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Can members of the US military hold dual citizenship?

Yes, members of the US military can hold dual citizenship, but there are restrictions and regulations that they must follow.


What political office is most represented by women in the US based on the percentage of the total office holders?

The Democratic Party hold the title for the most amount of women in office, the first one was Rebecca Latimer Felton in 1922. Since her there have been 28 other female senators for the Democratic Party and 15 representing the Republican Party.


What are New Mexico's political parties?

The largest political parties in New Mexico, as throughout the US, are the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Probably the most important party in the US after those two is the Libertarian Party. I am not sure if that is true in New Mexico. There are other parties, such as Socialist, Green, etc.


The two party system of the US was firmly established by the year?

The two party system in the US was firmly established by the early 19th century, with the Democratic-Republicans and the Federalists as the main political parties. This system has persisted with different party alignments over time, but has remained the dominant political structure in the country.


What are the two major political parteies in the US?

The Republicans and Democrats are the two major parties currently in the US. The Republican Party has declined much since the Bush Regime and the party is currently being led by the Congressman from Texas, Dr. Ron Paul.

Related Questions

What did the Whigs stand for?

The Whig party stood for liberalism, economic nationalism, agrarianism, and pro-federalism. Four of the US Presidents were of the Whig Party.


Which two US presidents were members of the Federalist Party?

The two US Presidents that were members of the Federalist Party were George Washington and John Adams.


Was Franklin Pierce the last Whig candidate to be elected President of the US?

No- Pierce was not a Whig. His predecessors Taylor and Fillmore were the last Whig presidents and Pierce's opponent, Winfield Scott was the man to run for President as a Whig.


What are the sources of the us presidents power?

the sources of the presidents power is how he relies his party members and going public meaning using the media to get public support


Is it true that the whig party was able to elect a president of the US as late as 1856?

Two Whig Party candidates were elected U. S. President, William Henry Harrison in 1840 and Zachary Taylor in 1848. Both gentlemen died in office and were replaced by their Vice Presidents, John Tyler and Millard Fillmore respectively, making a total of four Whig Party Presidents in U. S. history. (Note: John Tyler was kicked out of the Whig Party in September 1841, so he was actually independent during most of his presidency, the only independent U. S. President beside George Washington.)


What did the Whig Party do?

The Whig Party was a political party in the US that was created in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson. They were also in support to the idea that the legislative should be superior to the executive branch of government.


Who were the wigs?

Do you mean the Whigs? Whig was a political party in the US in the mid 1800s.


What happened after Jackson killed the second bank of the US?

The formation of the whig party.


John Adams was the only us president to represent which political party?

whig


What was the name of the new political party that Abraham Lincoln joined which was formed to block the spread of slavery?

The new party was the Republican party. It attacted most of the anti-slavery wing of the Whig Party, which eventually came to an end.


Who won the US presidential election in 1840?

William Henry Harrison, from Whig Party. With 52.9%.


Who is the last elected whig president?

At the federal level, it was probably President Zachary Taylor in 1849. The Whig party operated in the USA during the period from the 1830s to the mid-1850s. It was briefly influential, but by the mid-1850s, it was almost totally defunct. The last Whig to serve as a US president was Millard Fillmore, from 1850-1853; he was not elected to that office, however. He was Zachary Taylor's vice president and assumed the presidency when Taylor (also a Whig) suddenly died. In 1851, Fillmore appointed the only Whig Supreme Court Justice, Benjamin R. Curtis.In the United States, the last member of the Whig Party to be elected to the office of US President was Millard Filmore. He was the 13th US President and served from 1850 to 1853. His home State was New York.