[DOC] [TLE] African Americans in the United States Congress - Wikipedia [PAR] The first African Americans to serve in the United States Congress were 
Republicans elected ... Two African Americans served as Senators from 
Mississippi during the .... the 19th century was George Henry White of North 
Carolina, elected in 1896 and ... Davis (left; dressed as Iago from Shakespeare's 
Othello) in the Senate. [DOC] [TLE] Women in the United States Senate - Wikipedia [PAR] There have been 46 women in the United States Senate since the establishment 
of that body in 1789. The first woman senator, Rebecca Felton, served in 1922 (
for a single day), ... There were still few women in the Senate near the end of the 
20th century, long ..... service (days), Entered the Senate, Reason for leaving, 
Party... [DOC] [TLE] Robert Byrd - Wikipedia [PAR] Robert Carlyle "Bob" Byrd was a United States Senator from West Virginia. A 
member of the Democratic Party, Byrd served as a U.S. Representative from 
1953 until 1959 and as a U.S. Senator from 1959 to 2010. He was the longest-
serving U.S. Senator and, at the time of his death, the .... He was West Virginia's 
junior senator for his first four terms; his colleague... [DOC] [TLE] A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY [PAR] The North Carolina party was officially organized by the first interracial political ... 
Americans gathered in the Capitol House Chamber in Raleigh. ... murdered two 
Republican leaders, including State Senator John W. ... He introduced a bill to 
create a Southern forest reserve, often .... the first six decades of the 20th century. [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Senate: Majority and Minority Leaders and Party Whips [PAR] The Senate Republican and Democratic floor leaders are elected by the 
members of ... This right of first recognition enables the majority leader to offer 
amendments, substitutes, ... Established early in the 20th century, the 
development of party whips .... He lost his bid for reelection in 1952, and left office 
on January 3, 1953. [DOC] [TLE] South Carolina Political Collections - Thomas Cooper Library [PAR] The first Republican elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives 
since 1900 ... Thomas W. Chadwick served U.S. Senator Olin D. Johnston as 
Press ... of the twentieth century, establishing a law practice in which he 
represented unions, the .... Jim Hodges served as Governor of South Carolina 
from 1999 to 2003. [DOC] [TLE] State Leaders - Thomas Cooper Library - University of South Carolina [PAR] The first Republican elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives 
since ... twentieth century, establishing a law practice in which he represented 
unions, ... Drummond represented the Greenwood area in the South Carolina 
Senate for ... South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, and in 1985 by the 
Greenville News. [DOC] [TLE] Majority Leaders | US House of Representatives: History, Art ... [PAR] Representative Sereno Payne of New York was the first House Majority Leader, 
... That began to change on the eve of the 20th century. ... In 1899, Speaker David 
B. Henderson, a nine-term Republican from Iowa, .... From September 19 to 25, 
1940, Representative Lindsay Warren of North Carolina served as the acting... [DOC] [TLE] Tar Heel Politics - Institute for Emerging Issues - NC State University [PAR] nickname for North Carolina in the twentieth century was the progressive ... He 
suggested that between 1900 and 1948 North Carolina best fit into his .... The 
Wilmington Massacre left the city under white Democratic control and Waddell ..... 
percent to become the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from North... [DOC] [TLE] Senate seating reflects seniority and pedigree - News ... [PAR] Jan 12, 2011 ... All 100 senators get their own desks in the Senate chamber and who ... 12, 2003 
at 12:01 AM ... Early in the 20th century occupants began carving their names in 
the drawers. ... by the now-retired Republican Jesse Helms of North Carolina. (Mr
. Nixon had another desk that he later used as vice president in... [DOC] [TLE] McCarthyism and the Second Red Scare - Oxford Research ... [PAR] Subject: 20th Century: Post-1945, Political History, Cultural History

Question: The first Republican senator from North Carolina in the 20th century, he left the chamber in 2003
Answer: Jesse Helms