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… politics, first as a Whig and ultimately as a Democrat. President James K. Polk named Randall as postmaster for … until 1862, when he began considering an army career. President Abraham Lincoln convinced him otherwise and urged …
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… House from 1839 to 1845. When James K. Polk was elected President of the United States in 1844, he nominated close … Circuit Court. Three years later, in 1854, Johnson became president of the Bank of Tennessee, a position he held for …
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… Meigs would subsequently leave Louisiana at the behest of President Thomas Jefferson in order to serve as judge of the … general. He remained in that position for ten years under Presidents Madison and James Monroe, resigning from duty due …
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… Meigs would subsequently leave Louisiana at the behest of President Thomas Jefferson in order to serve as judge of the … general. He remained in that position for ten years under Presidents Madison and James Monroe, resigning from duty due …
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… of Columbia, a post he held for five years. In 1993, President Bill Clinton nominated Holder for the position of … of Columbia, which he held until 1997, when he became President Clinton's Deputy Attorney General. He briefly …
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… the legislation creating the Federal Reserve System. President Woodrow Wilson appointed Glass to the cabinet … on laws regulating the financial industry. He clashed with President Franklin D. Roosevelt over fundamental economic …
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… working in the family business by age seventeen and became president of the lumber business two years later. He went on … by President Harding on March 4, 1921, and was retained by Presidents Coolidge and Hoover, serving as treasury secretary …
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… working in the family business by age seventeen and became president of the lumber business two years later. He went on … by President Harding on March 4, 1921, and was retained by Presidents Coolidge and Hoover, serving as treasury secretary …
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… working in the family business by age seventeen and became president of the lumber business two years later. He went on … by President Harding on March 4, 1921, and was retained by Presidents Coolidge and Hoover, serving as treasury secretary …
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… Magoffin Humphrey was the secretary of the treasury under President Eisenhower from January 21, 1953, to May 28, 1957. … rose swiftly through the ranks to become the firm's president in 1929 and chairman of the board in 1952, leading …
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… for our meats intended for export, and clothing the President with power to exclude foreign products from our … leading to the temporary assumption of supreme power by President Fonseca; but this Government did not fail to … and after a bloody engagement captured that city. President Balmaceda at once recognized that his cause was …
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… may be specially commissioned for that purpose by the President of the United States. It also authorizes circuit … to any part of the district upon the order of the President, and there hold a court, "for the purpose of the … officers of the court must remain, upon the order of the President, "for the time therein designated." The ninth …
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… justice Abe Fortas, on a secret mission to Puerto Rico at President Johnson's behest, gives the President an update on the latest efforts to bring peace and …
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… last night I ordered U.S. military forces to Panama. No President takes such action lightly. This morning I want to … danger to the 35,000 American citizens in Panama. As President, I have no higher obligation than to safeguard the … elections last May, President Guillermo Endara and Vice Presidents Calderon and Ford, have assumed the rightful …
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… and to the practice of the Government under the earlier Presidents, who had so large a share in its formation. To the … are the most important functions entrusted to the President by the Constitution, and it may be expected that I … honor of the country. The appointing power vested in the President imposes delicate and onerous duties. So far as it …
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… he never thought he was going to carry Florida, that's--” President Nixon: We're going to get that around, aren't we? … in exile during . . . through the end of the Bay of Pigs. President Nixon: Yeah. Colson: All of his friends are down …
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… Fillmore won the Abigail Powers Fillmore, first wife of President Millard Fillmore, 1830s. (portrait) election in … Fillmore prepared to assume the responsibilities of the President's wife. Of major concern to Abigail were her social …
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… practice to Harrisburg, the state capital, and in 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him U.S. minister in … to negotiate an end to Democratic opposition to Hayes' presidency in exchange for the removal of military troops …
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… When Chester Arthur assumed the presidency after James A. Garfield's death, he was still … minimized its social calendar in deference to the late President Garfield. Nevertheless, Mary Arthur McElroy presided over a number of events and honored former First …
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… Republican Governor's Conference in 1978. He chaired the President's Commission on Federalism (1981-1982) and the …