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| | Waite, Morrison R. | | | Image |
| | Waite, Morrison R. | | | Biography |
| | Wallace, George C. | 1914 - 1998 | | Biography |
| | Wallace, Henry A. | 1888 - 1965 | | Image |
| | Wallace, Henry A. | 1888 - 1965 | | Biography |
| | War of 1812 | 1812 - 1814 | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | War on Terrorism | 2001 | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | War Powers Act of 1973 | 1973 | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | War Powers | | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | War Powers | | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | War | | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | Warner, John, and Carl Levin | 2003 | | Image |
| | Warren Commission | 1963 - 1964 | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | Warren, Earl | | | Biography |
| | Warren, Earl | | | Image |
| | Washington at the Constitutional Convention | | | Image |
| | Washington Writing Farewell Address | | | Image |
| | Washington's cabinet | | | Image |
| | Washington, Bushrod | | | Image |
| | Washington, Bushrod | | | Biography |
| | Washington, George, Delivers His First Inaugural Address | 1789 | | Image |
| | Washington, George, Presiding over the Constitutional Convention | 1787 | | Image |
| | Washington, George, Taking the Oath of Office | Apr. 30, 1789 | | Image |
| | Washington, George | | | Biography |
| | Washington, George | 1732 - 1799 | | Image |
| | Washington, George | 1732 - 1799 | | Image |
| | Washington, George | 1732 - 1799 | | Biography |
| | Washington, Martha | 1731 - 1802 | | Biography |
| | Watergate Complex | | | Image |
| | Watergate Scandal | | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | Watergate Subpoena of President Richard Nixon | Jul. 23, 1973 | | Image |
| | Watergate Subpoena | | | Image |
| | Watergate | | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | Watershed Elections | | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | Wayne, James M. | | | Image |
| | Wayne, James M. | | | Biography |
| | Ways and Means Committee, House | | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | Ways and Means Subcommittee: 105th Congress | | | Image |
| | Weaver, James B. | 1833 - 1912 | | Image |
| | Weaver, James B. | 1833 - 1912 | | Biography |
| | Webster, Daniel, Addresses Nullification in Congress | 1830 | | Image |
| | Webster, Daniel | | | Image |
| | Webster, Daniel | | | Biography |
| | Webster, Daniel | 1782 - 1852 | | Biography |
| | Weddings in the White House | | | Facts & Figures |
| | Weights and Measures | | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | Welfare | | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | Were any members of Congress appointed directly to the Supreme Court? | | | Q & A |
| | Westwood, Jean | | | Image |
| | What administrators, apart from the clerk and the marshal, work for the Supreme Court, and what do they do? | | | Q & A |
| | What are caucuses? | | | Q & A |
| | What are checks and balances? | | | Q & A |
| | What are checks and balances? | | | Q & A |
| | What are continuing resolutions? How often are they used? | | | Q & A |
| | What are executive agreements? | | | Q & A |
| | What are executive orders, and how many have various presidents signed? | | | Q & A |
| | What are fast-track procedures? | | | Q & A |
| | What are implied powers? | | | Q & A |
| | What are implied powers? | | | Q & A |
| | What are majority-minority congressional districts? | | | Q & A |
| | What are PACs? | | | Q & A |
| | What are resolutions and concurrent resolutions? | | | Q & A |
| | What are Senate classes? | | | Q & A |
| | What are superdelegates to a party convention? | | | Q & A |
| | What are the differences between a joint session and a joint meeting of Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | What are the rates of congressional incumbents winning reelection? | | | Q & A |
| | What are the requirements for becoming a justice of the Supreme Court? | | | Q & A |
| | What are the requirements for being a representative? | | | Q & A |
| | What are the requirements for being a senator? | | | Q & A |
| | What are the requirements for serving as president and vice president? | | | Q & A |
| | What are the solicitor general's responsibilities? | | | Q & A |
| | What are the special duties of the House? | | | Q & A |
| | What are the special duties of the Senate? | | | Q & A |
| | What city has hosted the most conventions? | | | Q & A |
| | What committees are there now in Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the 1964 Civil Rights Act do? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Endangered Species Act do? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Fair Deal propose? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Fair Labor Standards Act do? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Interstate Highway Act do? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Judiciary Act of 1789 do? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Legal Tender Acts do? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the New Frontier program try to do? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Social Security Act do? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Baker v. Carr? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Barron v. Baltimore? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Buckley v. Valeo? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Champion v. Ames? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Chisholm v. Georgia? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Cooley v. Board of Wardens of Port of Philadelphia? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Dartmouth College v. Woodward? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Elkins v. United States? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Engel v. Vitale? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Ex parte Milligan? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Fletcher v. Peck? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Gibbons v. Ogden? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Gideon v. Wainwright? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Gitlow v. New York? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Gray v. Sanders? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Griggs v. Duke Power Company? