The US Federal Reserve was created by the U. S. Congress through the passing of The Federal Reserve Act in the Senate and its signing by President Woodrow Wilson on the same day, December 23, 1913.

For example, President Wilson proposed the Treaty of Versailles after World War I after consulting with allied powers, but this treaty was rejected by the U. S. Senate ; as a result, the U. S. subsequently made separate agreements with different nations.

Wilson said that should Carnahan be elected, he would like to appoint his widow, Jean Carnahan, to serve in her husband's place ; Mrs. Carnahan announced that, in accordance with what her husband would have wanted, she would serve in the Senate if he won the election.

On 10 July, Wilson addressed the Senate, declaring that " a new role and a new responsibility have come to this great nation that we honor and which we would all wish to lift to yet higher levels of service and achievement ".

President Woodrow Wilson had been a driving force behind the League's formation and strongly influenced the form it took, but the US Senate voted not to join on 19 November 1919.

In 1913 Wilson took the then unheard-of step of meeting personally with members of the Senate to discuss policy.

Wilson became the first president to personally deliver a treaty to be ratified by the Senate, which he presented to Marshall as the presiding officer during a morning session.

On December 4, Lansing announced in a Senate committee hearing that no one in the cabinet had spoken with or seen Wilson in over sixty days.

" This prompted Wilson to move Marshall's office to the Senate Office building, where he would not be disturbed by visitors.

As the number of proposals and the extent of their scope began to grow, the Senate Judiciary Committee presented the Senate with an amendment proposal combining the drafts of Ashley, Wilson and Henderson.

James Wilson, the only member of the Constitutional Convention ( United States ) | Constitutional Convention who supported electing the United States Senate by popular vote.

This contrasted with the House of Representatives, a body elected by popular vote, and was described as an uncontroversial decision to make ; James Wilson was the sole advocate of popularly electing the Senate and his proposal was defeated 10 – 1.

President Woodrow Wilson vetoed that bill, but the House of Representatives immediately voted to override the veto and the Senate voted similarly the next day.

In 1919, Wilson engaged in an intense fight with Henry Cabot Lodge and the Republican-controlled Senate over giving the League of Nations power to force the U. S. into a war.

During the last hours of the session, when the Senate was immersed in the rush of last minute business before its adjournment, Senator Wilson introduced the bill.

* 1919-Versailles Treaty-Wilson one of " The Big Four " negotiators ; signed by Wilson but not ratified by Senate.

Milo Minderbinder ’ s maxim “ What ’ s good for M & M Enterprises is good for the country ” alludes to former president of General Motors Charles Erwin Wilson ’ s statement before the Senate “ What ’ s good for General Motors is good for the country .” The question of “ Who promoted Major Major ?” alludes to Joseph McCarthy ’ s questioning of the promotion of Major Peress, an army dentist who refused to sign loyalty oaths.

The bill was vetoed by President Woodrow Wilson, largely on technical grounds because it also covered wartime prohibition, but his veto was overridden by the House on the same day, October 28, 1919, and by the Senate one day later.

As a source of reference, in 1917, United States Senate adopted a cloture rule ( Rule 22 ), at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson, that allowed the Senate to end a debate with a two-thirds majority vote.

Wilson was cleared by the Senate inquiry, but his reputation was stained.

Davis ran against San Francisco mayor Dianne Feinstein for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in the 1992 special election to fill the Senate seat vacated by Pete Wilson who was elected Governor of California in 1990.

At the state level, Lake Wilson is located in Senate District 22, represented by Republican Doug Magnus, and in House District 22A, represented by Republican Joe Schomacker.

The Senate to him was not the `` upper body '' and he corrected those who said he served `` under '' the president.

He was elected to the Tennessee Senate in 1841, where he served one two-year term.

On March 5, 1868, the impeachment trial began in the Senate and lasted almost three months ; Reps. George S. Boutwell, Ben Butler and Thaddeus Stevens acted as managers ( prosecutors ) for the House and William M. Evarts, Benjamin R. Curtis and Attorney General Henry Stanberry served as Johnson's counsel ; Chief Justice Chase served as presiding judge.

Later, he was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice in a scandal involving a White House intern, but was acquitted by the U. S. Senate and served his complete term of office.

The princeps senatus served as the leader of the Senate and was chosen to serve a five year term by each pair of Censors every five years.

Coolidge Senior engaged in many occupations, and ultimately enjoyed a statewide reputation as a prosperous farmer, storekeeper and public servant ; he farmed, taught school, ran a local store, served in the Vermont House of Representatives and the Vermont Senate, and held various local offices including justice of the peace and tax collector.

Over 164 Dartmouth graduates have served in the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, such as Massachusetts statesman Daniel Webster.

He served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate for six years.

He was then only 38 years old and had served in the Senate just two years.

* John Salmon Ford ( 1815 – 1897 ), American political figure in Texas ; best known as " Rip " Ford ; served in state Congress and Senate ; veteran of Mexican War and Civil War

The Massachusetts General Court elected Adams as a Federalist to the U. S. Senate soon after, and he served from March 4, 1803, until 1808, when he broke with the Federalist Party.

While a member of the Senate, Adams also served as a professor of logic at Brown University.

He was the first president to serve in Congress after his term of office, and one of only two former presidents to do so ( Andrew Johnson later served in the Senate ).

He was serving in the Michigan Senate when he enrolled at Thomas M. Cooley Law School, and graduated with a Juris Doctor degree from Cooley, having served as a Michigan State Senator since 1979.

He was elected Senate Majority Leader in 1984 and served there until elected governor in 1990.

Remaining in Washington, his next assignment was as the Marine Corps liaison officer to the United States Senate, where he served until July 1984.

Two former prime ministers — Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott and Sir Mackenzie Bowell — served in the 1890s while members of the Senate ; both, in their roles as Government Leader in the Senate, succeeded prime ministers who died in office ( John A. Macdonald in 1891 and John Sparrow David Thompson in 1894 ), a convention that has since evolved toward the appointment of an interim leader in such a scenario.

He also served a one-year term as the President of the Continental Congress, and was a U. S. Senator from Virginia from 1789 to 1792, serving during part of that time as one of the first Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate.

Two years later, the Stonewall Inn served as a rallying point for celebrations after the New York Senate voted to pass same-sex marriage.

He served in the Maine Senate in 1870 but left to serve as the state's Attorney General 1870 – 72.

There have been 21 individuals nominated for Chief Justice, of whom 17 have been confirmed by the Senate, although a different 17 have served.

The second chief justice, John Rutledge, served in 1795 on a recess appointment, but did not receive Senate confirmation.

Associate Justice William Cushing received nomination and confirmation as Chief Justice in January 1796, but declined the office ; President Washington then nominated, and the Senate confirmed, Oliver Ellsworth, who served instead.