Biofiles
-Biography
pages of people who impacted the United States and American
history. President
Gerald R. Ford--the
38th President of the United
States--New General
George Patton--Famed
American army general of World War
Two--New The
Rolling Stones--Famous
British rock band known as "The World's Greatest Rock 'n
Roll Band."--New Ariel
Sharon-Israeli
military leader and Prime
Minister.--New General
Robert E. Lee--
The commanding general for the South in the American Civil
War.--New Cindy
Sheehan--The
mother of Casey Sheehan. Her son's death led her to begin an
anti-war demonstration outside of President Bush's ranch in
the summer of 2005. Casey
Sheehan--U.S.
Army soldier who died in the Iraq War. His death caused his
mother, Cindy Sheehan, to launch an anti-war demonstration
which gained nation-wide attention. Tom
DeLay--House
Majority Leader and conservative Republican. Currently under
indictment in Texas and, for now, the former Majority
Leader. The
Reverend Billy Graham--Religious
cultural icon and spiritual advisor to every American
president since Dwight Eisenhower. Britney
Spears-
Pop music icon, singer, actress, and star. Johnny
Cochran--American
attorney who gained fame representing O.J. Simpson in his
infamous 1995 trial. John
D. Negroponte--American
diplomat chosen to serve as the first National Intelligence
Director. L.
Paul Bremer--American
diplomat who served as head of the head of the Coalition
Provisional Authority in Iraq from 2003 to 2004. Julius
Schwartz--Science
Fiction and comic book editor . Dr.
Benjamin Rush--
Signer of the Declaration of Independence, member of the
Constitutional Convention, noted physician and ardent
supporter for the abolition of slavery. Thomas
Nast-American
political cartoonist. General
George Armstrong Custer--
Famous American Cavalry officer who died at the Battle of
the Little Bighorn in 1876. Timothy
McVeigh--Domestic
American terrorist responsible for the Oklahoma City Bombing
in 1995. William
Howard Taft-President
of the United States and later Chief Justice of the U.S.
Supreme Court. Lorenzo
de Zavala--First
Vice-President of the Republic of Texas. Maria
Shriver--Former
award-winning television journalist, best-selling author,
current First Lady of California, niece to President John F.
Kennedy, and daughter of Vice-Presidential candidate Sargent
Shriver.
civilwar contemporaries
Clara
Barton--
The "Angel of the Battlefield" who brought nursing care to
wounded soldiers during the Civil War and later founded the
American Red Cross. Mathew
Brady--
The "Father of Photojournalism" whose photos of Civil War
battlefields brought the horrors of war home to civilians on
the homefront. Dr.
Benjamin Rush--
Signer of the Declaration of Independence, member of the
Constitutional Convention, noted physician and ardent
supporter for the abolition of slavery. Thomas
Nast-American
political cartoonist. General
George Armstrong Custer--
Famous American Cavalry officer who died at the Battle of
the Little Bighorn in 1876. General
Robert E. Lee--
The commanding general for the South in the American Civil
War.--New Lorenzo
de Zavala--First
Vice-President of the Republic of Texas. Frederick
Douglass--
The famous orator, author, and champion against
slavery.