Pipes, addressing Republican National Convention on future of civil rights movement, calls for government wh...
Freedom Calendar 08/02/08 - 08/09/08
2008-08-03 01:49:00 August 2, 1810, Birth of anti-slavery activist and New Hampshire U.S. Rep. Amos Tuck, co-founder of the Republican Party.August 3, 1990 President George, H. W. Bush declares first National American Indian Heritage Month.August 4, 1965, Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen (R-IL) overcomes Democrat attempts to block 1965 Voting Rights Act; 94% of Senate Republicans vote for landmark civil right legislation, while 27% of Democrats oppose.August 5, 1964, Hispanic-American Republican Lt. Everett Alvarez, USN, is shot down in Vietnam; becomes first U.S. prisoner of North Vietnamese and longest-serving POW in U.S. history.August 6, 1965, Voting Rights Act of 1965, abolishing literacy tests and other measures devised by Democrats to prevent African-Americans from voting, signed into law; higher percentage of Republicans than Democrats vote in favor.August 7, 1917, Birth of African-American Republican Melvin Evans, first elected Governor of Virgin Islands; also served as Delegate to Con...
Freedom Calendar 07/26/08 - 08/02/08
2008-07-27 02:22:00 July 26, 1990, President George H. W. Bush signs Americans with Disabilities Act, world?s first comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities.July 27, 1960, At Republican National Convention, Vice President and eventual presidential nominee Richard Nixon insists on strong civil rights plank in platform.July 28, 1866, Republican Congress authorizes formation of the Buffalo Soldiers, two regiments of African-American cavalrymen.July 29, 1932, Birth of Nancy Kassebaum, U.S. Senator (R-KS) and daughter of 1936 Republican presidential nominee.July 30, 1866, Democrat-controlled City of New Orleans orders police to storm racially-integrated Republican meeting; raid kills 40 and wounds more than 150.July 31, 2000, African-American U.S. Rep. J. C. Watts (R-OK) presides over Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.August 1, 1916, Republican presidential candidate Charles Evans Hughes, former New York Governor and U.S. Supreme Court Justice, endorses women?s suffrage const...
Freedom Calendar 07/19/08 - 07/26/08
2008-07-19 19:27:00 July 19, 1867, Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Andrew Johnson?s veto of legislation protecting voting rights of African-Americans.July 20, 1854, Anti-slavery activists in Worcester, MA found Massachusetts Republican Party.July 21, 1896 African-American Republican activist Mary Terrell elected first president of the National Association of Colored Women.July 22, 1993, Death of Roscoe Robinson, first African-American four-star general in the U.S. Army; promoted in 1982 by President Ronald Reagan.July 23, 1840, Birth of African-American Republican John Hyman; sold eight times as a slave, became U.S. Rep. from North Carolina (1875-77).July 24, 1867, Republican Party established in South Carolina; at convention, 76 of 124 delegates were African-American.July 25, 2001, California Republican Gaddi Vasquez nominated by President George W. Bush as first Hispanic to be Director of the Peace Corps.July 26, 1990, President George H. W. Bush signs Americans with Disabilities Act...
Freedom Calendar 07/12/08 - 07/19/08
2008-07-12 20:54:00 July 12, 1974, Republican National Chairman George H. W. Bush establishes Republican National Hispanic Assembly.July 13, 1868, Louisiana Republican Oscar Dunn, a former slave, becomes nation?s first African-American Lt. Governor.July 14, 1884, Republicans criticize Democratic Party?s nomination of racist U.S. Senator Thomas Hendricks (D-IN) for vice president; he had voted against the 13th Amendment banning slavery.July 15, 1980, NAACP President Benjamin Hooks addresses Republican National Convention; previously appointed by President Richard Nixon in 1972 as first African-American member of U.S. Civil Rights CommissionJuly 16, 1866, Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Andrew Johnson?s veto of Freedman's Bureau Act, which protected former slaves from ?black codes? denying their rights.July 17, 1862, Over unanimous Democrat opposition, Republican Congress passes Confiscation Act stating that slaves of the Confederacy 'shall be forever free'.July 18, 1906, Birth of Asi...
