History
1800
Thomas Jefferson, First Democratic President
1916
1919
*Veterans’ Rehabilitation Act: The G. I. Bill
*1920
Nineteenth Amendment - Women’s Suffrage
1932
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President 1932 - 1945
*1935
*1945
Harry S. Truman, President, 1945 - 1954
1946
Employment Act
*1948
Marshall Plan
*1949
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
1954
School Desegregation
Edmund S. Muskie - Governor of Maine
1960
John F. Kennedy, President, 1960 - 1963
*1961
1963
Lyndon Baines Johnson, President, 1963 - 1968
*1964
*1965
*1970
Clean Air Act
*1972
Clear Water Act
1976
Jimmy Carter, President, 1976 - 1980
1977
Department of Energy
1978
Camp David Peace Accords
1980
Edmund S. Muskie - Secretary of State
1988
George J. Mitchell - Senate Majority Leader
William Jefferson Clintonm President, 1992 - 2000
*1993
Family and Medical Leave Act
The Maine Democratic Party would like to thank Carl Pease for creating this timeline.
Thomas Jefferson, First Democratic President
1916
- Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
- Workingmen’s Compensation Act
1919
*Veterans’ Rehabilitation Act: The G. I. Bill
*1920
Nineteenth Amendment - Women’s Suffrage
1932
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President 1932 - 1945
*1935
- Social Security Act
- Works Progress Administration
*1945
Harry S. Truman, President, 1945 - 1954
1946
Employment Act
*1948
Marshall Plan
*1949
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
1954
School Desegregation
Edmund S. Muskie - Governor of Maine
1960
John F. Kennedy, President, 1960 - 1963
*1961
- Peace Corps
- NASA: Lunar Exploration
1963
Lyndon Baines Johnson, President, 1963 - 1968
*1964
- Civil Rights Act
- Head Start
- University Work-Study
*1965
- Medicare
- Voting Rights Act
*1970
Clean Air Act
*1972
Clear Water Act
1976
Jimmy Carter, President, 1976 - 1980
1977
Department of Energy
1978
Camp David Peace Accords
1980
Edmund S. Muskie - Secretary of State
1988
George J. Mitchell - Senate Majority Leader
William Jefferson Clintonm President, 1992 - 2000
*1993
Family and Medical Leave Act
The Maine Democratic Party would like to thank Carl Pease for creating this timeline.
