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… collector of customs for the port of New York (1870-1873). President Ulysses S. Grant tapped James to be the postmaster … of New York, and after an impressive program of reform, President Hayes reappointed him to the position in 1877. The …
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… general for Somerset County. In 1842, Black was appointed presiding judge of the court of common pleas. Nine years … served until 1857, including three years as chief justice. President James Buchanan then tapped Black to become his … serve as President Andrew Johnson’s chief counsel in the President’s impeachment trial, but attorney and client …
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… general for Somerset County. In 1842, Black was appointed presiding judge of the court of common pleas. Nine years … served until 1857, including three years as chief justice. President James Buchanan then tapped Black to become his … serve as President Andrew Johnson’s chief counsel in the President’s impeachment trial, but attorney and client …
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… Stans held several positions in the banking. He was president and director of Western Bancorporation in Los … a director of the United California Bank (1961-1962), and president of the investment banking firm Gore Forgan, William …
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… as secretary of agriculture in the administrations of Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge until his death … "court-packing" plan in 1937. When Roosevelt and Vice President Garner acrimoniously split in 1940, Roosevelt … absorbed by international affairs. He was a member of the President's war cabinet and presided over the Bureau of …
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… as secretary of agriculture in the administrations of Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge until his death … "court-packing" plan in 1937. When Roosevelt and Vice President Garner acrimoniously split in 1940, Roosevelt … absorbed by international affairs. He was a member of the President's war cabinet and presided over the Bureau of …
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… When bachelor Grover Cleveland became President, his unmarried sister, Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, … Emma and her daughter Frances at the White House, and the President's visits with the Folsoms were common knowledge. … Her only real contact with that side of the Cleveland presidency came during election season, when she remained a …
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… latest invention, the phonograph, until 3:30 A.M. for the President, Lucy, and their guests. When the couple … state dinners, which were too formal even with the Hayeses presiding. She did loosen up traditional New Year's …
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… practice but headed back to Washington, D.C., in 1841 as President William Henry Harrison's secretary of the treasury. … In 1848, however, after supporting General Taylor for the presidency and losing his own bid for the United States …
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… and law from Lafayette College in 1952. Simon was vice president and manager of the Municipal Trading Department at … was appointed by President Richard Nixon to chair the President's committee on oil policy, and later became …
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… as a congressman. Thus, when James A. Garfield became President in 1880, Lucretia was an inexperienced and anxious … and died on September 19, 1881. Because her husband's presidency was cut short, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield will be …
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… President Gerald Ford appointed William Thaddeus Coleman, … director and member of its executive committee, and president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. …
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… practice to Harrisburg, the state capital, and in 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him U.S. minister in … to negotiate an end to Democratic opposition to Hayes' presidency in exchange for the removal of military troops …
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… serving on General Ulysses S. Grant's staff. Son of slain President Abraham Lincoln, Robert Lincoln returned to … National Convention that nominated James A. Garfield for President. Upon Garfield's election, the new President …
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… Robert B. Anderson was the secretary of the treasury under President Eisenhower from July 29, 1957, to January 20, 1961. … manager of an oil and ranching estate in 1941, serving as president of the Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association …
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… was first a Whig and then a Republican; he disagreed with President Andrew Johnson over the latter’s Reconstruction policies but nevertheless joined the President’s team of lawyers -- a group which also included …
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… for the United States Senate in 1835. Guthrie later became president of the Louisville Medical Institute (1843-1846), … the treasury, a post he held until the end of the Pierce presidency in 1857. Following his time in the cabinet, …
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… Education for West Virginia (1922-1924). During that time, President Coolidge appointed him assistant secretary of … He was employed by the Farm Security Administration during President Franklin Roosevelt’s first term. Gore died on June …
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… featured moments of great happiness and joy for the president as well as times of deep sorrow. His beloved first … disease on August 6, 1914. Her death devastated the president. Always in need of female companionship and … later, the White House issued a statement dissociating the president from the film's viewpoint. Nevertheless, many years …
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… Before he became President, Dwight D. Eisenhower had to balance family life … the rank of lieutenant colonel. He served his father, the President, as a military aide and eventually became an …