DOGO Media
Dogo News: Us Presidential Candidates Face Off in First of Three Debates
A record attendance was recorded for the first debate of the major party candidates in the 2016 run for president. Read about the questions moderator Lester Holt probed Trump and Clinton with.
Other
Boston Globe: John F. Kerry Candidate in the Making
The Boston Globe presents a seven-part article on the life of Senator John F. Kerry who was the Democratic candidate in the 2004 presidential election.
Museum of the Moving Image
Museum of the Moving Image: Admaker, Obama vs. Mc Cain: "Fundamentals" (2008)
A lesson plan to accompany two interactive activities. In the first activity, learners must convert a political ad for Barack Obama into one that promotes John McCain. The second activity has them create their own campaign ad. The ads...
Other
Pbs News Hour: Watch the Debates
Scroll back as far as 1960 to watch and interact with highlights from debates between presidential and vice presidential candidates over the years. Examine ways the candidates debate topics of the economy, gun control, and civil rights....
BBC
Bbc News: Nader Announces Presidential Bid
February 2004 report on the announcement that Ralph Nader was going to run for President of the United States as an independent candidate. Video segment accompanies the report.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Ralph Nader
A thorough encyclopedic biography of Ralph Nader, covering his early life, his activism, and his third-party candidacy in four presidential elections.
CNN
Cnn: Candidate Ralph Nader
CNN does a special report on 2004 Presidential candidate, Ralph Nader. Included is a brief biography and news about his candidacy both past and current.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Vicente Fox
A transcripted interview with Vicente Fox from when he was a presidential candidate for Mexico.
University of Chicago
Special Collections Library: Stephen A. Douglas and the American Union
Provides information about the Great Debate between Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Eugene v. Debs and American Socialism
Read about the growth of the Socialist Party in America under the leadership of Eugene V. Debs. Find out about the strikes he led, his political activities, and his arrest for sedition in 1918. Read also about the radical union,...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: William Jennings Bryan, Free Silver
This 3-page Library of Congress article provides information on William Jennings Bryan and the Free Silver Movement of 1896.
Library of Congress
Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Kennedy, Robert Francis 1925 1968
Summary of the political career of Robert F. Kennedy, former Attorney General of the United States and Democratic Senator from New York.
Library of Congress
Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Mc Cain, John Sidney, Iii 1936 2018
Biographical summary of the political career of John McCain, Republican Senator and a Representative from Arizona. He was also the unsuccessful Republican nominee for President of the United States in 2008.
Library of Congress
Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Gore, Albert Arnold, Jr. 1948
List of Albert Gore's accomplishments during his political career, including his terms as a Representative and Senator from Tennessee, and a Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton.
Other
Famous Illinoisians With Civil War Ties: Stephen Douglas
Provides biographical facts about Stephen Arnold Douglas in bulleted list format.
Library of Congress
Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Kerry, John Forbes 1943
Summary of the political career of John Kerry, former Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, former Secretary of State under President Barack Obama, and Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 2004.
Library of Congress
Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Clinton, Hillary Rodham 1947
Biographical sketch of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic Senator from New York, former First Lady and Secretary of State, and unsuccessful Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 2016.
Library of Congress
Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Romney, Willard Mitt (Mitt) 1947
This brief biography outlines the career of Utah Senator and former governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney.
Library of Congress
Loc: Biographical Directory of the u.s. Congress: Sanders, Bernard 1941
Biographical sketch of the political career of Bernie Sanders, a Senator and a Representative from Vermont who was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, and again in 2020.