Tag: Senate

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9th June 68: Emperor Nero commits suicide

9th June 2022
Tagged as: Galba, Nero, Roman Empire, Rome, Senate

Nero, the last Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, committed suicide.

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2nd December 1954: US Senator Joseph McCarthy censured by the Senate

2nd December 2021
Tagged as: America, Communism, Eisenhower, McCarthy, Politics, Senate, USA

United States Senator Joseph McCarthy was censured for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonour and disrepute.”

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25th February 1870: Hiram Rhodes Revels becomes the first African-American U.S. Senator

25th February 2021
Tagged as: African-American, Civil Rights, Mississippi, Politics, Racism, Senate, Washington DC

After intense debate Senators voted 48 to 8 to seat Revels as the first African-American in the United States Senate.