Freedom Calendar 07/05/08 - 07/12/08
2008-07-05 20:18:00 July 5, 1801, Birth of David Farragut, Tennessee-born Hispanic appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as first U.S. Navy Admiral.July 6, 1854, First state Republican Party officially organized in Jackson, Michigan, to oppose Democrats? pro-slavery policies.July 7, 1981, President Ronald Reagan appoints first woman to U.S. Supreme Court, former Arizona Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O?Connor; as Republican legislator in Arizona, she was first woman to serve as Majority Leader in any state.July 8, 1970, In special message to Congress, President Richard Nixon calls for reversal of policy of forced termination of Native American rights and benefits.July 9, 1955, Republican attorney E. Frederic Morrow becomes first African-American executive in White House; served as advisor to President Dwight Eisenhower.July 10, 1805, Birth of U.S. Senator Jacob Howard (R-MI), co-author of the 14th Amendment; wrote first state Republican Party platform, condemning Democrats? pro-slavery policies.July...
Freedom Calendar 06/21/08 - 06/28/08
2008-06-21 18:35:00 June 21, 1832, Birth of U.S. Rep. Joseph Rainey (R-SC), former slave who in 1870 became first African-American member of U.S. House.June 22, 1870, Republican Congress creates U.S. Department of Justice, to safeguard the civil rights of African-Americans against Democrats in the South.June 23, 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower meets with Martin Luther King and other African-American leaders to discuss plans to advance civil rights.June 24, 1940, Republican Party platform calls for integration of the armed forces; for the balance of his terms in office, FDR fails to order itJune 25, 1996, Death of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Elbert Tuttle, appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower; eulogized for ensuring that Brown v. Board of Education became ?a broad mandate for racial justice?.June 26, 1857, Abraham Lincoln declares Republican position that slavery is ?cruelly wrong,? while Democrats ?cultivate and excite hatred? for blacks.June 27, 1940, Charles Anderson (R-KY), first African-Ameri...
Freedom Calendar 06/14/08 - 06/21/08
2008-06-14 20:06:00 June 14, 1877, Nominated by U.S. Rep. James Freeman (R-GA), Henry O. Flipper becomes first African-American to graduate from West Point.June 15, 1864 Republican Congress votes equal pay for African-American troops serving in U.S. Army during Civil War.June 16, 1854, Newspaper editor Horace Greeley calls on opponents of slavery to unite in the Republican Party.June 17, 1856, Republican National Convention makes John C. Fremont its first Republican presidential nominee, with slogan 'Free soil, free labor, free speech, and Fremont'.June 18, 1912, African-American Robert Church, founder of Lincoln Leagues to register black voters in Tennessee, attends 1912 Republican National Convention as delegate; eventually serves as delegate at 8 conventions.June 19, 1865, On ?Juneteenth,? U.S. troops land in Galveston, TX to enforce ban on slavery that had been declared more than two years before by the Emancipation Proclamation.June 20, 1964, The Chicago Defender, renowned African-American newsp...
Freedom Calendar 05/24/08 - 05/31/08
2008-05-25 03:08:00 May 24, 1900, Republicans vote no in referendum for constitutional convention in Virginia, designed to create a new state constitution disenfranchising African-Americans.May 25, 1928, Republican Genevieve Cline becomes first woman in nation to serve as federal judge; appointed to U.S. Customs Court by President Calvin Coolidge.May 26, 2001, African-American Claude Allen, nominated by President George W. Bush, is confirmed as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services.May 27, 1987, Vietnamese-American cadet Hoang Nhu Tran, former boat person, graduates as valedictorian from U.S. Air Force Academy; nominated by U.S. Senator Bill Armstrong (R-CO).May 28, 1930, Birth of U.S. Rep. Patricia Saiki (R-HI), first Asian-American to lead a federal agency; appointed head of U.S. Small Business Administration by President George H. W. Bush.May 29, 1902, Virginia Democrats implement new state constitution, condemned by Republicans as illegal, reducing African-American voter registration b...
