Map, visualize, and explore the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act in October 2001
After a nomination process that culminated in a public FBI investigation, Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed largely along party lines 50-48.
Visualize the 117th House and its members, and compare it with past congresses
The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass what would become the 26th Amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
Robert Smalls, born enslaved in South Carolina, stole the CSS Planter and delivered it to Union troops. After the Civil War, Smalls was elected to the South Carolina legislature and later to the U.S. Congress where he served 5 terms during and after Reconstruction.
