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… had recently entered the American lexicon to describe the President's partner. Mary held elegant buffet dinners, …
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… Senate (1799-1800).In 1800, Dexter accepted an offer from President John Adams to join his cabinet as secretary of war. … a convenient solution for the final months of the Adams presidency. With the arrival of the Jefferson administration …
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… to House Speaker Tip O'Neill, Jr. Lew also served in President Bill Clinton's administration as special assistant to the President from 1993 to 1994, the deputy director of the …
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… for Washington, D.C., where he became an adviser to President Abraham Lincoln. By 1864, Lincoln had tapped Speed … of Edward Bates. Speed served in that capacity until the President’s assassination in 1865; he then remained with new …
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… for Washington, D.C., where he became an adviser to President Abraham Lincoln. By 1864, Lincoln had tapped Speed … of Edward Bates. Speed served in that capacity until the President’s assassination in 1865; he then remained with new …
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… and served as a confidante and political adviser. In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt selected Senator Truman as … she told them, "You don't need to know me. I'm only the president's wife and the mother of his daughter."Bess, of …
Presidential Speeches
… that it be not entered on the Journal. Resolved , That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to … of the United States is tried the Chief Justice shall preside;" that "no person shall be convicted without the … early period after the election of Andrew Jackson to the Presidency, in accordance with the sentiments which he had …
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… When Grover Cleveland became President in 1885, he was the first Democrat to occupy the … legislative agenda. He did not see himself as an activist President. Beyond making speeches, he did not send much …
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… Martin Durkin was secretary of labor under President Eisenhower from January 21, 1953, to October 8, … wage/maximum hour regulations. Durkin would also serve as president of the International Association of Governmental …
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… practice. Locke served as secretary of commerce under President Barack Obama from 2009 until 2011. As secretary, … was the administration's point person for achieving the President's National Export Initiative, and presided over an increase in U.S. exports. Locke specifically …
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… later moving to the White House in 1895 as stenographer to President Grover Cleveland. Cleveland recommended Cortelyou … just a secretary to Theodore Roosevelt -- he became the President's most trusted and intimate advisor. After Congress … secretary of the treasury. In that position, Cortelyou presided over the economic panic of 1907, realizing that …
Presidential Biographies
… later moving to the White House in 1895 as stenographer to President Grover Cleveland. Cleveland recommended Cortelyou … just a secretary to Theodore Roosevelt -- he became the President's most trusted and intimate advisor. After Congress … secretary of the treasury. In that position, Cortelyou presided over the economic panic of 1907, realizing that …
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… the public schools in Utah (1963-1970).Later during 1970, President Richard Nixon named Bell, a Republican, as deputy … System of Higher Education, a post he held until 1981. President Ronald Reagan appointed Bell secretary of a …
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… Strong and Cadwalader, where he became an associate of the President's brother, Henry Taft. Wickersham entered the … as attorney general, remaining until the end of the Taft presidency in March 1913. Following his tenure in the …
Presidential Recordings
… 7, 1971 Time: 3:23 pm - 4:10 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Rose Mary Woods President’s schedule -Dinner -Robert H. and Carol (Crothers) …
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… when Germany tried to install a puppet monarch. The President dispatched three warships to Samoan waters, a … he handed the problem to Congress, where it remained until President McKinley affirmed a joint congressional resolution …
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… In this conversation, President Johnson speaks with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower about the nature of America's …
Public Events
… the course of American politics than those between presidents and social movements. For all their differences, both presidents and social movements are driven by a desire to …
Presidential Biographies
… have generally drawn a distinction between Van Buren's presidency, which they often judge lacking and troubled, and … system, he has not been judged a great, nor even good, President. The main challenge President Van Buren faced was …