https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6 Stations en-us 2020-11-09 15:39:17 UTC 2026-02-28 20:56:49 UTC hello@padlet.com aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/904851874 Our 45th President Barack Obama served as a Senator from Illinois from 2005-2008 before running for President! ]]> 2020-11-09 16:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/904851874 swhitaker3 https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/904858844 George Bush served in the Navy during World War II. In 1966, he was elected to Congress from Texas and later served as the leader of the Republican party and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He served as Vice President under Ronald Reagan and then was elected President in 1988. He lost his re-election attempt to Bill Clinton in 1992. He later celebrated his 90th birthday... by skydiving!]]> 2020-11-09 16:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/904858844 swhitaker3 https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/904859908 Richard Nixon was elected to the House of Representatives after World War II and then to the Senate in 1950. He became Vice President under Eisenhower and ran for President himself in 1960, losing to John F. Kennedy. Nixon ran again in 1968 and won, serving until 1974 - when he became the only U.S. President to resign from office.]]> 2020-11-09 16:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/904859908 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/904864979 Joe Biden began his service in the Senate in 1973 until he became Obama's VP in 2009. For you mathematicians out there, THAT IS A LONG TIME! He was famous for taking the Amtrak train from Washington, D.C. to his home in Delaware! He's going to be sworn in as President on Jan. 20, 2021. ]]> 2020-11-09 16:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/904864979 swhitaker3 https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/904867896 Before he became President, Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer from Kentucky. In 1846, he was elected to the House of Representatives. In 1860, he ran for President and won. He led the United States during the Civil War, in which he managed to preserve the country and free the slaves. Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.]]> 2020-11-09 16:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/904867896 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/904872940 Senator Harris was born in Oakland, CA. She's been a Senator from that state since 2017. She was the 2nd African-American woman and first South Asian woman to be elected to the Senate. She will be the next Vice President of the United States in Jan 2021.]]> 2020-11-09 16:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/904872940 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/904878698 If there was a King of Congress, it'd be LBJ. There's not, of course, because this is a democracy. Before he was president, Lyndon B. Johnson served a total of 24 years in Congress. 1937-1949 as the Representative of TX-5 and 1949-1961 as a Senator from Texas. ]]> 2020-11-09 16:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/904878698 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/905856254 First African American Woman to be elected Senator]]> 2020-11-09 19:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/905856254 swhitaker3 https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/905893514 First woman to be elected to the House of Representatives]]> 2020-11-09 19:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/905893514 swhitaker3 https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/905900124 First African-American to be elected to the House of Representatives]]> 2020-11-09 19:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/905900124 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906334525 First openly LGBTQ+ member to be elected to Congress. ]]> 2020-11-09 22:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906334525 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906339588 First Asian American elected as a voting member of House of Representatives. California 1957-1963]]> 2020-11-09 22:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906339588 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906651524 One of first two Native American women and openly LGBTQ person elected to Congress from Kansas. ]]> 2020-11-10 01:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906651524 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906655649 One of two first Native American women elected to Congress. ]]> 2020-11-10 01:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906655649 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906657784 Rep. Ocasio-Cortez was the youngest woman elected to the House of Reps at 29 years old. She is a leading progressive voice who uses social media platforms to encourage people to be engaged in government and understand how it works.]]> 2020-11-10 01:03:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906657784 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906660223 The first two Muslim American women elected to Congress 2018.  They are two members of the so-called Squad with Representatives Pressley and Ocasio-Cortez. They face frequent criticism from Republicans, especially Donald Trump. They are vocal about their opposition to his administration! ]]> 2020-11-10 01:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906660223 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906666219 EXPLORE THIS ARTICLE!]]> 2020-11-10 01:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906666219 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906669570 What is one way that the 116th Congress became more diverse? How do you think that will impact future laws in our country?]]> 2020-11-10 01:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906669570 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906678254 Why would it be a good thing for a president to first be a representative in Congress? ]]> 2020-11-10 01:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906678254 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906691075 1870-1871 Hiram Rhodes Revels 
1875-1881 Blanche Bruce 
1967-1979 Edward Brooke 
1993-1999 Carol Moseley Braun 
2005-2008 Barack Obama
2009-2010 Roland Burris
2013-2013 Mo Cowan
2013- Present Tim Scott 
2013- Present Cory Booker 
2017- 2020 VP-Elect Kamala Harris ]]> 2020-11-10 01:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906691075 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906711182 First Mexican American and first Latino U.S. Senator. ]]> 2020-11-10 01:28:59 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906711182 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906716229 First Latin American woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She served from 1983-1997]]> 2020-11-10 01:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906716229 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906723718 "In 116th Congress, at least 13% of lawmakers are immigrants or children of immigrants"]]> 2020-11-10 01:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906723718 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906729739 First African American Woman elected to House from State of Missouri. Single mother, nurse, BLM activist. Elected in 2020 election.]]> 2020-11-10 01:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906729739 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906735868 Nancy Pelosi is the first woman to be Speaker of the House (the most powerful position in the House of Representatives.) ]]> 2020-11-10 01:41:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906735868 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906739222 Longest serving member currently in the House of Representatives. More like Don Old, amiright?]]> 2020-11-10 01:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906739222 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906742191 What is surprising, interesting, or troubling to you from the information above? Why?]]> 2020-11-10 01:44:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906742191 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906814750 Longest filibuster (when a member talks nonstop to prevent the Senate from being able to vote/debate a bill). Spoke for over 24 hrs to prevent the 1957 Civil Rights Bill. He even relieved himself by urinating in a bucket held by an intern so that he could continue the filibuster. 2 points to the next person who tells me not to filibuster when I'm talking past 35 minutes!!! ]]> 2020-11-10 02:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906814750 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906831083 Paul Ryan served as the Representative of Wisconsin's first district from 2009-2019. He was among the first Senators to be featured and photographed flexing for Men's Health magazine. Kind of weird! ]]> 2020-11-10 02:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906831083 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906872361 Among of the youngest people elected to the House of Representatives. ]]> 2020-11-10 02:55:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906872361 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906914319 These two newly elected Representatives are the first openly gay Black men to serve in Congress.  
Rep. Jones is from NY, son of a single mother. He "dreamed big" and attended Stanford University and Harvard Law School!  
Rep. Torres is 33 years young and served as a representative in his local government - the NYC Council.
Both men were elected in November 2020. ]]> 2020-11-10 03:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/906914319 aplein https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/908038241 He served as the Senator from Montana from 1953 - 1977. Senator Mansfield was the longest serving Senate Majority leader ever! In that role, he successfully avoided attempts from Southern Legislators to stop civil rights legislation and was the majority leader during the passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Act! He dropped out of high school at 14 to join the Navy, lied about his age, and served in WWI until his age was discovered and he was sent home. ]]> 2020-11-10 11:35:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/908038241 swhitaker3 https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/908419149 He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, before Hawaii became a U.S. State. He was a medical volunteer during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and served in the war. He was awarded the Medal of Honor. He was elected to the Senate in 1962 and served for 50 years!]]> 2020-11-10 13:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aplein/tdt4g3qv9xbq3ob6/wish/908419149