Freedom Calendar 05/10/08 - 05/17/08
2008-05-11 04:19:00 May 10, 1866, U.S. House passes Republicans? 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the laws to all citizens; 100% of Democrats vote no.May 11, 1949, Birth of African-American Republican and sharecropper?s daughter Janice Rogers Brown, nominated by President George W. Bush as Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals.May 12, 1850, Birth of U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA), whose 1890 Federal Elections Bill enforcing African-American voting rights passed House on party-line vote but was defeated in Senate by a Democrat filibuster.May 13, 1983, President Ronald Reagan designates first national observance of American Indian Day.May 14, 1971, Republican Senators Jacob Javits (NY) and Charles Percy (IL) appoint the first female pages in U.S. Senate.May 15, 1999, Death of Judge John Minor Wisdom of U.S. Court of Appeals, renowned author of landmark civil rights decisions; appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower to key Fifth Circuit covering Southern states.May 16, ...
Freedom Calendar 05/10/08 - 05/17/08
2008-05-11 04:19:00 May 10, 1866, U.S. House passes Republicans? 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the laws to all citizens; 100% of Democrats vote no.May 11, 1949, Birth of African-American Republican and sharecropper?s daughter Janice Rogers Brown, nominated by President George W. Bush as Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals.May 12, 1850, Birth of U.S. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge (R-MA), whose 1890 Federal Elections Bill enforcing African-American voting rights passed House on party-line vote but was defeated in Senate by a Democrat filibuster.May 13, 1983, President Ronald Reagan designates first national observance of American Indian Day.May 14, 1971, Republican Senators Jacob Javits (NY) and Charles Percy (IL) appoint the first female pages in U.S. Senate.May 15, 1999, Death of Judge John Minor Wisdom of U.S. Court of Appeals, renowned author of landmark civil rights decisions; appointed by President Dwight Eisenhower to key Fifth Circuit covering Southern states.May 16, ...
Freedom Calendar 05/03/08 - 05/10/08
2008-05-04 03:48:00 May 3, 1876, Birth of Isaac Leevy, South Carolina African-American Republican who established Lincoln Emancipation Clubs in 1940s to enable African-Americans to vote.May 4, 1961 - American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South. sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) CORE was co-founded in Chicago in 1942 by James L. Farmer, Jr. In 1968 Farmer ran for U.S. Congress as a Republican and lost to Democrat Shirley Chisholm. However his defeat was not total; the recently elected Republican President, Richard Nixon, offered him the position of Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.May 5, 1983, Hispanic Republican Patricia Diaz Dennis appointed by President Ronald Reagan as first Hispanic woman on National Labor Relations Board; later served as FCC Commissioner under Reagan and as Regent of Texas State University under Gov. George W. Bush.May 6, 1960, President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republicans? Civil Rights Act of 1960,...
Freedom Calendar 05/03/08 - 05/10/08
2008-05-04 03:41:00 May 3, 1876, Birth of Isaac Leevy, South Carolina African-American Republican who established Lincoln Emancipation Clubs in 1940s to enable African-Americans to vote.May 4, 1961 - American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South. sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) CORE was co-founded in Chicago in 1942 by James L. Farmer, Jr. In 1968 Farmer ran for U.S. Congress as a Republican and lost to Democrat Shirley Chisholm. However his defeat was not total; the recently elected Republican President, Richard Nixon, offered him the position of Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.May 5, 1983, Hispanic Republican Patricia Diaz Dennis appointed by President Ronald Reagan as first Hispanic woman on National Labor Relations Board; later served as FCC Commissioner under Reagan and as Regent of Texas State University under Gov. George W. Bush.May 6, 1960, President Dwight Eisenhower signs Republicans? Civil Rights Act of 1960,...
