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… When Grover Cleveland became President in 1885, he was the first Democrat to occupy the … legislative agenda. He did not see himself as an activist President. Beyond making speeches, he did not send much …
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… practice. Locke served as secretary of commerce under President Barack Obama from 2009 until 2011. As secretary, … was the administration's point person for achieving the President's National Export Initiative, and presided over an increase in U.S. exports. Locke specifically …
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… later moving to the White House in 1895 as stenographer to President Grover Cleveland. Cleveland recommended Cortelyou … just a secretary to Theodore Roosevelt -- he became the President's most trusted and intimate advisor. After Congress … secretary of the treasury. In that position, Cortelyou presided over the economic panic of 1907, realizing that …
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… later moving to the White House in 1895 as stenographer to President Grover Cleveland. Cleveland recommended Cortelyou … just a secretary to Theodore Roosevelt -- he became the President's most trusted and intimate advisor. After Congress … secretary of the treasury. In that position, Cortelyou presided over the economic panic of 1907, realizing that …
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… the public schools in Utah (1963-1970).Later during 1970, President Richard Nixon named Bell, a Republican, as deputy … System of Higher Education, a post he held until 1981. President Ronald Reagan appointed Bell secretary of a …
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… Martin Durkin was secretary of labor under President Eisenhower from January 21, 1953, to October 8, … wage/maximum hour regulations. Durkin would also serve as president of the International Association of Governmental …
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… Strong and Cadwalader, where he became an associate of the President's brother, Henry Taft. Wickersham entered the … as attorney general, remaining until the end of the Taft presidency in March 1913. Following his tenure in the …
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… when Germany tried to install a puppet monarch. The President dispatched three warships to Samoan waters, a … he handed the problem to Congress, where it remained until President McKinley affirmed a joint congressional resolution …
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… have generally drawn a distinction between Van Buren's presidency, which they often judge lacking and troubled, and … system, he has not been judged a great, nor even good, President. The main challenge President Van Buren faced was …
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… years, he practiced law, suspending his work only when President Andrew Johnson offered him the post of attorney … in that post until 1868, when he resigned to become the President’s chief counsel in his impeachment case. After …
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… state attorney general. When Franklin Pierce was elected President in 1852, he nominated Campbell as his postmaster … former secretary of the treasury James Guthrie for President and New York governor Horatio Seymour for vice …
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… 1967 and Massachusetts attorney general from 1967 to 1969. President Richard Nixon appointed him secretary of Health, … Attorney General (May to October 1973). In this last role, President Nixon fired Richardson, as part of what became …
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… 100,000 by 1908. Meredith would later serve as vice president and president of the Agricultural Publishers … ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. Leaving the cabinet upon Wilson's departure from …
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… 1967 and Massachusetts attorney general from 1967 to 1969. President Richard Nixon appointed him secretary of Health, … Attorney General (May to October 1973). In this last role, President Nixon fired Richardson, as part of what became …
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… 1967 and Massachusetts attorney general from 1967 to 1969. President Richard Nixon appointed him secretary of Health, … Attorney General (May to October 1973). In this last role, President Nixon fired Richardson, as part of what became …
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… He returned home to Mississippi, refused an offer from President Franklin Pierce to serve as U.S. consul to Havana … informed the people of Charleston, South Carolina, of the President’s plans, and ultimately became an aide to Southern …
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… promoted to the rank of major general. Following the war, President Andrew Johnson asked Schurz to report on conditions … ways with the Republican Party over their support of President Ulysses S. Grant, and he helped form the …