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… When Chester Arthur assumed the presidency after James A. Garfield's death, he was still … minimized its social calendar in deference to the late President Garfield. Nevertheless, Mary Arthur McElroy presided over a number of events and honored former First …
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… lost his bid for reelection in 2000 but was chosen by President George W. Bush to serve as attorney general. John …
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… second stint with the Virginia Assembly (1799).In 1801, President Thomas Jefferson appointed Madison secretary of … his reelection in 1812, served until 1817. Following his presidency, Madison retired to his home in Virginia, …
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… 1861 and served in the Senate as a Stalwart supporter of President Grant until 1879. Howe refused Grant's offers of … Stalwart wing of the Republican Party against the eventual President, James Garfield. Following Garfield's …
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… and again in 1860, he sought the Republican nomination for President but failed on both occasions. Instead, he served new President Abraham Lincoln as secretary of state. His tenure …
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… year he again won election as a U.S. senator. In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln tapped Chase to become his … that he upheld the validity of the Reconstruction Acts, presided over President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial, …
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… and again in 1860, he sought the Republican nomination for President but failed on both accounts. Instead, he served new President Abraham Lincoln as secretary of state. His tenure …
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… during Browning’s years in Congress. Following the President’s assassination, Browning became a firm supporter …
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… before losing the election of 1838. He was then tapped by President Martin Van Buren to join the Mexican Claims … Marcy worked for only two years as an attorney before President James K. Polk nominated him to head the War …
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… Company, in Bismarck, North Dakota, becoming treasurer and president of the firm (1958-1964). He ran for a U.S. Senate … Dakota in 1964 but lost the election. In 1966, he became president of J. M. Dain & Company, an investment banking firm …
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… in 1956. Usery acted as the union representative on the President's Missile Sites Labor Committee at the Kennedy …
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… during his four and a half years as secretary of war under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt. Born on February 15, 1845, … Prize. Root stayed active in foreign affairs, accepting President Wilson's appointment to head a diplomatic mission …
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… during his four and a half years as secretary of war under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt. Born on February 15, 1845, … Prize. Root stayed active in foreign affairs, accepting President Wilson's appointment to head a diplomatic mission …
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… during his four and a half years as secretary of war under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt. Born on February 15, 1845, … Prize. Root stayed active in foreign affairs, accepting President Wilson's appointment to head a diplomatic mission …
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… admitted to the Tennessee Bar Association in 1874, became president of the Tennessee Bar Association (1889-1893), … between 1897 and 1909. Additionally, he served as president of the American Bar Association (1907-1908) and …
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… despite Lansing's affiliation with the Democratic Party, President William Howard Taft named him U.S. counsel for the … approval -- during the period in which Edith Wilson presided over her husband's affairs. Lansing left the cabinet …
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… and environmental pollution control policies. By 1969, President Richard Nixon had appointed him deputy assistant … as a member of the Federal Power Commission, doing so at President Gerald Ford’s request, before heading the Mountain …
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… Committee, an affiliation that would last until 1944 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt named as ambassador to … resigned this position in 1945 but continued to advise President Roosevelt's successor, Harry Truman, on issues …
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… Ezra Taft Benson was secretary of agriculture under President Eisenhower from January 21, 1953, to January 20, … until 1938, when his church called him to be stake president. The following year, he moved to Washington, D.C., …
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… naval reserve in 1944 and was appointed as an assistant to President Truman’s naval aide, James K. Vardaman, in 1945. In … Clifford replaced Vardaman, but he soon became one of the President’s lead speechwriters and legal advisors. In 1946, …