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… the company in 1872 with a remarkable fortune. Becoming a president of several railway, mining, and manufacturing … Hitchcock was then appointed secretary of the interior by President McKinley on December 21, 1898, though he would not …
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… Nagel was a corporate attorney for Adolphus Busch when President William Howard Taft chose him in 1909 to become … labor; he remained in that post until the end of Taft's presidency. While heading the Department of Commerce and …
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… and recorder of Madison County, Indiana (1903-1907).President Warren G. Harding appointed Davis secretary of labor, and, following Harding's death, President Calvin Coolidge reappointed him to that post. Davis …
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… and recorder of Madison County, Indiana (1903-1907).President Warren G. Harding appointed Davis secretary of labor, and, following Harding's death, President Calvin Coolidge reappointed him to that post. Davis …
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… long and wide. Following Ulysses S. Grant’s election as President in 1868, Sherman became commander of the U.S. Army. … The only exception to his pledge involved a brief stint as President Grant’s secretary of war ad interim in 1869. …
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… in 1811 as a U.S. senator, serving until 1814. In 1814, President James Madison appointed Campbell secretary of the … resigning from Congress, Campbell accepted an offer from President Madison in 1818 to become U.S. minister to Russia. …
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… After a brief stint in Kentucky, Krug, at the request of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, went to work as the head of … from the War Production Board a year later, but in 1946, President Harry Truman tapped him to become secretary of the …
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… the mills in 1939; by 1943, he became the company's vice president. Hodges retired from business in 1950, turning his … a reputation for attracting industry to North Carolina. President Kennedy appointed Hodges secretary of commerce, …
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… on an interim basis until 1817, while newly elected President James Monroe looked for a more permanent candidate. … in 1818, Graham returned to the nation's capital to become president of the Washington branch of the Bank of the United …
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… as chief operating officer, chief executive officer, and president of the company, before retiring in 2013. Secretary … long wait times for treatment and inadequate services. President Obama pointed to McDonald’s management experience …
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… outlaws. Porfirio Diaz, who had assumed the Mexican presidency a month earlier (and would remain dictator until … plans and activities of de Lesseps concerned Hayes. The President would have been uneasy about any non-American …
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… collector of the Port of Boston in 1838 at the request of President Martin Van Buren. Though Bancroft had expressed an interest in becoming the U.S. minister to Prussia, President James K. Polk, in 1841, tapped Bancroft to become …
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… with Grover Cleveland, then governor of the state. When President Cleveland became President in 1885, he selected Whitney as his secretary of …
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… results of this legislation became clear during the Hoover presidency. In 1921, over 800,000 immigrants came to the … time an African-American had visited the White House since President Theodore Roosevelt had dined with Booker T. …
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… 1876 and unsuccessfully sought his party's nomination for President that same year. He garnered a full term in the … finally received the Republican Party nomination for President in 1884 but lost to Grover Cleveland in a very …
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… 1876 and unsuccessfully sought his party's nomination for President that same year. He garnered a full term in the … finally received the Republican Party nomination for President in 1884 but lost to Grover Cleveland in a very …
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… he became a contractor and ultimately the founder and president of a bank. Having become a wealthy man, Cameron … resigned his Senate seat in 1861 when the newly elected President Lincoln tapped him to become secretary of war. …
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… Tyler could claim an ambitious, successful foreign policy presidency, due largely to the efforts of Secretary of State …
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… governor, but his bid was unsuccessful. Soon thereafter, President Andrew Jackson offered Barry the post of postmaster … with charges of corruption, allegations that forced the President to ask for Barry's resignation in 1835. Jackson …
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… United States grew by nearly 15 percent during the Wilson presidency, reaching 105.7 million in 1920. Nearly 6 million … Calvin Coolidge, who would become the thirtieth president of the United States, brought in the state's …