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U.S. Senate (414 words) |
 | Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WI) began his rise to national prominence with a speech at Wheeling, West Virginia, in which he charged that Communists had infiltrated federal government agencies. |
| The Senate approved twelve amendments to the Constitution. |
| The United States Senate is proud to commemorate this day with several articles on this Web site, including a feature on a painting depicting Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth composing the Connecticut Compromise, the decision which led to the creation of the Senate and House of Representatives. |
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World Almanac for Kids (5920 words) |
| NEW YORK, one of the Middle Atlantic states of the U.S., bordered on the N by the Canadian provinces of Ontario and QuÉbec; on the E by Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; on the SE by the Atlantic Ocean; on the S by New Jersey and Pennsylvania; and on the W by Pennsylvania and Ontario. |
| New York’s intermediate appellate courts, the four appellate divisions of the supreme court, are made up of a total of 47 permanent judges, who are chosen from among the members of the supreme court. |
| New York was the preeminent U.S. state in commerce and manufacturing from the early 19th century until the late 1960s, when it began to be surpassed by California; in the 1990s it continued to be a leading component of the U.S. economy and remained first in many branches of economic activity. |
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