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The Democrat candidate for President in 1848 was Lewis Cass, born OCTOBER 9, 1782. In 1807, Lewis Cass became the US Marshal for Ohio. He was a Brigadier-General in the War of 1812, fighting in the decisive Battle of Moravian Town, or Battle of the Thames, where the British and their ally, Indian Chief Tecumseh, were defeated. This secured the Territory for the United States. President James Madison appointed Lewis Cass as Governor-General of the Michigan Territory, 1813-1831. Cass made Indian treaties, organized townships and built roads. In 1820, just 14 years after Lewis and Clark returned from discovering the...

Forget the Twitter blog for emoji responses to how millennials feel about student debt. As the New York Daily News’ Alejandro Alba notes, the condescending approach didn’t generate much respect from Hillary Clinton’s target audience. The beleagured Democrat tried to shift attention to policy from the e-mail scandal, focusing on her $350 billion proposal to overhaul higher-education finances, which is in a shambles largely due to federal government intervention in the first place.Mission not accomplished: While some users thought the question was “relatable,” others believed the question was offensive and condescending.Many users began to reply to the tweet with...