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Normally a dozy institution, this 105-member upper house of Parliament was news in 2012 with a housing expenses scandal |
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CANADIAN HISTORY |
2022-09-12 |
#8696 |
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In 1932 Hattie Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to this |
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HISTORY |
2020-09-28 |
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It's not Hillary, it's Rebecca Latimer Felton, who on Nov. 21, 1922 became the first woman to serve in this body |
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AN HISTORIC OCCASION |
2008-05-05 |
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Under Augustus this governmental body retained the privilege of minting all copper coinage |
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THE ROMAN EMPIRE |
1995-12-15 |
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Thomas Gore, "The Blind Savant", was the first sightless member of this body, where he represented Okla. |
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HISTORIC NICKNAMES |
1993-03-18 |
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Since Agrippina was a niece of Emperor Claudius, consent of this body was needed for them to wed |
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THE ROMAN EMPIRE |
1988-09-16 |
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