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Griswold v. Connecticut? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Humphrey's Executor v. United States? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Lochner v. New York? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Mapp v. Ohio? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Marbury v. Madison? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Martin v. Hunter's Lessee? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in McCulloch v. Maryland? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Miranda v. Arizona? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Near v. Minnesota? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Planned Parenthood v. Casey? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Roe v. Wade? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Roth v. United States? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Schenck v. United States? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in School District of Abington Township v. Schempp? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Scott v. Sandford? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Standard Oil Co. v. United States? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in the Legal Tender Cases? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in the Scottsboro Cases? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in the Slaughterhouse Cases? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Butler? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Miller? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Nixon? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Watson? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in University of California Regents v. Bakke? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Wisconsin v. Yoder? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Supreme Court rule in Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. v. Sawyer? | | | Q & A |
| | What did the Welfare Reform Act do? | | | Q & A |
| | What do congressional committee staffers do? | | | Q & A |
| | What do delegates to the House do? | | | Q & A |
| | What do law clerks do at the Supreme Court? | | | Q & A |
| | What do lobbyists do? | | | Q & A |
| | What do political parties do? | | | Q & A |
| | What do the amendments to the Constitution say, in brief? | | | Q & A |
| | What do the House and Senate parliamentarians do? | | | Q & A |
| | What do the House and Senate sergeants-at-arms do? | | | Q & A |
| | What do the House majority and minority leaders do? | | | Q & A |
| | What do the House whips do? | | | Q & A |
| | What do the Senate whips do, and how are they chosen? | | | Q & A |
| | What does a floor manager do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does Article I of the Constitution say, in brief? | | | Q & A |
| | What does Article II of the Constitution say, in brief? | | | Q & A |
| | What does Article III of the Constitution say, in brief? | | | Q & A |
| | What does Article IV of the Constitution say, in brief? | | | Q & A |
| | What does Article V of the Constitution say, in brief? | | | Q & A |
| | What does Article VI of the Constitution say, in brief? | | | Q & A |
| | What does Article VII of the Constitution say, in brief? | | | Q & A |
| | What does Congress do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does it cost to win a House seat? | | | Q & A |
| | What does it cost to win a Senate seat? | | | Q & A |
| | What does separate but equal mean? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Agriculture Department do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the attorney general do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the chief justice of the Supreme Court do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the clerk of the House do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the clerk of the Supreme Court do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Commerce Department do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Congressional Budget Office do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Defense Department do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Education Department do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Energy Department do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the first lady get paid? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the General Accounting Office do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Health and Human Services Department do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the House Rules Committee do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Housing and Urban Development Department do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Interior Department do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Justice Department do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Labor Department do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the marshal of the Supreme Court do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Office of Management and Budget do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the president do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the president get paid? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the presiding officer do in the Senate? The House? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the secretary of the Senate do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Speaker of the House do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the State Department do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Supreme Court do if a case is moot? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Supreme Court do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Transportation Department do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Treasury Department do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the Veterans Affairs Department do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the vice president do? | | | Q & A |
| | What does the vice president get paid? | | | Q & A |
| | What experience have presidents had before being elected? | | | Q & A |
| | What figure adorns the top of the Capitol Building? | | | Q & A |
| | What happened in the Belknap scandal? | | | Q & A |
| | What happened in the Iran-Contra affair? | | | Q & A |
| | What happened in the Watergate scandal? | | | Q & A |
