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Edward “Ted” Kennedy was the youngest of the Kennedy children, and was born February 22nd, 1932. He is the brother of John F. and Robert Kennedy. Ted Kennedy served as a U.S. Senator for Massachusetts for nine terms (1962 – 2009), and throughout his time in the Senate was an ardent supporter of improving social services, legal services, and health care access. He sponsored and backed multiple bills to raise the minimum wage and promoted job-readiness programs. He also expanded the Head Start Program so that more children of low-income families could access child care. The College Cost Reduction and Access Act (2007)—sponsored by Kennedy and others—helped students have more access to loan forgiveness. In his last year in office, he helped pass the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (2009) so workers could fight against pay discrimination. He died on August 25th, 2009. 

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Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy (1932-2009) was a lawyer, United States Senator, and member of the highly-positioned Kennedy family. In 1962 he was elected as Senator for Massachusetts and joined his two older brothers John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy on the political stage. A lifelong Democrat, Ted Kennedy prioritized issues such as universal healthcare, immigration reform, disability rights, social justice, and education. Additionally, he aimed to be a champion of bipartisanship and sought to work "across the aisle" whenever possible. By the time of his death in 2009 he was considered to be one of the most important members of the Senate and third-highest in seniority.

In 1969, Kennedy was involved in a car crash where his passenger, a younger woman, died. Though he did not resign as Senator afterwards, this incident so influenced his public image that he tried only once to secure the Democratic Presidential nomination for president, in 1980; one of his campaign stops, on May 29, 1980, was the Cleveland City Club. He and his wife had separated in 1977, but she joined him on the campaign to enhance his image.

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Harold G. Greiger was a Minnesotan politician who was active from 1963 to 1974. He served as the state senate representative of districts four and thirty-three. He was first elected in 1963 as a nonpartisan member but eventually switched to the Republican party. In 1970, he also tried to receive the Republican Party endorsement for Lieutenant Governor but was not chosen. He continued his senate career, switching from districts four to thirty-three in 1973 and serving out one last year before retiring from politics.  

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Following the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew on October 1973, Gerald R. Ford was nominated by President Nixon to become the 40^th Vice President of the United States. However, Nixon resigned on August 1974 after losing public support over the Watergate scandal and Ford automatically became the 38th President of the United States. Ford is the only person who served as both Vice President and President without being elected to either office. He served as President from August 1974 to January 1977 with Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York as his Vice President. He was loved by the public and easily  won the Republican Party's nomination in the 1976 presidential election. Ford’s opponent was the Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter and he lost the election with 241 electoral votes to Carter’s 297 votes.

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Gary Hart was an American politician and lawyer who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988. His main competitor in the '84 campaign was Walter Mondale. Their race was tight until the primary election in June 1983 where voting took place in five states: California, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, West Virginia. Hart was speaking to a crowd in California right before the primary and made the mistake of insulting New Jersey by remarking that his wife, campaigning without him, was having a better time being in California than he would in New Jersey. He then went on to make it worse by saying that he had to hold samples from toxic waste dumps in New Jersey while his wife held koala bears in California. These remarks evaporated Hart's 15 point lead in the New Jersey polls and he ended up losing the state. He won California but lost the '84 nomination to Mondale. Later, as an early front runner in the 1988 campaign, he had to withdraw after it was discovered he had had an extramarital affair. 

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Donald J. Trump is the 45th president of the United States of America. A real estate mogul, entrepreneur, and reality television star, Trump ran a highly controversial presidential campaign for the 2016 election cycle. His rallies drew large crowds of both supporters and detractors, with clashes sometimes erupting into violence. 

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Donald J. Trump ran under the Republican banner in the U.S. 2016 Presidential Election defeating the popular Democratic Candidate Hillary Clinton to secure the Presidency. Despite controversial speeches and interviews along with allegations of sexual misconduct towards women in his employ, Trump still polled highly among his supporters and Republicans alike. However, Trump was unable to secure the majority of the popular vote (only 46%) but was able to acquire a majority of the electoral vote (304 of the 270 votes needed) to cement his victory making him one of few Presidents not to receive the majority of the popular vote but still win.

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Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States. Before becoming President, he was Vice-President for 8 years under Dwight Eisenhower. During his time as President, he ended the US involvement in the Vietnam war, started the Environmental Protection Agency, and brought POWs back to the US. In 1974, he resigned in disgrace after the Watergate Scandal. If he had not resigned, he would have been impeached. Nixon is the only President to resign.

As First Lady, Pat Nixon was known for her hard work and tireless energy. She was college educated, and was the first First Lady to earn a graduate degree. When Nixon ran for President, a campaign ad slogan was used during the election, “Pat for First Lady.” 

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The Bricker Amendment is the collective name of a series of proposed amendments to the United States Constitution that was debated by the United States Senate during the 1950s. Named for their sponsor, Republican Senator, John W. Bricker of Ohio, the amendment was designed with the mindset of keeping international affairs from entering American life, especially after World War II. Furthermore, the amendment was also designed to reduce the president's ability to negotiate agreements with foreign powers without the need for congressional approval. Despite attracting early support, the Bricker Amendment would ultimately be blocked by the efforts of President Eisenhower alongside then-Senate Minority Leader Lyndon Johnson, whose interventions made the amendment fail by a single vote in 1954.

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"As Esu Del Ike" is Lithuanian for "I Like Ike," Dwight D. Eisenhower's slogan for his successful 1952 presidential campaign. Eisenhower was initially approached by both the Democrat and Republican parties to run in the 1948 election, but he turned them both down. In 1952, however, the retired general embraced the task as the Republican's nominee. 

Despite being a national war hero for his role as a World War II general, Eisenhower's team crafted the slogan to portray him as down-to-earth. The simple phrase worked and it, along with the candidate, became incredibly popular. "I Like Ike" was used in the nation's first televised campaign ads, including one animated by Walt Disney Studios. Additionally, campaign merchandise reproduced the slogan in at least ten different languages. America proved to be receptive to the message, as Eisenhower defeated the Democrat Adlai Stevenson in a landslide victory.