PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: A brawny figure, with a barrel chest, broad shoulders, and, with advancing years, a swelling paunch, McKinley stood 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighed up to nearly 200 pounds. His handsome features were marked by deeply set blue-gray e

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Taylor stood about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed about 170 pounds in his prime, about 200 pounds as president. A disproportionate figure, he had long, gangling arms, a thickly set torso, and short, bowed legs. His long thin face w

In 1846, Lincoln ran for Congress as a Whig against an evangelical Methodist named Peter Cartwright.One day during the campaign, Lincoln attended a religious meeting at which Cartwright, after a stirring welcome, invited everyone who wished to go to heave

The first woman to serve as a senator was Rebecca Felton, D-Ga., who was appointed to the post in November 1922. The first woman to be elected to the Senate was Hattie Caraway, D-Ark., in January 1932.The U.S. Senate is composed of 100 members (2 from eve