| | What happened in the Whiskey Ring scandal? | | | Q & A |
| | What happens at the Supreme Court on the first Monday in October? | | | Q & A |
| | What happens if the president dies after inauguration? | | | Q & A |
| | What happens if the president is incapacitated after inauguration? | | | Q & A |
| | What happens if the president resigns or is removed from office? | | | Q & A |
| | What happens if the president-elect dies or is incapacitated after the electoral college has voted but before inauguration? | | | Q & A |
| | What happens when new congressional districts must be drawn in a state? | | | Q & A |
| | What has voter turnout been like for eighteen- to twenty-four-year-olds? | | | Q & A |
| | What have retirement rates been for members of Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | What have the results been for presidential elections? | | | Q & A |
| | What have voter turnouts been like over time? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a Christmas tree bill? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a class action suit? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a clean bill? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a conference committee? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a dark horse candidate? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a filibuster, and how can one be ended? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a gerrymander? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a legislative veto? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a mark-up session? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a motion to table? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a pocket veto? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a point of order? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a presidential commission? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a presidential doctrine? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a quorum? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a rider? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a shadow senator or representative? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a special election? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a test case? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a treaty? | | | Q & A |
| | What is a veto? | | | Q & A |
| | What is absentee voting? | | | Q & A |
| | What is affirmative action? | | | Q & A |
| | What is amicus curiae? | | | Q & A |
| | What is an executive session in Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | What is certiorari? | | | Q & A |
| | What is common law? | | | Q & A |
| | What is congressional immunity? | | | Q & A |
| | What is due process? | | | Q & A |
| | What is exclusion from Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | What is executive privilege? | | | Q & A |
| | What is impeachment? | | | Q & A |
| | What is impoundment? | | | Q & A |
| | What is judicial restraint? | | | Q & A |
| | What is judicial review? | | | Q & A |
| | What is logrolling? | | | Q & A |
| | What is patronage? | | | Q & A |
| | What is pork-barrel politics? | | | Q & A |
| | What is probable cause? | | | Q & A |
| | What is separation of powers? | | | Q & A |
| | What is separation of powers? | | | Q & A |
| | What is strict construction? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the Bill of Rights? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the cabinet? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the coattail effect? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the Committee of the Whole? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the congressional "College of Cardinals"? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the Consent Calendar? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the difference between "hard money" and "soft money"? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the difference between a public and a private bill? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the difference between an authorization bill and an appropriations bill? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the Eisenhower Doctrine? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the exclusionary rule? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the Hatch Act? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the incorporation doctrine? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the Lame Duck Amendment? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the line-item veto? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the Monroe Doctrine? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the Motor Voter Act? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the National Security Council? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the oath of office for a member of Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the oversight power? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the oversight power? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the preemption doctrine? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the presidential oath of office? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the previous question motion? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the procedure for impeaching an official? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the Reform Party? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the role of the House Ways and Means Committee? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the Roosevelt corollary? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the seniority system in Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the supremacy clause? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the Supreme Court's oath of office? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the Truman Doctrine? | | | Q & A |
| | What is the War Powers Act? | | | Q & A |
| | What is unanimous consent? | | | Q & A |
| | What kinds of votes are there in Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | What major acts did Congress pass in the 1950s? | | | Q & A |
| | What major acts did Congress pass in the 1960s? | | | Q & A |
| | What major acts did Congress pass in the 1970s? | | | Q & A |
| | What major acts did Congress pass in the 1990s? | | | Q & A |
| | What major acts did Congress pass in the 1980s? | | | Q & A |
