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… active member of the Democratic Party. In 1882, he became president of West Virginia University in Morgantown, but had … of the Ways and Means Committee. On February 24, 1895, President Grover Cleveland called Wilson to the White House …
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… 1866. He was the grandson of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President, and the great-grandson of John Adams, the second President. Adams received his Bachelor's degree from Harvard …
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… colonel, Lyng returned to Modesto and served as the president of his family’s company (1949-1967) and as a president of the California Seed Association (1953).In 1966, …
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… Law School in 1950, provost of the University (1962), and president of the University of Chicago from 1968 to 1975. He … During the Richard Nixon administration, Levi was on the President's Task Force on Priorities in Higher Education from …
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… Frederick Andrew Seaton was secretary of the interior under President Eisenhower from June 8, 1956, until January 20, … In 1937, he became publisher of the Daily Tribune and president of his father's company. He was twice elected to …
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… political campaign by the two major candidates for the presidency. The candidates need no introduction. The Republican candidate, Vice President Richard M. Nixon, and the Democratic candidate, … Congress. Within the Administration, as a chairman of the President's Committee on Price Stability and Economic Growth, …
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… years in the House. Declining political appointments from Presidents Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore, Thompson … that time, and it was as a Republican that he served as President Andrew Johnson’s appointment to the fifth Indiana …
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… States (1833) and solicitor of the U.S. Treasury (1837). President Martin Van Buren appointed Gilpin attorney general … Following his tenure in Van Buren's cabinet, Gilpin became president of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and …
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… He filled the post of Attorney General in the cabinets of Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt from 1901 … nomination in 1908. He was the beneficiary of incoming President William Howard Taft's desire to get "the best men" …
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… He filled the post of attorney general in the cabinets of Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt from … nomination in 1908. He was the beneficiary of incoming President William Howard Taft's desire to get "the best men" …
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… at Ballard and Ballard Company (1939-1951), serving as president from 1947 to 1951. Later, Morton became involved in … and secretary of commerce, serving in the cabinet of President Gerald R. Ford from 1975 to 1976. He also became a …
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… governor of Iowa. From 1853 to 1855, Harlan served as president of Iowa Wesleyan College, before being elected to … yet again in 1881, Harlan withdrew and served as the presiding judge of the Alabama Claims Commission from 1882 to …
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… 1813, spending the end of his second term as the senate's president "pro tempore" following the death of Vice-president … secretary of the treasury, serving in the cabinets of Presidents Madison and James Monroe until 1825. Crawford …
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… 1813, spending the end of his second term as the senate's president "pro tempore" following the death of Vice President … secretary of the treasury, serving in the cabinets of Presidents Madison and James Monroe until 1825. Crawford …
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… 4:40 pm - 5:31 pm Location: Camp David Study Table The President talked with Col. Richard T. Kennedy. [See … -Effect on South Vietnam’s survival -Kissinger’s view -The President’s message to Kissinger -US-Soviet Union summit …
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… Mr. Chairman, Mr. Vice President to be, this convention, my fellow citizens of this … conferred by your trust, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. I do so with deep gratitude, …
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… 6, 1971 Time: 3:35 pm - 3:58 pm Location: Oval Office The President met with Myles J. Ambrose, John D. Ehrlichman, … B. Bull entered at an unknown time after 3:35 pm. The President's schedule -Pierre E. Trudeau meeting -Arrival time … problem -Law schools -Encouragement -Criminal law -The President’s past experience -John N. Mitchell -Federal Bureau …
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… with Americans of all creeds united to follow their president’s lead. Yes, even in support of this unlikely … commander: an amiable but ineloquent Texan who rose to the presidency even though his opponent had gotten more votes. I … is no crisis clause in the U.S. Constitution. Rather, when presidents have proclaimed emergencies — or perhaps more …
Congress’s hesitancy to do its job would have puzzled the Constitution’s framers, argues Russell Riley
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… most important law firms. In 1889, Day was nominated by President Benjamin Harrison and confirmed by the Senate for a … to sign a peace treaty to end the Spanish-American War. President William McKinley would later appoint Day to serve …
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… He was chairman of the industry advisory council of the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity … (1963-1965). He also was active in industry, becoming vice president (1957-1960), president (1960-1968), CEO …