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Who is Joseph Hayne Rainey?
Joseph Hayne Rainey, 1832-87, first African American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, b. Georgetown, S.C. The son of a free man, he fled to the West Indies during the Civil War. Returning to South Carolina, he served (1867-70) as a Republican in the state senate. In the U.S. House of Representatives (1870-79) he was a leader in the fight to secure civil rights for the newly freed slaves.
What did Agnes macphail contribute to Canada and why is she important to Canadian history?
Agnes mcphail was the first woman elected to the house of common and was one of the first two women elected, and she was far more than a token female politician during her long career serving her constituents.
What was a burgess?
Burgess is a word in English that originally meant a freeman of a borough (England) or burgh (Scotland). It later came to mean an elected or unelected official of a municipality, or the representative of a borough in the English House of Commons. The term was also used in some of the original American colonies, notably for the first elected legislature, the Virginia House of Burgesses.
When was the first representative assembly elected?
The first representative assembly was elected in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1758 (Discover Canada page 16.) D. Mai
Who was the first Indian to be elected Fellow of the royal society?
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose. among mathematics its SRINIVASA RAMANUJAM IYENGAR,who was elected as fellow of royal society.
