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… Woodrow Wilson's presidency fulfilled much of the progressive reform agenda … the opening of a special session of Congress called by the president to consider tariff reform, Wilson appeared …
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… January 5, 2009, two months after Barack Obama was elected president, they had spent almost their entire lives there. … House and who did so for all eight years of the Obama presidency. Robinson is the only surviving parent of either …
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… The Campaign and Election of 1880: President Rutherford B. Hayes had vowed to be a one-term President, and he kept his pledge. When Republicans convened …
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… United States increased by 18 percent during John Tyler's presidency, as immigrants poured in from Ireland, Germany, … legislatures. This change in the electoral process put the presidency on a firm popular base rather than a federal base. … Southwest. This strategy laid the groundwork for the Polk presidency's successes in conquering Mexican territory all …
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… for the time in 1955 when he was senior staff economist on President Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers. In 1962, … in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford (1968-1969).Under President Nixon, Shultz was secretary of labor (1969-1970), …
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… for the time in 1955 when he was senior staff economist on President Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers. In 1962, … in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford (1968-1969). Under President Nixon, Shultz was Secretary of Labor (1969-1970), …
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… for the time in 1955 when he was senior staff economist on President Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers. In 1962, … in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford (1968-1969).Under President Nixon, Shultz was Secretary of Labor (1969-1970), …
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… Republican National Rules Committee and was picked by Vice President Dan Quayle as deputy chief of staff in January … Abraham lost a 2000 bid to be reelected to the Senate, President-elect George W. Bush chose him to head the …
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… in New York; when he left the firm in 1987, he had been president and director of the company for two years. Named … During the same period, O'Neill served as chair of the President's Education Policy Advisory Commission (1989-1992) …
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… Quincy Adams should have been the heir apparent to the presidency as James Monroe's secretary of state, the year … of the old rules applied. Four other men also wanted to be President, each with substantial regional backing. John C. …
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… hard to build his friendship and political alliance with President Jackson and these efforts came to fruition in 1836 … his party faced a difficult election in 1840. Van Buren's presidency had been a difficult affair, with the U.S. economy …
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… achieved a mixed record in foreign affairs during his presidency. On the one hand, it substantially opened up trade … of property during the War of 1812. On the other hand, President Adams was prevented from resolving the ongoing …
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… Johnson as the worst possible person to have served as President at the end of the American Civil War. Because of … and perhaps the most effective leader to ever serve as President, lived. Would African Americans have obtained more …
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… President Adams's style was largely to leave domestic matters … policy himself. Not only did the Constitution vest the President with responsibility for foreign policy but perhaps … most bitterly contested domestic issue during the Adams presidency. Supposedly created as a means of preventing the …
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… within months of his inauguration, Garfield served as President too briefly for him to have left much of an impact. … be increasingly dependent upon Blaine as his short-lived presidency emerged. Since Garfield was passionately devoted …
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… and political legacy of Woodrow Wilson, America’s 28th president. Through his leadership, he expanded the role of … historians rank him among the five most important American presidents, along with George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, … as a progressive with strong Southern roots to run for the presidency as a Democrat. After narrowly winning the …
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… immediately associated FDR with his remote cousin, former President Theodore Roosevelt.)FDR's record as governor of New … the tradition set by George Washington that limited Presidents to eight years in office. FDR had been coy about …
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… secretary of the Treasury and interim secretary of War for President James Madison. Dallas attended Princeton University … President James K. Polk although he was never part of the President’s inner circle. As vice president, he felt he …
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… President Herbert Hoover worked extremely hard, sometimes … who were well-versed in policy matters of interest to the President. The Hoovers also hosted a number of state dinners … as a reliable source. This relationship soured during his presidency; while Hoover held semi-weekly press conferences, …