Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin (born February 11, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as Wisconsin's junior senator since 2013. She was a Democrat who served three terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 78th district, and from 1999 to 2013 in the United States House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Baldwin was elected to the United States Senate in 2012 after beating Republican nominee Tommy Thompson. Baldwin was re-elected in 2018, beating Republican nominee Leah Vukmir.

Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin was sworn in as the United States Senate's first openly homosexual member in 2013. The historic incident occurred during a particularly heated race in which she challenged Republican candidate Tommy Thompson, a former Wisconsin governor. Baldwin's leftist views—she backed universal health care, civil rights, and environmental protections—seemed to resonate with people in a state known for its volatile politics. Furthermore, she had a reputation as an iconoclast; for example, while a member of the United States House of Representatives (1992-2013), she once advocated for impeachment hearings for Vice President Dick Cheney. Baldwin became the state's first female senator after narrowly defeating Thompson, who had never lost a contest in Wisconsin.

Detailed information:

Full name: Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin

Born: February 11, 1962

Notable works:

• Secretary of the Senate Democratic Conference
• United States Senatorfrom Wisconsin
• Member of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom Wisconsin's 2nd district
• Member of the Wisconsin State Assemblyfrom the 78th district
• Member of the Dane County Board of Supervisors
• Member of the Madison Common Council

Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the United States' 44th President from 2009 to 2017. Obama was the first African-American president of the United States and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008, and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004. Prior to joining politics, he worked as a civil rights lawyer.

With his March Senate primary victory, his well-received July Democratic Global Convention keynote address, and his overwhelming November election to the Senate, Obama garnered national notice in 2004. After a tight primary race against Hillary Clinton, he was selected for president by the Democratic Party in 2008, and he chose Joe Biden as his running partner. Obama was inaugurated on January 20, 2009, after defeating Republican contender John McCain in the presidential election. Nine months later, he was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, eliciting both acclaim and condemnation.

Barack Obama was inaugurated as the first African American president on January 20, 2009. Obama was creating history even before becoming the presidency. He attended Harvard Law School, where he became the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. After relocating in Chicago, he entered politics in 2004, defeating Republican Alan Keyes in the first black-and-white U.S. Senate campaign. After gaining national attention, the first-term senator ran for president in 2008. Obama became the first African American to be nominated for president by either major party after a difficult primary victory over Hillary Clinton. He then went on to defeat John McCain in 2008 and won reelection in 2012.

Detailed information:

Full name: Barack Hussein Obama II

Born: February 11, 1962
Notable works:

• 44th President of the United States
• United States Senatorfrom Illinois
• Member of the Illinois Senatefrom the 13th district

Nancy Patricia Pelosi is an American politician who has been the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019, having previously served as Speaker from 2007 to 2011. She has served in the United States House of Representatives since 1987, representing California's 12th congressional district. From 1987 to 1993, the district was known as the 5th district, and from 1993 to 2013, it was known as the 8th district. Pelosi, a Democrat, is the first woman to be elected Speaker and the first woman to lead a major political party in either chamber of Congress.

Nancy Pelosi became the House's first female speaker on January 4, 2007. Because the speaker is second in line for the presidency, she also became the highest-ranking woman to ever serve in the United States government. The historic incident marked the end of the California politician's long political career. Pelosi began her political career as a Democratic organizer before ascending through the ranks to become the California Democratic Party's chair in 1981. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1987 and quickly gained a reputation for her liberalism. She was known as the House Speaker from 2007 to 2011 for her ability to shepherd legislation through, most notably the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Republicans reclaimed control of the House in the 2022 midterm elections, thereby terminating her second speakership. She announced her retirement as House Democratic Caucus leader shortly after, but stated she would remain a member of the House. Pelosi was named Speaker Emerita of the United States House of Representatives by the House Democratic Caucus on November 29, 2022.

