1. given the current makeup of congress, choose which of the following members would most likely be selected as chair of the house armed services committee, and explain why.

congressperson w: democrat, 28 years in congress, 12 years on committee

congressperson x: republican, 24 years in congress, 18 years on committee

congressperson y: republican, 20 years in congress, served as a military officer

congressperson z: democrat, 16 years in congress, former democratic candidate for president

abraham lincoln  (february 12, 1809  – april 15, 1865) was an american statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the 16th  president of the united states  from 1861 until  his assassination  in april 1865. lincoln led the nation through the  american civil war, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.[2][3]  he preserved the  union,  abolished slavery, strengthened the  federal government, and modernized  the u.s. economy.

a case involving the laws of a single state.