Buchanan's chief opponent on the statehood bill was a member of his own Democratic Party, Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

The Westminster Kennel Club was the first member of the pure breed dog registry group, The American Kennel Club.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

She said she was an early member of an independent art movement and was against juries, medals and awards.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

LaReesa Wolfenbarger is a University of Nebraska biology professor and a member of the committee that wrote the report.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

Edward Kennedy never won the presidency, but became a long- serving and important member of the United States Senate.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

He was also a member of the Grammy Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame and National Inventors Hall of Fame.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

"Every member of every northern legislature, " Webster said, "has sworn to support the constitution of the United States.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

Another new member of the Hall of Fame has been fighting to help victims of abuse for more than thirty years.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

The American space agency's Dawn spacecraft began circling Vesta, a member of the asteroid belt that orbits the sun.

VOA: special.2011.07.27

He was a member of the design team and became chief engineer of the building project in eighteen sixty-seven.

VOA: special.2009.03.04

He was honored first as a member of the Yardbirds, then with Cream, then as a solo performer in two thousand.

VOA: special.2009.10.19

In nineteen seventy-four, she gained national recognition as a member of the congressional committee investigating President Richard Nixon.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

He was a member of the hip-hop group called the Fugees with Lauryn Hill and Prakazrel Samuel Michel, also known as Pras.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Jillian York is also a member of the OpenNet Initiative, a group that studies Internet censorship and spying.

VOA: special.2011.02.07