Detailed information:
Full name: Nancy Patricia Pelosi
Born: March 26, 1940

Notable works:

• 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• House Minority Leader
• Leader of the House Democratic Caucus
• House Minority Whip
• Member of theU.S. House of Representativesfrom California
• Chair of the California Democratic Party

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as President Barack Obama's 67th Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, as a United States Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, and as First Lady of the United States as President Bill Clinton's wife from 1993 to 2001. She was the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in the 2016 election, becoming the first woman to earn a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party; Clinton won the popular vote but lost the Electoral College vote, losing the election to Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton was one of the most divisive people in contemporary politics, but she was also one of the most innovative. She was President Bill Clinton's wife and had a significant role in his administration (1993–2001). Bill famously stated that the president was a "twofer" (two for the price of one), and Hillary had her own office in the West Wing, an unusual step. She was elected senator of New York in 2000, making her the first first lady to hold electoral office. Clinton served as Barack Obama's secretary of state after losing the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008. She ran for president again in 2016, becoming the first woman to win a major political party's presidential nomination. Following her loss, she wrote her third memoir, What Happened, and launched Onward Together, a political action organization dedicated to fundraising for progressive political groups.

Detailed information:

Full name: Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton

Born: October 26, 1947
Notable works:

• 67th United States Secretary of State
• United States Senatorfrom New York
• First Lady of the United States
• First Lady of Arkansas
• 11th Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast

Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun (born August 16, 1947) is a former United States Senator, diplomat, politician, and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. Moseley Braun previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1979 to 1988 and as Cook County Recorder of Deeds from 1988 to 1992. After beating Senator Alan Dixon in a Democratic primary, she was elected to the United States Senate in 1992. Moseley Braun spent one term in the Senate before being defeated in 1998 by Republican Peter Fitzgerald.

Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois made comparable history in the United States Senate nearly 25 years after Chisholm. Before joining national politics, the African American politician and lawyer served in the Georgia House of Representatives (1978-88). In the 1992 Senate campaign, Hillary won the Democratic primary before going on to win the regular election. She was the first woman to serve on the Finance Committee during her tenure in Congress (1993-99). She also made headlines in 1993 when she successfully fought the renewal of the design patent on the emblem of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which included the Confederate flag. Moseley Braun, on the other hand, attracted unwelcome attention due to charges of campaign finance violations and her ties with two Nigerian military regimes. She was defeated in her attempt for a second term in 1998.

Detailed information:
Full name: Carol Elizabeth Moseley
Born: August 16, 1947

Notable works:

• United States Ambassador to New Zealand
• United States Ambassador to Samoa
• United States Senatorfrom Illinois
• Cook County Recorder of Deeds
• Member of theIllinois House of Representatives

Shirley Anita Chisholm was an American politician who was elected to the United States Congress for the first time in 1968. Chisholm served seven terms in New York's 12th congressional district, which included Bedford-Stuyvesant, from 1969 to 1983. She was the first black contender for a major-party candidacy for President of the United States, as well as the first woman to seek for the Democratic Party's nomination, in 1972.

She was born in Brooklyn, New York, but spent her childhood years in Barbados, where she considered herself a Barbadian American. She excelled in school and completed her undergraduate education in the United States. In the 1950s, she began working in early childhood education and became interested in local Democratic Party politics. She was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1964, overcoming some opposition since she was a woman. She was elected to Congress four years later, where she led the expansion of food and nutrition programs for the poor and rose to party leadership. She left Congress in 1983 to teach at Mount Holyoke College while continuing her political activism. Despite being nominated for an ambassadorship in 1993, she declined due to health concerns. Chisholm was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.

Detailed information:

Full name: Shirley Anita Chisholm

Born: November 30, 1924

Died: January 1, 2005

Notable works:

• Secretary of the House Democratic Caucus
• Member of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom New York's 12th district
• Member of the New York State Assembly

Carl Burton Stokes (June 21, 1927 – April 3, 1996) was a Democratic Party politician and diplomat who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. He was one of the first black mayors of a major American city, elected on November 7, 1967, and took office on January 1, 1968. Carl Stokes became the first African American mayor of a major American city when he assumed office in Cleveland in 1967. During his term, he worked to repair the city's ailing economy and provide more chances for the underprivileged. Stokes worked for racial reconciliation as well, however his government was rocked by the Glenville riots (July 1968), which erupted after a shoot-out between black militants and police officers.