| | What major treaties has the Senate approved since the 1950s? | | | Q & A |
| | What percent of members of Congress have been lawyers? | | | Q & A |
| | What profession is most common for presidents? | | | Q & A |
| | What session of Congress was the longest? | | | Q & A |
| | What sitting governors have become president? | | | Q & A |
| | What states have had a female senator and a female governor at the same time? | | | Q & A |
| | What summit conferences with the Soviets did U.S. presidents attend during the cold war? | | | Q & A |
| | What Supreme Court decisions were overturned by amendments to the Constitution? | | | Q & A |
| | What types of congressional committees are there? | | | Q & A |
| | What types of opinions does the Supreme Court issue? | | | Q & A |
| | What was Abscam? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the "Great Compromise" made by the Framers of the Constitution? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the banking scandal in the House about? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the closest popular vote for president? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the closest popular vote for a senator? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Compromise of 1850? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Constitutional Convention? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Court-packing scheme? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Era of Good Feelings? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Federal Reserve Bank Act? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the first law passed by Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the first presidential appointment ever made? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the GI Bill of Rights? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Great Society? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the kitchen cabinet? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the largest presidential landslide? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Lewinsky scandal about? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Marshall Plan? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Missouri Compromise? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the New Deal? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Pendleton Act? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Pure Food and Drug Act? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Republican Contract with America? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Sherman Antitrust Act? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the shortest session of Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Tax Reform Act of 1986? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Teapot Dome scandal? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Volstead Act? | | | Q & A |
| | What was the Whitewater scandal about? | | | Q & A |
| | What were the Articles of Confederation? | | | Q & A |
| | What were the first nine states to ratify the Constitution? | | | Q & A |
| | Wheeler, William A. | 1819 - 1887 | | Biography |
| | When did Congress first appear on television? | | | Q & A |
| | When did Congress formally adopt the Star Spangled Banner as the national anthem? | | | Q & A |
| | When did eighteen-year-olds get the vote? | | | Q & A |
| | When did live television coverage of the president's inaugural address begin? | | | Q & A |
| | When did the first woman run for president? | | | Q & A |
| | When did the justices of the Supreme Court serve? | | | Q & A |
| | When did the post office become a government-run corporation? | | | Q & A |
| | When did the practice of including the vice president in cabinet meetings become firmly established? | | | Q & A |
| | When did the Social Security Administration become an independent agency? | | | Q & A |
| | When did the Supreme Court first tape arguments, and what happens to the tapes? | | | Q & A |
| | When has Congress been called into emergency session and why? | | | Q & A |
| | When has the country been without a vice president? | | | Q & A |
| | When has the same party controlled the White House and both houses of Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | When is inauguration day? | | | Q & A |
| | When the Constitution was ratified, who was eligible to vote in national elections? | | | Q & A |
| | When was the Capitol enlarged? | | | Q & A |
| | When was the Democratic Party founded? | | | Q & A |
| | When was the Federal Election Commission (FEC) created? | | | Q & A |
| | When was the first attempt to impeach a president? | | | Q & A |
| | When was the first convention? | | | Q & A |
| | When was the first political convention televised? | | | Q & A |
| | When was the last lame duck session of Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | When was the longest filibuster, and what was it about? | | | Q & A |
| | When was the longest political party convention on record? | | | Q & A |
| | When was the longest time the Supreme Court went without a change in membership? | | | Q & A |
| | When was the post office founded? | | | Q & A |
| | When was the Republican Party founded? | | | Q & A |
| | When was the White House built? | | | Q & A |
| | When were blacks allowed to vote in national elections? | | | Q & A |
| | When were most former presidents alive? | | | Q & A |
| | When were senators first elected by popular vote? | | | Q & A |
| | When were the "First Hundred Days"? | | | Q & A |
| | When were the departments represented in the cabinet created? | | | Q & A |
| | When were the modern conveniences added to the White House? | | | Q & A |
| | When were voting machines first used? | | | Q & A |
| | When were women allowed to vote in national elections? | | | Q & A |
| | Where can campaign finance reports filed with the FEC be found? | | | Q & A |
| | Where can copies of treaties be found? | | | Q & A |
| | Where can presidential papers and speeches be found? | | | Q & A |
| | Where can the opinions of the Supreme Court be found in printed form? | | | Q & A |
| | Where can the original Constitution be viewed? | | | Q & A |
| | Where can you find copies of laws? Of bills, with legislative histories? | | | Q & A |
| | Where can you find the voting records of members of Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | Where did the term lame duck originate? | | | Q & A |
