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… in that position for five years before being tapped by President James K. Polk to head the Navy’s Bureau of … of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and was soon tapped by the new President to become secretary of the Navy. During the Civil …
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… York, serving only from January through March 1829, before President Andrew Jackson tapped him to become secretary of … and dispatch. Van Buren would later be elected vice president of the United States as a Democrat in the second …
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… Graham chose to focus on his personal affairs, declining President Zachary Taylor’s offers to become U.S. minister to … post until 1852, when he resigned to campaign for the vice presidency of the United States on General Winfield Scott’s …
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… was reelected to the Senate in 1850 but resigned to become President Millard Fillmore’s secretary of the treasury after first refusing the President’s offer to become postmaster general. Corwin …
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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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… administrator for Michigan and Upper Canada before President James Madison made him territorial governor of … when the Democrats nominated him as their candidate for President of the United States. He lost that election to …
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… in 1811 to become secretary of state in the cabinet of President James Madison. Although Monroe resigned from that … in 1817. That same year, Monroe took over as President of the United States, serving for two terms from …
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… in 1811 to become secretary of state in the cabinet of President James Madison. Although Monroe resigned from that … in 1817. That same year, Monroe took over as President of the United States, serving for two terms from …
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… a family-owned company in Louisville in 1939. He served as president of the company from 1947 until 1951. When the … with Pillsbury Company, Morton held the position of vice president until 1953 and then served as director until 1971. …
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… a family-owned company in Louisville in 1939. He served as president of the company from 1947 until 1951. When the … with Pillsbury Company, Morton held the position of vice president until 1953 and then served as director until 1971. …
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… and gained national prominence when he was appointed by President William Howard Taft to replace Jacob Dickinson as … governor general of the Philippines between 1927 and 1929. President Herbert Hoover made him secretary of state, and …
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… when he married Eleanor Randolph Wilson, the daughter of President Wilson, at the White House in 1914. William Gibbs … stumped for Woodrow Wilson during the latter's run at the presidency, serving as campaign chair for much of the …
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… and gained national prominence when he was appointed by President William Howard Taft to replace Jacob Dickinson as … governor general of the Philippines between 1927 and 1929. President Herbert Hoover made him secretary of state, and …
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… and gained national prominence when he was appointed by President William Howard Taft to replace Jacob Dickinson as … governor general of the Philippines between 1927 and 1929. President Herbert Hoover made him secretary of state, and …
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… Relief Agency (1933-1938), while also serving on the President's Draught Committee, the National Resources …
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… and gained national prominence when he was appointed by President William Howard Taft to replace Jacob Dickinson as … governor general of the Philippines between 1927 and 1929. President Herbert Hoover made him secretary of state, and …
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… relations, culminating in his appointment as vice president of industrial relations for Lockheed Corporation. Appointed by President Nixon to the cabinet, he served as secretary of …
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… Mike Espy served as President Clinton's first secretary of agriculture from 1993 …
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… Defense from 1981 to 1983. He left government work to be president and eventually chairman and chief executive officer …
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… He filled the post of Attorney General in the cabinets of Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt from 1901 … nomination in 1908. He was the beneficiary of incoming President William Howard Taft's desire to get "the best men" …