Who was the first Socialist elected to the U.S. Senate?

Wisconsin’s Victor Berger, elected in 1911, was the first Socialist elected to the U.S. Senate.

Who was the first woman elected to Congress? Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973) was elected as Montana's sole delegate to the House of Representatives in 1916. After serving her term, she was not reelected until 1940. A pacifist, she holds the distinction of…
From what literary work is the term “muckraker” derived? President Teddy Roosevelt drew this unflattering nickname "muckraker" for early 20th-century investigative reporters from the 17th-century allegory Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. In this book, a muckraker is a worker too busy gathering…
What countries are situated on the Balkan Peninsula? Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia are all located wholly or in part on the Balkan peninsula. The peninsula lies between the Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea. The Balkan Peninsula is…
How many men worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1933? In its nine years of existence (1933-42), the employment program for men between 18 and 24 called the Civilian Conservation Corps put over 2 million men to work conserving and developing the country's…
Who wrote the book PT-109? The 1961 book PT-109 about John F. Kennedy's exploits in World War II was written not by Kennedy but by Robert F. Donovan.
What are the names of Santa’s reindeer? Santa's reindeer were Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, and Blitzen. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, arguably the most famous reindeer of all, was a later creation.