The Ultimate historical congress Infographic

[Errosion Of Accord]

Pretty interesting if you have the time to parse through the whole thing. The big events like Jackson's administration, war of northern aggression, 1913 and the depression are kind of telling.

You Don't Know Congress - The Ultimate Infographic[/h] October 31, 2012 Print Version (http://blacklistednews.com/?news_id=22314&print=1)

Source: Zero Hedge (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-30/you-dont-know-congress-ultimate-infographic)
From the first divide in Congress between supporters (right) and opponents (left) of the Washington Administration to the latest record-breaking level of polarization in the House and the Senate, this stunning visual guide to the right- and left-leaning partisanship and ideology of our politicians over the last 224 years is spell-binding. We particularly enjoyed the chaos in the 1820s as the dominant parties fractured - rang an odd bell.
For huge version... http://xkcd.com/1127/large/

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user3303/imageroot/2012/10-2/20121029_congress.png

[Horn]

Interesting graphic, I side with the Silver Republicans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Republican_Party

[Errosion Of Accord]

I started at the bottom of the pic and worked my way up to Grant. I remembered that Grant was placed, as a trophy by the bankers, on the $50 bill because he put the U.S. back on the gold standard. Then there was Hayes and then Garfield who was assassinated which led me to reading about "stalwart Republicans". I now have all of these pages pulled up trying to stitch it all together. Funny how I hated history in school and now I could spend a whole afternoon reading the stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalwart_%28politics%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Conkling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_grant
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_New_International_Encyclop%C3%A6dia/Stalwarts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_James_A._Garfield
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h719.html

[Horn]

I used to participate in History debates in high school,

unfortunately I always had to take the side of the redcoats as nobody else wanted that side.

[Horn]

Another great part of U.S. history was the introduction of copyright law.

Most of all of U.S. history has been won by European interests, and is the reason for the "vassalatory" Parliamentary system you see today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_Stateshttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Copyright_term.svg


I guess its hard not to get too much of such a great thing?