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… Texas. In 2001, Margaret Spellings became assistant to the President for domestic policy. In November 2004 President Bush nominated Spellings to succeed Rod Paige as …
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… Few could have predicted the course of George W. Bush’s presidency based on his campaign or tenure as governor of … the actual presidential election. He picked a veteran vice president, Dick Cheney, to serve as a key senior adviser, and …
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… federal tariffs. Twice he stridently condemned the President on the Senate floor for what he considered the … the economic depression which followed Andrew Jackson's presidency gave the Whigs the chance they needed in 1840. The …
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… of Management and Budget (1972-1973), and counselor to the President (1973). He also served Presidents Nixon and Gerald Ford as secretary of Health, …
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… of Management and Budget (1972-1973), and counselor to the President (1973). He also served Presidents Nixon and Gerald Ford as secretary of Health, …
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… was always rife with uncertainties, leaving the former President to die in debt. Despite his financial situation, he … his son toward the end of his term. Tyler, born during the presidency of George Washington, fathered his last child at …
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… James Monroe came to the presidency as one of the most qualified men ever to assume … those whom he met with his lack of pretension. As President, Monroe saw the country through a transition period …
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… as professor of biology and medicine in 1975 and became president of the Morehouse School of Medicine in 1985. President George H.W. Bush appointed him secretary of health …
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… of 1837 proved less a celebration of the incoming president than a tribute to the outgoing one, Andrew Jackson. … in 1836 became Van Buren's primary concern during his presidency. Historians have identified three causes of the …
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… as collector of the Port of New York under Republican President Ulysses S. Grant. While there is no evidence of … of the nation at-large. Domestic affairs dominated his presidency. In reforming civil service, Arthur supported the …
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… their dislike of Andrew Jackson and his chosen successor, President Martin Van Buren. Henry Clay made a strong play for … him to national office—unwittingly, it would soon make him President. Try as they might, the Democrats could not stop …
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… on a war that had ended many years before. His opponent, President George H.W. Bush, ran a lackluster campaign that … political commentators predicted the end of the Clinton presidency—indeed, had the United States operated with a … brought Dick Morris back into his strategy team. As the President's old friend and political consultant who had …
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… relations. As chief justice of the United States, Taft presided over the court when it came down with a decision in …
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… At the beginning of Monroe's presidency, Americans were feeling generally optimistic. The … to turn his attention toward domestic issues. The new President, moreover, was personable, extremely popular, and … and by even his own cabinet members. So instead of presiding over the decline of political parties, the Monroe …
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… more than a "human iceberg" who sleepwalked through the presidency. We are told that while he could sway a crowd of … his administration, Harrison, along with every other President from the post-Reconstruction era to 1900, has been … civil rights of African Americans—few post-Reconstruction Presidents stood on firmer ground or tried to accomplish …
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… No President since Lincoln pursued a more active foreign agenda … credits Harrison with being the driving force in his presidency, especially noting Harrison's growing estrangement … end, Chile apologized and paid $75,000 in reparations. The President also confronted an ugly incident with Italy over …
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… and Election of 1904: After Roosevelt acceded to the presidency in 1901, he soon began to think about how to win election as President in his own right. He realized that although he did …
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… as "Silent Cal." After learning of his ascendancy to the presidency following the death of Warren Harding in 1923, … the vice presidential nominee with Warren Harding. As vice president, Coolidge kept a low profile, sitting silently … and seldom speaking in his constitutional position as presiding officer of the U.S. Senate. After Harding's death …
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… detailed critique of the Constitution, and how his presidency would tread lightly on what he saw as its flaws. … by Congress. The veto power should only be exercised if a president believed a law passed by Congress was …
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… At the time he became President, Zachary Taylor was the most popular man in … office—he died only sixteen months after his election—his presidency foundered over the question of whether the …