Freedom Calendar 04/26/08 - 05/03/08
2008-04-27 03:33:00 April 26, 1999, Legislation authored by U.S. Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) awarding Congressional Gold Medal to civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks is transmitted to President.April 27, 1822, Birth of Republican President Ulysses Grant; championed and enforced Republican legislation to safeguard civil rights of African-Americans.April 28, 1971, Rear Admiral Samuel Lee Gravely becomes first African-American to achieve Flag Rank in U.S. Navy, promoted by President Richard Nixon.April 29, 1877, Death of Republican Gov. William Brownlow, who led fight for Tennessee?s ratification of 14th Amendment guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the laws.April 30, 1862, African-American Republicans in New Orleans establish L?Union, first African-American newspaper in South.May 1, 1981, President Ronald Reagan proclaims first Jewish Heritage Week.May 2, 1963, Republicans condemn Democrat sheriff of Birmingham, AL for arresting over 2,000 African-American schoolchildren marching for their ci...
Freedom Calendar 04/19/08 - 04/26/08
2008-04-20 02:51:00 April 19, 1866, Thousands assemble in Washington, DC to celebrate Republican Party?s abolition of slavery.April 20, 1871, Republican Congress enacts the Ku Klux Klan Act, outlawing Democratic Party-affiliated terrorist groups which oppressed African-Americans.April 21, 1926, Death of George Murray, former slave who served as U.S. Rep. (R-SC) from 1893-97.April 22, 1981, President Ronald Reagan establishes first annual Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust.April 23, 1971, Republican appointee Herbert Choy becomes first Asian-American federal judge, named by President Richard Nixon to U.S. Court of Appeals.April 24, 1974, James M. Rogers, Jr. is first African-American selected National Teacher of the Year, by President Richard Nixon.April 25, 1975, Appointed by President Gerald Ford, Dick Yin Wong becomes first Asian-American to serve as judge on a U.S. District Court.April 26, 1999, Legislation authored by U.S. Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) awarding Congressional Gold Meda...
Freedom Calendar 04/05/08 - 04/12/08
2008-04-06 00:28:00 April 5, 1839, Birth of African-American U.S. Rep. Robert Smalls (R-SC), who escaped slavery by commandeering a Confederate gunboat.April 6, 1869, Republican Ebenezer Bassett is first African-American presidential appointment, as President Ulysses Grant?s Minister to Haiti.April 7, 1862, President Lincoln concludes treaty with Britain for suppression of slave trade.April 8, 1865, 13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. Senate with 100% Republican support, 63% Democrat opposition.April 9, 1866, Republican Congress overrides Democrat President Johnson?s veto; Civil Rights Act of 1866, conferring rights of citizenship on African-Americans, becomes law.April 10, 1953, Oveta Culp Hobby, appointed by President Eisenhower, confirmed as first woman to be U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.April 11, 1908, Birth of Republican Jane Bolin, first African-American woman in nation to serve as judge, appointed by New York Mayor LaGuardia in 1939.April 12, 1824, Birth of African-A...
Freedom Calendar 03/29/08 - 04/05/08
2008-03-31 00:47:00 March 29, 1885, Birth of U.S. Rep. Frances Payne Bolton (R-OH), first woman to serve as U.S. Delegate to United Nations General Assembly.March 30, 1868, Republicans begin impeachment trial of Democrat President Andrew Johnson, who declared: 'This is a country for white men, and by God, as long as I am President, it shall be a government of white men'.March 31, 1806, Birth of U.S. Senator John Hale (R-NH), early leader of Republicans? anti-slavery movement in Congress.April 1, 1846, Born into slavery on this day, Jeremiah Haralson (R-AL) served in state legislature before being elected to U.S. House in 1874.April 2, 1855, Republican John Langston becomes nation?s first African-American elected official, in Brownhelm, OH; later served as U.S. Rep. (R-VA) and as diplomat in Republican administrations.April 3, 1944, U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Texas Democratic Party?s ?whites only? primary election system.April 4, 1887, Republican Susanna Salter of Argonia, KS is first woman elect...