| | Where is the president's hotline to Moscow located? | | | Q & A |
| | Where is the right of privacy mentioned in the Constitution? | | | Q & A |
| | Which African Americans have run for president? | | | Q & A |
| | Which amendment took the longest to ratify? | | | Q & A |
| | Which black member of Congress served the longest? | | | Q & A |
| | Which blacks have served in Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | Which cabinet members have been convicted of crimes? | | | Q & A |
| | Which cabinet members have taken the Fifth Amendment? | | | Q & A |
| | Which candidate has run for president most often? | | | Q & A |
| | Which chief justices of the Supreme Court were former associate justices? | | | Q & A |
| | Which colleges graduated the most Supreme Court justices? | | | Q & A |
| | Which colleges have produced the most presidents? | | | Q & A |
| | Which Congress enacted the most public laws? | | | Q & A |
| | Which defeated presidential candidates eventually won? | | | Q & A |
| | Which female member of Congress served the longest? | | | Q & A |
| | Which first lady had the most children? | | | Q & A |
| | Which first lady had the most influence over national affairs? | | | Q & A |
| | Which first lady was first to hire her own press agent? | | | Q & A |
| | Which first lady was first to hire her own staff to answer mail and press questions? | | | Q & A |
| | Which former president was elected to the Confederate Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | Which full-term president did not appoint any Supreme Court justices? | | | Q & A |
| | Which Hispanic member of Congress has served the longest? | | | Q & A |
| | Which Hispanics have served in Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | Which incumbent presidents did not run again? | | | Q & A |
| | Which incumbent presidents were defeated? | | | Q & A |
| | Which justice served longest on the Supreme Court? | | | Q & A |
| | Which justice wrote the most of each type of Supreme Court opinion? | | | Q & A |
| | Which law schools graduated the most Supreme Court justices? | | | Q & A |
| | Which member has served longest in the House? | | | Q & A |
| | Which member has served longest in the Senate? | | | Q & A |
| | Which members of Congress have been expelled? | | | Q & A |
| | Which members of Congress have been censured or reprimanded? | | | Q & A |
| | Which members of Congress have died in the Capitol? | | | Q & A |
| | Which members of Congress have fought each other in duels? | | | Q & A |
| | Which members of Congress have married other members? | | | Q & A |
| | Which nominees to the Supreme Court have failed to be confirmed by the Senate? | | | Q & A |
| | Which of the current justices once clerked on the Supreme Court? | | | Q & A |
| | Which party had the longest series of consecutive presidencies? | | | Q & A |
| | Which party has dominated both houses of Congress for the longest series of consecutive Congresses? | | | Q & A |
| | Which president appointed the most Supreme Court justices? | | | Q & A |
| | Which president had successful cancer surgery while in office and managed to keep it a secret? | | | Q & A |
| | Which president lived the longest? | | | Q & A |
| | Which president never attended a school of any type? | | | Q & A |
| | Which president resigned? | | | Q & A |
| | Which president served in the House after leaving office? | | | Q & A |
| | Which president served in the Senate after leaving the White House? | | | Q & A |
| | Which president served the shortest time in office? | | | Q & A |
| | Which president started the tradition of taking the oath of office with one hand on the Bible? | | | Q & A |
| | Which president supported an illegitimate child? | | | Q & A |
| | Which president's grandfather was also president? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidential elections were decided by Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents and vice presidents served when? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents changed their names? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents died in office of natural causes? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents died on the Fourth of July? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents fought in which wars? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents got married while in office? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents have been elected without winning the popular vote? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents have been generals? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents have not delivered State of the Union addresses to Congress in person? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents never went to college? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents once served in the cabinet? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents survived assassination attempts? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents were assassinated? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents were bachelors when elected? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents were delegates to the Continental Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents were denied their party's nomination? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents were distant cousins? | | | Q & A |
| | Which presidents were impeached? | | | Q & A |
| | Which senator served the shortest time? | | | Q & A |
| | Which sitting senators have been indicted? | | | Q & A |
| | Which state has produced the most presidents? | | | Q & A |
| | Which state has produced the most vice presidents? | | | Q & A |
| | Which state was first to hold all elections by mail? | | | Q & A |
| | Which states have caucuses? | | | Q & A |
| | Which states have never elected African Americans to Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | Which states have passed term limitation legislation? | | | Q & A |
| | Which states have primaries? | | | Q & A |
| | Which states have produced the most Supreme Court justices? | | | Q & A |
| | Which Supreme Court justice attended law school classes after being nominated to the Court? | | | Q & A |
| | Which Supreme Court justice killed a person in peacetime? | | | Q & A |
| | Which Supreme Court justice was confirmed the quickest? | | | Q & A |
| | Which Supreme Court justices once served as solicitor general? | | | Q & A |
