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… until 1877. When New Yorker Grover Cleveland won the presidency in 1884, Fairchild's close friend Daniel Manning … After Cleveland's defeat in 1888, Fairchild served as president of the New York Security and Trust Company in …
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… accepted an appointment as secretary of state from President George Washington, serving in that capacity until … vice president under John Adams (1797-1801). He gained the presidency in 1801, won reelection for a second term in 1805, …
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… coal mines, where he would remain until 1898. Wilson was president of the district miners' union of the National … and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. After President William Howard Taft separated the Department of …
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… Neil Hosler McElroy was secretary of defense under President Eisenhower from October 9, 1957, to December 1, … advertising and promotion manager in 1940, became vice president of advertising and promotion in 1943, and finally …
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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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… an LL.B. (1941) from the University of Texas. Connally was President Kennedy's secretary of the Navy from 1961 until … in 1962. He was critically wounded in the assassination of President Kennedy, but he survived and was reelected governor …
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… member of the Maryland state assembly (1787-1796).In 1796, President George Washington offered McHenry the position of secretary of war. McHenry accepted and served both Presidents Washington and John Adams before resigning in …
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… men developed a close relationship; when Stevenson ran for President in 1956, Wirtz was a key aide. President John … Wirtz ran the Labor Department for remainder of Kennedy's presidency and throughout the entirety of the Johnson …
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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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… After joining the Select Council of Philadelphia in 1829, President Andrew Jackson made Duane his commissioner to … a national bank arose during Jackson's administration, the President appointed Duane -- who agreed with Jackson that a …
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… in Braintree (presently Quincy), Massachusetts. Son of President John Adams, John Quincy Adams enjoyed an … as a Federalist he served for five years before becoming President James Madison's minister plenipotentiary to Russia. …
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… men developed a close relationship; when Stevenson ran for president in 1956, Wirtz was a key aide. President Kennedy … Wirtz served in that post for remainder of Kennedy's presidency and throughout the entirety of the Johnson …
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… Soon after taking office, President Martin Van Buren faced a diplomatic crisis with … the substantial indictment his opponents filed against his presidency. …
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… Health Sciences Center and Texas Tech University. In 1988, President Ronald Reagan tapped Cavazos to become his … George H.W. Bush’s administration, leaving in 1990 at the President’s request. Currently, Lauro Fred Cavazos is a …
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… and of the Republican National Committee (1918-1921).President Warren G. Harding appointed him postmaster general … Hays remained in that position until 1922. He then became president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of …
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… in order to facilitate his financial dealings; he became president of the bank within the next few years. Following … the creation of the Department of the Navy in 1798, President John Adams found himself with another cabinet …
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… William Pierce Rogers was attorney general under President Eisenhower from November 7, 1957, to January 20, … landmark libel case of New York Times v. Sullivan (1964). President Lyndon Johnson selected Rogers as an American …
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… William Pierce Rogers was attorney general under President Eisenhower from November 7, 1957 to January 20, … landmark libel case of New York Times v. Sullivan (1964).President Lyndon Johnson selected Rogers as an American …
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… served in that capacity for nine more years. Clay ran for President in 1824 and played a pivotal part in the … 1842, Clay left the Senate to focus on another bid for the presidency. In the 1844 presidential elections, Clay faced …
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… (1823-1827) and then as a senator (1827-1841). President William Henry Harrison made him as his secretary of … cabinet, Webster did not resign when Harrison's successor, President John Tyler, vetoed the Bank of the United States, …