Freedom Calendar 03/22/08 - 03/29/08
2008-03-23 00:33:00 March 22, 1871, Spartansburg Republican newspaper denounces Ku Klux Klan campaign to eradicate the Republican Party in South Carolina.March 23, 1823, Birth of Schuyler Colfax (R-IN), who as Speaker of the House broke precedent to vote for Republicans? constitutional amendment banning slavery; later served as Vice President.March 24, 1902, Birth of Thomas Dewey (R-NY), who as Governor introduced nation?s first statewide civil rights law; Republican presidential candidate in 1944 and 1948.March 25, 1864, Death of U.S. Rep. Owen Lovejoy (R-IL), abolitionist and co-founder of Republican Party in Illinois.March 26, 1910, President Taft appoints Republican William Lewis as first African-American U.S. Asst. Attorney General.Easter Sunday, March 27, 1856, First meeting of Republican National Committee in Washington, DC to oppose Democrats? pro-slavery policies.March 28, 1870, Republican Jonathan Wright of South Carolina becomes first African-American state Supreme Court Justice.March 29, 18...
Freedom Calendar 03/15/08 - 03/22/08
2008-03-16 01:42:00 March 15, 1842, Birth of African-American Republican Robert De Large, elected to U.S. House from South Carolina in 1870.March 16, 1868, Death of U.S. Senator David Wilmot (R-PA), anti-slavery champion and author of first Republican Party platform.March 17, 1825, Birth of Benjamin Turner (R-AL), emancipated slave elected to House from Alabama in 1870; delegate to 1880 Republican National Convention.March 18, 1877, Republican President Rutherford B. Hayes appoints African-American Republican and civil rights leader Frederick Douglass as D.C. Marshal.March 19, 2003, Republican U.S. Representatives of Hispanic and Portuguese descent form Congressional Hispanic Conference.March 20, 1854, Opponents of Democrats? pro-slavery policies meet in Ripon, Wisconsin to establish the Republican Party.March 21, 1965, Republican federal judge Frank Johnson authorizes Martin Luther King?s protest march from Selma to Montgomery, overruling Democrat Governor George Wallace.March 22, 1871, Spartansburg R...
Freedom Calendar 03/08/08 - 03/15/08
2008-03-09 03:50:00 March 8, 1990, Republican Evan J. Kemp appointed by President George H. W. Bush as Chairman of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; first person with a disability to serve on the Commission.March 9, 1926, Republican Bertha K. Landes elected Mayor of Seattle; first woman to be mayor of a U.S. city.March 10, 1975, President Gerald Ford appoints Republican Carla Hills as first woman to be U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; later first woman to be U.S. Trade Representative, appointed by President George H. W. Bush.March 11, 1874, Death of Republican U.S. Senator Charles Sumner (R-MA), author of bill that would become Civil Rights Act of 1875; on his deathbed, said 'You must take care of the civil rights bill, my bill. Don?t let it fail'.March 12, 1956, Ninety-seven Democrats in Congress condemn Supreme Court?s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, and pledge to continue segregation.March 13, 1920, Death of African-American Republican Edward McCabe; as Kansas ...
Freedom Calendar 03/01/08 - 03/08/08
2008-03-02 02:09:00 March 1, 1875, Civil Rights Act of 1875, guaranteeing access to public accommodations without regard to race, signed by Republican President U.S. Grant; passed with 92% Republican support over 100% Democrat oppositiont.March 2, 1953, Republican Clare Booth Luce, U.S. Ambassador to Italy, becomes first woman to serve as ambassador to a major power.March 3, 1865, Republican Congress establishes Freedmen?s Bureau to provide health care, education, and technical assistance to emancipated slaves.March 4, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower appoints J. Ernest Wilkins to serve as first African-American U.S. Asst. Secretary of Labor.March 5, 1875, Blanche Bruce (R-MS) becomes first African-American to serve full term in U.S. Senate; in 1879 he was first African-American to preside over Senate.March 6, 1857, Republican Supreme Court Justice John McLean issues strenuous dissent from decision by 7 Democrats in infamous Dred Scott case that African-Americans had no rights ?which any white man was...