| | Which Supreme Court nominee was rejected in the Senate by only one vote? | | | Q & A |
| | Which third-party candidates won more than 6 percent of the popular vote? | | | Q & A |
| | Which tickets of sitting presidents and sitting vice presidents have lost? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice president held no other elective office? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice president killed a man while in office? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice president lived the longest? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice president served longest in Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice president served the longest? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice president served the shortest term? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice president was the first to serve as acting president? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice president was tried for treason? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice presidential elections did Congress decide? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice presidential nominees have debated? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice presidents died in office? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice presidents have also been senators? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice presidents have cast the deciding vote in the Senate? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice presidents resigned from office? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice presidents served in the Continental Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice presidents served in the House? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice presidents served under more than one president? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice presidents since 1900 tried unsuccessfully for the presidency? | | | Q & A |
| | Which vice presidents succeeded to the presidency? | | | Q & A |
| | Whig Party (1834–1856) | | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | Whiskey Rebellion | 1792 | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | Whiskey Ring Scandal | | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | Whistle Stop | | | Encyclopedia Entry |
| | White House Architectural Drawing | 1792 | | Image |
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| | White, Byron R. | | | Biography |
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| | White, Hugh Lawson | 1773 - 1840 | | Biography |
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| | Whittaker, Charles E. | | | Biography |
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| | Whitten, Jamie L. | 1910 - 1995 | | Biography |
| | Whitten, Jamie, and William H. Natcher Confer | 1991 | | Image |
| | Who are considered the greatest justices of the Supreme Court? | | | Q & A |
| | Who are considered the greatest presidents? | | | Q & A |
| | Who are the Joint Chiefs of Staff? | | | Q & A |
| | Who became president after being elected to only one other officethe vice presidency? | | | Q & A |
| | Who became president without having been elected to that office or to the vice presidency? | | | Q & A |
| | Who can appoint and remove officials in the executive branch? | | | Q & A |
| | Who can appoint and remove officials in the executive branch? | | | Q & A |
| | Who can practice law before the Supreme Court? | | | Q & A |
| | Who declined to serve on the Supreme Court? | | | Q & A |
| | Who designed the Capitol Building? | | | Q & A |
| | Who failed to be confirmed by the Senate for a cabinet post? | | | Q & A |
| | Who had the least seniority in the House when elected Speaker? | | | Q & A |
| | Who had the longest term as Speaker of the House? | | | Q & A |
| | Who had the most vetoes overridden? | | | Q & A |
| | Who has been impeached by Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | Who has resigned or retired from the Supreme Court for reasons other than health, and why? | | | Q & A |
| | Who has served as Speaker of the House? | | | Q & A |
| | Who have presidents pardoned? | | | Q & A |
| | Who held the most cabinet posts? | | | Q & A |
| | Who hired the first Supreme Court law clerk? | | | Q & A |
| | Who is the only Supreme Court justice to have played professional football? | | | Q & A |
| | Who is the only Supreme Court justice who had no political or judicial experience before being nominated? | | | Q & A |
| | Who missed the fewest votes in Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | Who must agree to treaties between the United States and other countries? | | | Q & A |
| | Who must agree to treaties between the United States and other countries? | | | Q & A |
| | Who named the White House? | | | Q & A |
| | Who never held elective office before reaching the White House? | | | Q & A |
| | Who originated the Monroe Doctrine? | | | Q & A |
| | Who originated the term veep for vice president? | | | Q & A |
| | Who pocket vetoed the most bills? | | | Q & A |
| | Who served in the cabinet of the most presidents? | | | Q & A |
| | Who served longest as chief justice of the Supreme Court? | | | Q & A |
| | Who served longest in the cabinet? | | | Q & A |
| | Who served the longest time in Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | Who served the shortest time on the Supreme Court? | | | Q & A |
| | Who served two separate terms on the Supreme Court? | | | Q & A |
| | Who serves as the president pro tempore of the Senate, and what does the job involve? | | | Q & A |
| | Who serves as the Senate majority and minority leaders? | | | Q & A |
