Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973 CE), who, in 1916, was elected to the House of Representatives from Montana, becoming the first female member of Congress.

A short history of women's struggle for political equality in the United States told in a series of firsts. Answers such questions as, who was the first woman to run for election to the U.S. House of Representatives, and who was the...

The Dirksen Congressional Center provides abundant lesson plans on all aspects of the US Congress and the US Constitution. All lessons contain time frames, objectives, and links to material, and are built around Bloom's taxonomy.

This website is on the Committee on House Administration. The chairman of this committee is Robert W. Ney. You can read about the latest press releases and House publications at this site.

In the Senate and House women, not just women, but women with different cultural backgrounds, won seats in the 2016 election. Find out more about the historical winners of the day.

Use this detailed outline to learn more about the House Committee on Science. "The Committee on Science has its roots in the intense reaction to the Soviet launch of Sputnik on October 4, 1957." The chairman is Sherwood L.Boehlert.

This site provides text of Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution. Section 2 of the article deals specifically with the qualifications needed to be a representative of the U.S. Congress. This site provides text as its worded in the...

See a concise summary of the events in the presidency of John Quincy Adams, beginning with his selection by the House of Representatives.

A nice biography of Abraham Baldwin, one of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention from Georgia who later served both in the House of Representatives and the Senate.

A good biography of this delegate to the Constitutional Convention from Pennsylvania. He later served in the House of Representatives.

The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first elected legislature in the New World. Find out why the governmental conditions in England led to this representative government and how it was so different from the governing of colonies in...

Read here about the fascinating life of Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first African American to serve in the U.S. Congress.

This site provides a link to 13,000+ members who have served in the United States Congress, 1774 - present. Accompanying biographies and pictures, when available, are very informative. This site is well-designed and easy to navigate.

Find out what a law is and who makes them. Learn the step by step process of how laws are made on the national level.

An easy-to-understand reading of the process of how a law comes to be.

Presents the Fourteenth Amendment - Rights Guaranteed Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process and Equal Protection. Includes a lengthy list of annotations to the Amendment.

Read about how compromises were reached at the Philadelphia convention that dealt with issues between large and small states, and slave and free states. Take the quick quiz to assess knowledge about the writing of the Constitution.

You are a congressman on the first day of your job. What will your day be like? Follow how a congressional term begins and what needs to be accomplished to begin the new term in this lesson plan. Role play the different players in the...

The Washington Post provides recent, as well as archived, news surrounding the U.S. Congress. PLEASE NOTE THAT A WASHINGTON POST REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO VIEW THESE ARTICLES.

An excellent informative biography on Abraham Baldwin who was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, founder of the University of Georgia, a member of the Georgia State Legislature and U.S. House of Representatives, and a U.S....

This Wikipedia page provides a map of Ohio's congressional districts, portraits of all of Ohio's members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Links under each portrait take the user to biographies and to information about the individual...

Do you know how many representatives your state has in the U.S. House of Representatives? Do you know how that number is determined or if it's ever changed? You're about to find out.

May, 2006, coverage of a Chicago rally to protest legislation proposed in the House of Representatives that would strengthen border protection as the U.S. tries to halt illegal immigration. Video and photo slideshow of the protest...

This is a copy of the original Resolution for Annexation of Hawaii. There is also a copy of Queen Liliuokalani's official protest to the House of Representatives. Links to larger copies, a typed transcript and PDF download are also...