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… He served in the House until he resigned to become vice president in 1877. Although Wheeler was considered an honest … the public. The party turned to Wheeler as vice president because of his honesty and impeccable character. …
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… Dwight D. Eisenhower was older than any previous President, leaving office at the age of 70. Yet the … children in millions of American homes. Eisenhower was President during the baby boom, a time of rapid population …
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… candidate Abraham Lincoln, and when Lincoln won, the new President appointed Hay his assistant private secretary. … biography of Lincoln and a two-volume collection of the President's speeches, papers, and writings. During the Civil … 1896, Hay supported friend William McKinley's bid for the presidency and, following McKinley's successful election, …
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… credit of the new government on a sound footing. He became President Washington’s most influential adviser and engaged … convinced that Hamilton was a pernicious influence on the President. Hamilton emerged as the de facto leader of the …
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… internal revenue until 1863, performing both functions at President Abraham Lincoln’s request. In 1863, Boutwell was … served as one of the House managers in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. Following his time in Congress, …
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… During Monroe's presidency, five new states had joined the Union: Mississippi … River and the Great Lakes. James Monroe was the first President to travel on a steamboat, which he did in 1817. …
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… was secretary of health, education and welfare under President Eisenhower from August 1, 1958, to January 19, … director (1953-1957). Flemming was also a member of the President's Advisory Committee on Government Organization and …
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… of Alexandria (1789-1793), the appointment a favor from President George Washington. Lee achieved more notable … General Assembly, where he served until 1795. That year, President Washington named him United States attorney …
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… and political economy. In 1839, Porter became the presiding judge of the Twelfth Pennsylvania Judicial … before he resigned to resume his law practice. In 1843, President John Tyler tapped Porter to become his secretary of …
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… second administration, and cousin of Levi P. Morton, vice president during the presidency of Benjamin Harrison, Paul Morton was born in …
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… Randolph Hearst, Hughes was reelected in 1908. In 1910, President William Howard Taft made him associate justice on … 1916. Hughes returned the practice of law until 1921, when President Warren Harding named him secretary of state. He was …
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… directed the international relief agencies for civilians. President Warren G. Harding appointed him secretary of … in that capacity from 1921 to 1928 under both Harding and President Calvin Coolidge. During his tenure as commerce …
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… Charles Erwin Wilson was the secretary of defense under President Eisenhower from January 28, 1953 to October 8, … chief engineer to Remy Electric Co. Wilson rose to become president of Delco-Remy Co. in 1926 and vice president of …
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… became the executive assistant to E. B. Germany, the president of Lone Star Steel Company. He also was chosen, in … that capacity, Watson created one of the first Johnson-for-President clubs in Texas; as a result of his early work on …
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… League of the North West." By 1882, he had become the vice president and executive officer of the First National Bank of … throwing his support behind Democrat Grover Cleveland for President. He declined an offer to become treasury secretary …
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… serving in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946. Dent was president of Mayfair Mills in Arcadia, South Carolina … and the American Textile Manufacturers Institute. President Richard M. Nixon appointed Dent secretary of …
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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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… headed the Purdue Department of Agriculture. Butz was vice president of what has become the American Agricultural … Economics Association (1948), and he was also vice president of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural …
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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 …