He was re-elected in 1969 and retired in 1971. Later, he was an award-winning TV news anchor in New York City—the city's first black anchorman—before becoming a municipal court judge in Cleveland (1983-94) and the United States' ambassador to Seychelles (1994–95). While serving as Ambassador to the Seychelles, Stokes was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and placed on medical leave. He died at the Cleveland Clinic after returning to Cleveland. The Rev. Otis Moss officiated during his funeral at Cleveland Music Hall. WERE radio broadcasted the funeral. Stokes was laid to rest in Cleveland's Lake View Cemetery.

Detailed information:
Full name: Carl Burton Stokes
Born: June 21, 1927
Died: April 3, 1996
Notable works:

• United States Ambassador to Seychelles
• 51st Mayor of Cleveland

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, abbreviated FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 to 1945. He won a record four presidential elections as the leader of the Democratic Party and became a prominent role in international events throughout the first half of the twentieth century. During the majority of the Great Depression, Roosevelt led the federal government, executing his New Deal domestic program in response to the greatest economic catastrophe in American history. He established the New Deal Coalition, which characterized contemporary liberalism in the United States for the next three decades.

FDR was the first – and only – president to be elected four times (1933–45). His many election victories occurred during some of the most volatile moments in American history. He introduced the New Deal, a series of varied reforms for the "forgotten man" that dramatically extended the role of government, to lift the country out of a slump. The establishment of Social Security was one of the New Deal's most lasting legacies. Roosevelt oversaw the United States' entry into World War II in 1941. He died just over a month before the Allies won the war in Europe.

Detailed information:

Full name: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Born: January 30, 1882

Died: April 12, 1945

Notable works:

• 32nd President of the United States
• 44th Governor of New York
• Assistant Secretary of the Navy
• Member of the New York State Senatefrom the 26th district

Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway was an American politician who was the first woman elected to the United States Senate for a full term. Caraway was the Arkansas representative. She was the Senate's first female president. She was re-elected to a full term in 1932 with the strong backing of neighboring Louisiana Senator Huey Long. Although nicknamed “Silent Hattie,” Hattie Wyatt Caraway made noise in 1932 when she became the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate, representing Arkansas.

Caraway was selected to fill her husband's seat after he died the previous year. In a special election in 1932, she received an astonishing 92% of the vote. Later that year, she ran in the regularly scheduled election and won again. During her 14 years in Congress, Caraway made history by becoming the first woman to preside over a Senate session and the first woman to chair a committee. She was also the first woman to cast a vote on the Equal Rights Amendment (1943). She left government in 1945 after losing her attempt for a third term.

Caraway was a prohibitionist who, along with other Southern Democratic senators, voted against anti-lynching legislation. She largely supported the New Deal. Caraway's rejection of the Arkansas elite in insisting on becoming more than a temporary stand-in for her husband enabled her to create an important precedent for women in politics. Caraway's careful and capable devotion to Senate obligations garnered the respect of her colleagues, encouraged proponents of expanded public positions for women, and proved that political talents were not just the domain of men.

Detailed information:
Full name: Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway
Born: February 1, 1878
Died: December 21, 1950
Notable works:

• United States Senatorfrom Arkansas

Nellie Davis Tayloe Ross was an American politician who served as Wyoming's 14th governor from 1925 to 1927, as well as the 28th and first female director of the United States Mint from 1933 to 1953. She was the first female governor of a U.S. state, and she is still the only female governor of Wyoming. She had run for governor the previous year when her husband, the current governor, died while campaigning for a second term. She easily won, and while in government, she pursued her own ideas while continuing his progressive agenda. Ross campaigned for coal miners' safety and stronger bank restrictions, while simultaneously supporting an amendment that prohibited child labor.

Although Wyoming was known as the Equality State, it was also Republican-leaning, and she was narrowly defeated for reelection in 1926. Ross, on the other hand, was not done making history. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her as the first female director of the United States Mint in 1933, a position she held with distinction until 1953. She traveled and wrote for various women's magazines in her later years. Ross died at the age of 101 in Washington, D.C.

Detailed information:

Full name: Nellie Davis Tayloe Ross

Born: November 29, 1876

Died: December 19, 1977

Notable works:

• 28th Director of the United States Mint
• 14th Governor of Wyoming
• First Lady of Wyoming