John Kerry

(noun)

The senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior United States Senator, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election.

Related Terms

  • John Edwards
  • George W. Bush

Examples of John Kerry in the following topics:

  • The Election of 2004

    • Bush was elected for a second term when he narrowly defeated Democratic candidate John Kerry.
    • Bush defeated Democratic Party candidate John Kerry, the then-junior Senator from Massachusetts.
    • With two hot wars overseas, one of which appeared to be spiraling out of control, the Democrats nominated a decorated Vietnam War veteran, Massachusetts senator John Kerry, to challenge Bush for the presidency.
    • On July 6, 2004, John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate, shortly before the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston held later that month.
    • The split vote in Minnesota denotes an elector's vote counted for Vice President nominee John Edwards.
  • The George W. Bush Administration

    • Bush became the second U.S. president whose father had held the same office (John Quincy Adams was the first).
    • Running as a self-styled "war president" in the midst of the Iraq War, Bush won re-election in 2004; his campaign against Senator John Kerry was successful despite controversy over Bush's handling of the Iraq War and the economy.
    • Bush's second term was highlighted by several free trade agreements, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 alongside a strong push for offshore and domestic drilling, the nominations of Supreme Court Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito, a push for Social Security and immigration reform, a surge of troops in Iraq, and several different economic initiatives aimed at preventing a banking system collapse, stopping foreclosures, and stimulating the economy during the recession.
  • John Randolph and the Old Republicans

    • When Virginia congressman John Randolph broke with Jefferson in 1806, his political faction became known as the "Old Republicans," or "quids."
    • Virginia congressman John Randolph of Roanoke was the leader of the "Old Republican" faction of Democratic-Republicans that insisted on a strict adherence to the Constitution and opposed any innovations.
    • John Randolph was a planter and a congressman from Virginia, serving in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and also as minister to Russia throughout his career.
    • Photograph at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington of John Randolph of Roanoke, VA.
  • The Adams Presidency

    • John Adams, the second president to hold office, believed in a strong federal government and an expansion of executive power.
    • As the second president to hold office, Federalist John Adams followed Washington's example in stressing civic virtue and republican values.
    • After the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts, Democratic-Republicans began to use the term "the reign of witches" to describe the Federalist party and John Adams.
    • John Adams was the second President of the United States, elected in 1796.
  • The Raid on Harper's Ferry

    • John Brown, a radical abolitionist from the North, led an attack on the federal arsenal Harper's Ferry in 1859.
    • Many Northern reactions to John Brown's raid are best characterized as baffled reproach.
    • The psychological significance of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry cannot be overestimated.
    • The South found the North's ambivalent attitude toward John Brown's raid flabbergasting.
    • Compare how Southern and Northern states responded to John Brown’s raid
  • The Transformation of Law

    • John Marshall greatly impacted the legal system in the United States during his 30 year tenure as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
    • The Supreme Court also gained significant power under the leadership of Chief Justice John Marshall , who served from 1801 to 1835.
    • John Marshall (1755 – 1835) was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States whose court opinions helped lay the basis for American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States a coequal branch of government along with the legislative and executive branches.
    • John Marshall was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for over 30 years.
  • The Election of 1824

    • John Quincy Adams was elected president by the House of Representatives in 1824, despite not winning the popular vote.
    • John Quincy Adams was elected president on February 9, 1825, in the United States presidential election of 1824, after the election was decided by the House of Representatives.
    • The crowded field included John Quincy Adams, the son of the second president, John Adams.
    • A second candidate, John C.
    • Meanwhile, John C.
  • The Marshall Court

    • John Marshall (September 24, 1755–July 6, 1835) was chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1801 until 1835.
    • House of Representatives from 1799 to 1800, and was secretary of state under President John Adams from 1800 to 1801.
    • The incumbent Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth was in poor health, so Adams first offered the seat to ex-Chief Justice John Jay, who declined on the grounds that the Court lacked, "energy, weight, and dignity."
    • The three previous chief justices (John Jay, John Rutledge, and Oliver Ellsworth) had minimal legacies beyond setting up the forms of office.
    • John Marshall was the chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1801–1835.
  • Rockefeller and the Oil Industry

    • John Davison Rockefeller was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, a business trust which dominated the oil industry.
    • John Davison Rockefeller was an American industrialist and philanthropist.
    • Standard Oil began as an Ohio partnership formed by the well-known industrialist John D.
    • In the early years, John D.
    • John D.
  • The Adams Presidency

    • John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States, served from March 4, 1825, to March 4, 1829.
    • John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was the son of former President John Adams.
    • Portrait of John Quincy Adams by George Peter Alexander Healy (1858).
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