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… Herbert Brownell Jr. was attorney general under President Eisenhower from January 21, 1953, to October 23, …
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… in 1856, but when the Democratic ticket was successful, President James Buchanan tapped Brown as his postmaster …
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… governor, serving from 1843 to 1847. Two years later, President Zachary Taylor tapped Crawford as his secretary of …
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… became assistant secretary of war (1923-24), and later, on President Coolidge's succession to office, secretary of war …
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… During Andrew Johnson's presidency, the composition of the American electorate …
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… no states extended the vote to women during the Roosevelt presidency, suffragette victories in Wyoming, Colorado, …
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… to Lincoln's two minutes, confided afterwards to the President: "My speech will soon be forgotten, yours never …
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… as secretary of the treasury in the administration of President George Washington (1795-1800). Wolcott left the …
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… he spearheaded the nomination of Ulysses S. Grant for President in that year's presidential election and secured …
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… as chancellor of the Louisville Chancery Court. In 1844, President John Tyler tapped Bibb to become his secretary of …
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… job as postmaster general. Appointed to the position by President Benjamin Harrison, Wanamaker instituted a number of …
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… Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield was postmaster general under President Eisenhower from January 21, 1953, to January 20, …
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… of new warships. However, in the middle of his efforts, President Chester Arthur reassigned Hunt to the position of …
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… President Franklin D. Roosevelt's smashing victory in the … a departure was Roosevelt's attitude from that of previous Presidents, whose appointments were largely restricted to … felt toward FDR. They believed that he was their President and saw him a father-figure who watched after their …
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… from 1961 to 1965 and from 1967 to 1970. In the interim, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed her ambassador to …
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… from 1961 to 1965 and from 1967 to 1970. In the interim, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed her ambassador to …
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… from 1961 to 1965 and from 1967 to 1970. In the interim, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed her ambassador to …
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… Symmes Harrison had opposed her husband's candidacy for President, remarking, "I wish that my husband's friends had …
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… associate of Senator John F. Kennedy. In December 1960, President-elect Kennedy appointed Udall as secretary of the …
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… It was not until 1889 that Foster returned to politics as President Benjamin Harrison’s chairman of a commission to …