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… governor of Iowa. From 1853 to 1855, Harlan served as president of Iowa Wesleyan College, before being elected to … yet again in 1881, Harlan withdrew and served as the presiding judge of the Alabama Claims Commission from 1882 to …
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… 1813, spending the end of his second term as the senate's president "pro tempore" following the death of Vice-president … secretary of the treasury, serving in the cabinets of Presidents Madison and James Monroe until 1825. Crawford …
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… 1813, spending the end of his second term as the senate's president "pro tempore" following the death of Vice President … secretary of the treasury, serving in the cabinets of Presidents Madison and James Monroe until 1825. Crawford …
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… most important law firms. In 1889, Day was nominated by President Benjamin Harrison and confirmed by the Senate for a … to sign a peace treaty to end the Spanish-American War. President William McKinley would later appoint Day to serve …
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… He was chairman of the industry advisory council of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity … (1963-1965). He also was active in industry, becoming vice president (1957-1960), president (1960-1968), CEO …
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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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… to Texas, where he became a successful businessman and president of Lincoln Consolidated, a financial holding …
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… for eastern Virginia. After the death of Thomas Gilmer, President John Tyler made Mason his fifth secretary of the … in that post until the end of the Tyler administration. President James K. Polk wanted to keep Mason in the cabinet …
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… for eastern Virginia. After the death of Thomas Gilmer, President John Tyler made Mason his fifth secretary of the … in that post until the end of the Tyler administration. President James K. Polk wanted to keep Mason in the cabinet …
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… for eastern Virginia. After the death of Thomas Gilmer, President John Tyler made Mason his fifth secretary of the … in that post until the end of the Tyler administration. President James K. Polk wanted to keep Mason in the cabinet …
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… 1795, he became U.S. postmaster general by appointment of President George Washington, a post he held until the end of … practiced as a young man. In 1802, he rose to the presidency of the Georgia branch of the Bank of the United …
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… Senate (1799-1800).In 1800, Dexter accepted an offer from President John Adams to join his cabinet as secretary of war. … a convenient solution for the final months of the Adams presidency. With the arrival of the Jefferson administration …
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… Massachusetts Supreme Court. He then became the first of President Ulysses S. Grant’s five attorney generals. During … of Attorney General to the Department of Justice. In 1869, President Grant nominated Hoar to a seat on the United States …
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… States Congress in 1828 but was defeated. Two years later, President Andrew Jackson appointed him collector of customs … from being wiped out by the Panic of 1837. Siding with President John Tyler in 1841, the President rewarded …
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… 1795, he became U.S. postmaster general by appointment of President George Washington, a post he held until the end of … practiced as a young man. In 1802, he rose to the presidency of the Georgia branch of the Bank of the United …
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… Senate (1799-1800).In 1800, Dexter accepted an offer from President John Adams to join his cabinet as secretary of war. … a convenient solution for the final months of the Adams presidency. With the arrival of the Jefferson administration …
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… State Supreme Court from 1973 to 1981. Clark served President Ronald Reagan in several capacities: as deputy secretary of state (1981-1982), as assistant to the President for national security affairs (1982-1983), and as …
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… played important roles in their father's life while he was President, offering him emotional comfort, tending to the … through the Depression and the Second World War. But the President still found time to relax. He enjoyed collecting …
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… Even before her husband became the first President of the United States, Martha Dandridge Custis … to take on the public responsibilities demanded of the President's wife. Indeed, when George Washington became …
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… It was not William Howard Taft's highest ambition to become President of the United States: it was his wife's. Of the … eyes focused on presidential politics. Others, including President Theodore Roosevelt, urged Taft to think of himself …