Freedom Calendar 02/09/08 - 02/23/08
2008-02-17 01:24:00 February 16, 1812 Birth of Republican civil rights activist and U.S. Senator (R-MA) Henry Wilson, Vice President under Ulysses Grant.February 17, 1973, Republican Navy Secretary John Warner commissions frigate in honor of first African-American naval aviator, Jesse L. Brown, who died in combat during Korean War.February 18, 1946, Appointed by Republican President Calvin Coolidge, federal judge Paul McCormick ends segregation of Mexican-American children in California public schools.February 19, 1976, President Gerald Ford formally rescinds President Franklin Roosevelt?s notorious Executive Order authorizing internment of over 120,000 Japanese-Americans during WWII.February 20, 1895, Death of Republican activist Frederick Douglass ? escaped slave, author, abolition leader, civil rights champion.Presidents? Day, February 21, 1863, Republican Governor John Andrew establishes the 54th Massachusetts, the famous regiment of African-American U.S. troops in which two of Frederick Douglass? ...
Top Ten Quotes: Frederick Douglass
2008-02-14 16:52:00 Today--right in the middle of Black History month where it belongs--is the unofficial, but widely accepted, birthday one of my most influential role models: Frederick Douglass. I’ve read all three of his autobiographies, several biographies, and his complete speeches and writings. With all of that Freddy D (hey…don’t be offended…that’s how we do it in the Hip-Hop generation) floating
Freedom Calendar 02/09/08 - 02/16/08
2008-02-10 05:25:00 February 9, 1864, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton deliver over 100,000 signatures to U.S. Senate supporting Republicans? plans for constitutional amendment to ban slavery.February 10, 1995, Death of Judge Masaji Marumoto, Japanese-American Republican who served with distinction on Hawaii Supreme Court.February 11, 1856, Republican Montgomery Blair argues before U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of his client, the slave Dred Scott; later served in President Lincoln?s Cabinet.Abraham Lincoln?s Birthday, February 12, 1909, On 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln?s birth, African-American Republicans and women?s suffragists Ida Wells and Mary Terrell co-found the NAACP.February 13, 1862 Birth of Republican Benigno Hernandez, first Hispanic U.S. Representative from New Mexico (1915-17, 1919-21).February 14, 1928, Birth of Ben Garrido Blaz, Hispanic Republican and former Brigadier General; served as Delegate from Guam to U.S. Congress, 1985-93.February 15, 1932, Republican Presiden...
Freedom Calendar 02/02/08 - 02/09/08
2008-02-03 02:23:00 February 2, 1856, After leaving Democratic Party because of its pro-slavery policies, U.S. Rep. Nathaniel Banks (R-MA) becomes first Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.February 3, 1870, After passing House with 98% Republican support and 97% Democrat opposition, Republicans? 15th Amendment is ratified, granting vote to all Americans regardless of race.February 4, 1959, President Eisenhower informs Republican leaders of his plan to introduce 1960 Civil Rights Act, despite staunch opposition from many Democrats.February 5, 1866, U.S. Rep. Thaddeus Stevens (R-PA) introduces legislation, successfully opposed by Democrat President Andrew Johnson, to implement ?40 acres and a mule? relief by distributing land to former slaves.February 6, 1981 President Ronald Reagan designates 1981 as the International Year of Disabled Persons.February 7, 1983, Republican Elizabeth Dole appointed by President Ronald Reagan as first woman to be U.S. Secretary of Transportation; she wou...
Freedom Calendar 01/26/08 - 02/02/08
2008-01-27 00:37:00 January 26, 1922, House passes bill authored by U.S. Rep. Leonidas Dyer (R-MO) making lynching a federal crime; Senate Democrats block it with filibuster.January 27, 1964, U.S. Senator Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME), first woman to be considered for nomination by a major party, announces candidacy for President; she finishes 2nd at Republican National Convention.January 28, 1818, Birth of anti-slavery activist George Boutwell, a founder of Massachusetts Republican Party; later served in Congress and as U.S. Treasury Secretary.January 29, 1981, Jeane Kirkpatrick appointed by President Ronald Reagan as first woman to be U.S. Ambassador to United Nations.January 30, 2001, Republican Gale Norton, appointed by President George W. Bush, becomes first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.January 31, 1865, 13th Amendment banning slavery passed by U.S. House with unanimous Republican support, intense Democrat opposition,February 1, 1865, Chief Justice Salmon Chase swears in Republic...
