Who was the only congressman to vote against the declaration of war against Japan on Dec 8th, 1941?
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well, SHE wasn't a congressMAN.\nJeannette Rankin was the first female elected to congress and voted against both the japan and germany/italy declaration of war because she was a pacifist (she also voted against the declaration of war in WWI when she was in the house of representatives)\n\n/edit \nTo the person below:\nit is easy to say "oh oh, look see, pacifism is bad" without delving into the facts.  You may want to look into Rankin sometime and see what her background was, why she became a pacifist.  She did not vote against the war declarations in order to stop the war, but, rather, to make a statement.  I studied her a bit for a project I did while working on my master's in american history, she was a fascinating individual.
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Evan Bayh. I wouldn't vote for any of the other people listed here. McCain, while I respect his service record, is too quick to give in to party pressure. Condi for the same reason. Hillary is too wishy-washy. Mitt Romney is WAY too conservative for me. The only Republican I would consider voting for would be William Weld, also a former Massachusetts governor. Funny, nobody's mentioned Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, or Tom DeLay. Wheres the support for Bush's cronies?
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Bush w/ Hitler and Hussein? Idiot. How many civilians were killed in WW2 when the allies fire bombed Dresdon or Tokyo? What about the 2 nuclear bombs? With your mentality, why aren't you mentioning Roosevelt, Truman, or Churhill? How about Stalin? Milosovich, Pol Pot? Get a life.
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Get involved. I've written my congressmen and 2 senators every time they voted on legislation involved with the war to either show my approval or disdain. Make sure they hear your voice. Some may write you back, Some may not. Register to vote or, if you can't, get involved with candidates (no age limit to do this) and maybe even join a Young Republicans or Young Democrats group. Volunteer for a candidate. Just get involved. As much as possible.
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Japan was under American Occupation in 1951, you presumably mean the attack upon Pearl Harbour in 1941. To continue it's expanioist agenda, the Japaneses signed the Anti-Comitern Pact, joining with Germany and Italy to form the Axis, attacking the Chinese mainland in 1937, Pearl Harbour in 1941 and other Allied bases, such as those of the British, in South East Asia.
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii\nAdak was attacked in the August of 1942.
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Pearl Harbor was not a state in 1941.  In 1814 Fort McHenry (in Baltimore) was bombed by the British during the War of 1812.  It was during this battle that Francis Scott Key wrote his famous poem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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What War did you fight in? Our President did not make a mistake, He took the war to them, Have you forgotten 9-11, Thank God we have not been attacked on our shores since. Besides it's something you idiots don,t think about, Iran we are now right next door. Think about it. I'll Ask again, I'm a Marine, What War did you fight in?
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William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States
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FDR\n\nWhy did you use death camps against American citizens?
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The winners write history.  Enough said.  Check the history books, do you ever see anything about the "relocation camps" on the west coast of the US filled with "Japanese" during WW II?  It happened. You have to really search for the information, but it is a fact.\n\nSpeaking of WW II, do you actually hear about how the US was staying "neutral", but we were providing weapons, money, and soldiers to the Allies and refused the Axis powers.  Thus provoking the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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It wasn't solely "Bush's Blunder".  There was a supermajority of both houses of Congress who voted for war following the recommoendation of two bi-partisan committees and congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle. \n\nhttp://www.freedomagenda.com/iraq/wmd_quotes.html\n\nAnd of all the worst undertakings in world history, this is a minor one.  Have you forgotten about the two world wars from the last century?  Or how about the Crusades?  Stalin killed 36,000,000 of his own citizens, and Hitler killed 13,000,000 people in his death camps.
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt  wanted to help the allies as a neutral nation.  After Sunday,7 December 1941 Pearl Harbor attack by Japan;the next day the Germans declared war against the US . America legally and officially declared war on Thursday,11 December 1941.  Europe would get help first and then Japan was second.\n\n\n\nGood night y'all.
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November 27, 1941 DUH!
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Korematsu v. United States 321 U.S. 760 concerned an American citizen of Japanese ancestry who was arrested for failing to obey Civilian Exclusion Order No. 34 which required all such persons to leave certain parts of the West Coast after the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor initiated war between the United States.\n\nJustice Black, wrote the majority opinion which held that the order was constitutional and that Korematsu had properly been arrested for failing to obey it.\n\n"He was excluded because we are at war with the Japanese Empire, because the properly constituted military authorities feared an invasion of our West Coast and felt constrained to take proper security measures, because they decided that the military urgency of the situation demanded that all citizens of Japanese ancestry be segregated from the West Coast temporarily, and finally, because Congress, reposing its confidence in this time of war in our military leaders -- as inevitably it must -- determined that they should have the power to do just this. There was evidence of disloyalty on the part of some, the military authorities considered that the need for action was great, and time was short. We cannot -- by availing ourselves of the calm perspective of hindsight -- now say that at that time these actions were unjustified. "
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The most common date used for the start of the war is Sept. 1, 1939. It ended with the surrender of Japan on Aug. 15, 1945.
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Prescott Bush\n\nConservative Senator who did not support the Nazi movement.  I implore anyone who says he did to provide evidence that didn't come from wikipedia, and I'd like to see where exactly the evidence provided in the answer below me came from