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… and control (1956) to director of the company and vice president of marketing (1961). He represented Tennessee's … to 1987. He resigned to become chairman of the Dole for President committee in 1987. He then worked as a consultant …
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… (1957), to director of public relations (1961), to vice president and general manager of steel (1964), to executive vice president of Armco (1965), and finally to chairman of Armco's …
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… as a U.S. senator from Indiana, serving from 1917 to 1923. President Warren G. Harding appointed New postmaster general in 1923. Following Harding's death, President Calvin Coolidge reappointed New to that post, and …
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… there from 1902 to 1905 and dean from 1910-1923. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge appointed him U.S. attorney … upon the retirement of Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes, President Franklin Roosevelt appointed him Chief Justice of …
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… term from 1842 to 1843. When Millard Fillmore assumed the presidency in 1850, he tapped McKennan as secretary of the …
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… political ambitions full time. When he was elected vice president in 1840, Tyler intended to fulfill his few duties … to assume many of the duties traditionally borne by the President's "Lady" -- directing the White House social …
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… ultimately resigned his Senate seat in 1877 to serve as President Rutherford B. Hayes’s secretary of the treasury, a … to the Senate, where he served from 1881 to 1897. He was president pro tempore during the Forty-Ninth Congress and, …
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… 1848 presidential campaign. Upon Taylor’s election as President, he tapped Ramsey to become the first territorial … He remained in the Senate from 1863 to 1879, at which time President Hayes tapped Ramsey to fill the vacancy in the War …
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… he was defeated in his bid for reelection. That same year, President Rutherford B. Hayes nominated Key as his postmaster … of Tennessee, having been appointed to the job by President Hayes. David McKendree Key died in 1900. …
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… ultimately served as a model for national welfare reform. President George W. Bush tapped Republican Tommy G. Thompson …
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… served as U.S. attorney general in the administrations of Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren (1833-1838). President Jackson also appointed Butler secretary of war, and …
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… served as U.S. attorney general in the administrations of Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren (1833-1838). President Jackson also appointed Butler secretary of war, and …
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… 1940 until 1945, but he resigned in September 1945 when President Harry S. Truman appointed him U.S. solicitor … of the Democratic National Committee from 1947 until 1949. President Truman appointed him attorney general in 1949, and …
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… In 1936, he began working for the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Reconstruction Finance … Harry Truman worked closely together. After Truman became President in 1945, Snyder was appointed director of the …
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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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… Logistics at Defense at the beginning of Barack Obama's presidency. In 2011, he became the deputy secretary of … serving as the department's chief operating officer. President Obama nominated Carter for secretary of the …
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… agreed to admit women. She also became the first "President-General" of the newly created Daughters of the … and dinners, grandly celebrated the Centennial of the Presidency, and was the first First Lady to decorate a … among the wives of administration officials. Both the vice president's wife, Mrs. Levi P. Morton, and the wife of the …
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… in at least one of these vices. With the recent death of President Taylor and a wife who was often unwell, social …
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… in that body from 1843 to 1849. Collamer was tapped by President Zachary Taylor to serve as postmaster general, a … he held from 1849 until he resigned in 1850 following President Taylor’s death. Following this stint, Collamer …
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… general when she was nominated to that position by President Clinton. Reno served as attorney general throughout … in that capacity from 1978 until her appointment by President Clinton in 1993. …