Freedom Calendar 01/19/08 - 01/26/08
2008-01-19 22:57:00 January 19, 1818, Birth of anti-slavery activist Alvan Bovay, who organized first meeting of Republican Party in 1854, to oppose Democrats? pro-slavery policies.January 20, 2001, Mississippi Republican Rod Paige is confirmed as first African-American U.S. Secretary of Education; calls for school choice to allow poor and minority children to ?throw off their chains?.January 21, 1813, Birth in Georgia of John C. Fremont ? abolitionist, western explorer, U.S. Senator from California, U.S. Army general, Arizona Governor, and first Republican presidential candidate.January 22, 2001, Republican Condoleezza Rice becomes first woman and second African-American to serve as U.S. National Security Advisor.January 23. 1993, Death of Judge John Robert Brown, leader in fight for Southern desegregation; appointed by President Eisenhower to U.S. Court of Appeals.January 24, 2001, Republican Mel Martínez, appointed by President George W. Bush as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, becom...
Freedom Calendar 01/12/08 - 01/19/08
2008-01-13 01:35:00 January 12, 1956, Jewish Republican Simon Sobeloff, who as U.S. Solicitor General argued President Eisenhower?s position against segregation in Brown v. Board of Education, appointed to U.S. Court of Appeals 13January 13, 2003, Jennette Bradley (R-OH) becomes first African-American woman to be Lt. Governor of a state.January 14, 1975, Republican William T. Coleman nominated as first African-American to be U.S. Secretary of Transportation.January 15, 1901, Republican Booker T. Washington protests Alabama Democratic Party?s refusal to permit voting by African-Americans.January 16, 1954, Consuelo Bailey (R-VT) announces her ultimately successful candidacy to become nation?s first woman elected Lt. Governor of a state.January 17, 1874, Armed Democrats seize Texas state government, ending Republican efforts to racially integrate government.January 18, 1815, Birth of Republican Gov. Richard Yates (R-IL), who prevented Democrat-controlled legislature from withdrawing state troops from the ...
Freedom Calendar 01/05/08 - 01/12/08
2008-01-06 02:32:00 January 5, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt nominates African-American physician William D. Crum as Collector of Customs, over racist objections from Senate Democrats.January 6, 1874, African-American U.S. Rep. Robert B. Elliott (R-SC) delivers eloquent hour-long speech supporting Republicans? civil rights bill.January 7, 1922, Death of Republican Jonah Kalanianaole, native Hawaiian who served as Delegate in U.S. Congress for 19 years.January 8, 1867, Republicans override Democrat President Andrew Johnson?s veto of law granting voting rights to African-Americans in D.C.January 9, 1890, Death of abolitionist and U.S. Rep. William Kelley (R-PA), outspoken advocate of equality for African-Americans.January 10, 1878, U.S. Senator Aaron Sargent (R-CA) introduces Susan B. Anthony amendment for women?s suffrage; Democrat-controlled Senate defeated it 4 times before election of Republican House and Senate guaranteed its approval in 1919.January 11, 2001, Republican Elaine Chao, first Asia...
Freedom Calendar 12/29/07 - 01/05/08
2007-12-30 01:06:00 December 29, 1930, Death of Walter Cohen, African-American Republican from New Orleans; served in McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, and Coolidge administrations.December 30, 1842, Birth of Republican U.S. Rep. Josiah Walls, who in 1871 became Florida?s first African-American in Congress.December 31, 1898, Republican Theodore Roosevelt becomes Governor of New York; in 1900, he outlawed racial segregation in New York public schools.January 1, 1863, Emancipation Proclamation, implementing the Republicans? Confiscation Act of 1862, takes effect.January 2, 1895, Republicans Clara Cressingham, Carrie C. Holly, and Frances S. Klock of Colorado are sworn in as first women to serve in a state legislature in U.S. history.January 3, 1933, Republican Minnie Davenport Craig (R-ND) elected as first woman to be Speaker of the House in a state legislature.January 4, 1995, Speaker Newt Gingrich appoints Republican Cheryl Lau first Asian-American woman to serve as General Counsel of U.S. House; Republica... |
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