| | Who thought of the names president and vice president? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first black contender for the vice presidential nomination of a major party? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first black Supreme Court justice? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first Catholic nominated for president by a major party? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first Catholic president? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first Catholic Supreme Court justice? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first Democratic president? The others? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first divorced president? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first Jewish Supreme Court justice? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first person elected president in his own right after finishing his predecessor's term in the White House? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first president heard on radio? Seen on TV? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first president to ask Congress to declare war? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first president to die in office? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first president to get a pension? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first president to have a press secretary? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first president to hold a press conference? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first president to travel abroad while in office? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first president's wife to be called "first lady"? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first Republican president? The others? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first senator elected on a write-in vote? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first Supreme Court nominee to testify before a Senate committee for confirmation? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first vice president to head a presidential commission? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first vice president to make an official trip abroad? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first vice president to mount a vigorous nationwide campaign? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first vice president to succeed to the presidency during his term? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first vice president who was not elected president? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first Whig president? The others? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first woman nominated for vice president by a major political party? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first woman Supreme Court justice? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the first woman to preside over the Senate? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the last president to attend Congress during a floor debate? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the last Supreme Court justice never to have attended law school? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the last Supreme Court justice not to have a law degree? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the oldest justice to serve on the Supreme Court? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the oldest member of Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the oldest president? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the oldest vice president elected? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the only person elected to two terms as vice president and then two terms as president? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the only president never to have married? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the only president to have a Ph.D.? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the only president to have served nonconsecutive terms? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the only president to serve more than two terms? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the only president to serve on the Supreme Court after leaving the White House? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the only president who did not live in the White House? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the only Speaker of the House to serve as president? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the only Supreme Court justice to be impeached? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the Supreme Court's "great dissenter"? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the youngest justice to serve on the Supreme Court? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the youngest member of Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the youngest person to be president? | | | Q & A |
| | Who was the youngest vice president elected? | | | Q & A |
| | Who were the first black, Hispanic, Native American, female, Asian, Indian, and Hawaiian representatives and senators? | | | Q & A |
| | Who were the first Catholics in the House and Senate? The first Jews? | | | Q & A |
| | Who were the first female, black, and Hispanic members of the cabinet? | | | Q & A |
| | Who were the first women to chair committees in the House and Senate? | | | Q & A |
| | Who were the Keating Five, and what did they do? | | | Q & A |
| | Who were the presidents whose sons also became president? | | | Q & A |
| | Who writes the Supreme Court's opinions? | | | Q & A |
| | Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | | | Q & A |
| | Who wrote the first dissent in a Supreme Court case? | | | Q & A |
| | Whose departure from the Supreme Court caused the longest vacancy? | | | Q & A |
| | Why do states sometimes gain or lose seats in Congress? | | | Q & A |
| | Why is election day on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November? | | | Q & A |
| | Why is the New Hampshire primary important? | | | Q & A |
| | Why was Medicare legislation important? | | | Q & A |
| | Why was the Yellowstone National Park Act important? | | | Q & A |
| | Why were the Alien and Sedition Acts passed? | | | Q & A |
| | William Henry Harrison Memorial Armband | | | Image |
| | William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Cartoon | | | Image |
| | Williams, Anthony, Mayor of Washington, D.C. | | | Image |
| | Willkie, Wendell L. | 1892 - 1944 | | Biography |
| | Wilson Depicted as a Pharoah | | | Image |
| | Wilson, Edith | 1872 - 1961 | | Image |
| | Wilson, Edith | 1872 - 1961 | | Biography |
| | Wilson, Henry | 1812 - 1875 | | Biography |
| | Wilson, James | | | Biography |
| | Wilson, James | | | Image |
| | Wilson, Woodrow, in League of Nations Cartoon | | | Image |
| | Wilson, Woodrow, Signing Legislation | 1916 | | Image |
| | Wilson, Woodrow | 1856 - 1924 | | Image |
| | Wilson, Woodrow | 1856 - 1924 | | Biography |
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| | Women Members of Congress, 1917–2003 | 1917 - 2003 | | Facts & Figures |
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| | Woods, William B. | | | Image |
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