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Fuller attended Milton Academy in Massachusetts, and after that began studying at Harvard University, where he was affiliated with Adams House.
The differences between the more modern and traditional branches of American Judaism came to a head in 1883, at the " Trefa Banquet " at the Highland House entertainment pavilion, which was at the top of the Mount Adams Incline – where shellfish and other non-kosher dishes were served at the celebration of the first graduating class of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.
* 1831 – Former US President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives.
* 1825 – After no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
Adams House at Harvard College is named in honor of Adams and his father.
Under the terms of the Twelfth Amendment, the presidential election fell to the House of Representatives, which was to choose from the top three candidates: Jackson, Adams, and Crawford.
Clay's personal dislike for Jackson and the similarity of his American System to Adams ' position on tariffs and internal improvements caused him to throw his support to Adams, who was elected by the House on February 9, 1825, on the first ballot.
Adams also called into question the actions of a House that would limit its own ability to debate and resolve questions internally.
Although any move to censure Adams over the slavery petition was ultimately abandoned, the House did address the issue of petitions from enslaved persons.
Although there is no indication that the two were close, Adams met Abraham Lincoln during the latter's sole term as a member of the House of Representatives, from 1847 until Adams ' death.
The library is located in the " Old House " at Adams National Historical Park in Quincy, Massachusetts.
* John Quincy Adams at the White House
When he declared to the House of Commons in November 1993 that " to sit down and talk with Mr. Adams and the Provisional IRA ... would turn my stomach ", Sinn Féin gave the media an outline of the secret talks indeed held regularly since that February.
In March 1995, Major refused to answer the phone calls of United States President Bill Clinton for several days because of his anger at Clinton's decision to invite Gerry Adams to the White House for St Patrick's Day.
The House of Representatives then had to select the verdict ; Clay, who had received the least amount of electoral votes and dropped from the ballot, supported Adams.
Clay's support proved to be the deciding factor in the House and Adams was elected President.
In the House, antislavery Whigs led by John Quincy Adams voted against the war ; among Democrats, Senator John C. Calhoun was the most notable opponent of the declaration.
* 1800 – US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion ( later renamed the White House ).
Only once since then has the House of Representatives chosen the President: In 1824, Andrew Jackson received 99 electoral votes, John Quincy Adams ( son of John Adams ) 84, William H. Crawford 41 and Henry Clay 37.
Instead, the House elected Adams on the first ballot with thirteen states, followed by Jackson with seven and Crawford with four.

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In 1846 Matthew B. Goodwin, jeweler and watchmaker, became the town's first telegrapher in a dwelling he built for himself and his business `` two doors north of the Equinox House '' or `` one door north of the Bank, Manchester, Vermont ''.
But it soon became clear that the search for eighteenth-century furniture ( which Mrs. Kennedy feels is the proper period for the White House ) must be pursued in places other than government storage rooms.
Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, Lincoln was mostly self-educated, and became a country lawyer, a Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator during the 1830s, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives during the 1840s.
Taking the title " Margrave of Brandenburg ", he pressed the " crusade " against the Wends, extended the area of his mark, encouraged German migration, established bishoprics under his protection, and so became the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1157, which his heirs — the House of Ascania — held until the line died out in 1320.
Young and Duke visited a large boulder, taller than a four-story building, which became known as ' House Rock '.
" This was farsighted, because when the House of Hanover ascended the British throne they would retain the territories that became the Kingdom of Hanover ( situated in modern-day Germany's Lower Saxony ).
During this period the Muslim world became an intellectual centre for science, philosophy, medicine and education as the Abbasids championed the cause of knowledge and established the " House of Wisdom " ( Arabic: بيت الحكمة ) in Baghdad.
She was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1987 general election as member for the constituency of Maidstone ( which became Maidstone and The Weald in 1997 ).
By Otto's marriage to Eilika, daughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony, the Ascanians became heirs to half of the property of the House of Billung, former dukes of Saxony.
The emblem of the House of Ascania, red eagle and bear, became the heraldic emblems of Berlin.
During the deposition for the Jones lawsuit, which was held at the White House, Clinton denied having sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky a denial that became the basis for the impeachment charge of perjury.
In 1994, Olson became chief investigative counsel for the U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
The bequest of a collection of books, engraved gems, coins, prints and drawings by Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode in 1800 did much to raise the Museum's reputation ; but Montagu House became increasingly crowded and decrepit and it was apparent that it would be unable to cope with further expansion.
" In 1977 the Commodores scored a ballad hit with " Easy ", which became the group's biggest hit yet, reaching No. 4 in the U. S., followed by the funky favorite " Brick House ", also Top 5, both from their landmark album " The Commodores ", as was the utopian album favorite " Zoom ".
* then to Henry III of Navarre, who became Henry IV of France, of the House of Bourbon, a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty.
* Capetian House of Anjou ( initially ruling house of Sicily, then of Naples, became ruling house of Hungary ) ( 1247 – 1382 )
** House of Bourbon – La Marche branch ( became Vendôme branch ) ( 1356 – 1836 )
**** House of Bourbon – de Paula branch or Alfonsine branch ( 1819 – present ) ( became Anjou branch in 1933 )
In 1990 Alston's bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. became the first image of an African American displayed at the White House.
In 1990 Alston's bronze bust of Martin Luther King Jr. ( 1970 ), became the first image of an African American displayed in the White House.
Other influential DJs and remixers who helped to establish what became known as the " disco sound " included David Mancuso, Nicky Siano, Shep Pettibone, Larry Levan, Walter Gibbons, and Chicago-based " Godfather of House " Frankie Knuckles.
The Cotton Bowl is a stadium which opened in 1932 and became known as " The House That Doak Built " due to the immense crowds that former SMU running back Doak Walker drew to the stadium during his college career in the late 1940s.
He had a small, basic golf facility installed at Camp David, and became close friends with the Augusta National Chairman Clifford Roberts, inviting Roberts to stay at the White House on several occasions ; Roberts, an investment broker, also handled the Eisenhower family's investments.
* 1918 – Constance Markievicz while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.
Although both it and Leinster House were intended to be temporary, they became the permanent homes of parliament from then on.

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