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… 7:51 pm - 8:00 pm Location: White House Telephone The President talked with William P. Rogers. Supreme Court …

August 19, 1976: Remarks at the Republican National Convention

… Mr. President, Mrs. Ford, Mr. Vice President, Mr. Vice President-to-be, the distinguished guests here, you ladies …

February 19, 1851: Message Regarding Disturbance in Boston

… I have to observe that the Constitution declares that "the President shall take care that the laws be faithfully … the Army and Navy. But not so with the militia. The President can not call the militia into service, even to … law, then the Constitution itself gives the command to the President. Acting on this principle, Congress, by the act of …

January 23, 1979: State of the Union Address

… Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, members of the 96th Congress, and my … a stringent but a fair budget, one that, since I ran for President in 1976, will have cut the federal deficit in half. … help of you and the American people, I am determined, as President, to bring inflation under control. The 1980 budget …

Arthur M. Hyde (1929–1933)

… of Missouri. He served in that capacity from 1921 to 1925. President Herbert Hoover appointed him secretary of … remained in the cabinet for the duration of the Hoover presidency. Upon leaving government service, Hyde returned to …

Benjamin H. Bristow (1874–1876)

… for the Texas and Pacific Railway Company. By 1874, President Ulysses S. Grant had tapped Bristow to be his … prevented him from running as the Republican nominee for President in 1876. He resigned his cabinet post that year and …

Philip F. Thomas (1860–1861)

… of the land office court of eastern Maryland; later, at President Millard Fillmore’s request, Thomas became comptroller of the U.S. Treasury. Thomas declined President Franklin Pierce’s 1853 offer to become secretary of …

Levi Woodbury (1834–1837)

… not remain in the state legislature for long, however, as President Andrew Jackson tapped Woodbury in 1831 to be his … James K. Polk, Woodbury had his sights set on the presidency. He failed, however, in both 1844 and in 1848 to …

Levi Woodbury (1831–1834)

… not remain in the state legislature for long, however, as President Andrew Jackson tapped Woodbury in 1831 to be his … James K. Polk, Woodbury had his sights set on the presidency. He failed, however, in both 1844 and in 1848 to …

Levi Woodbury (1837–1841)

… not remain in the state legislature for long, however, as President Andrew Jackson tapped Woodbury in 1831 to be his … James K. Polk, Woodbury had his sights set on the presidency. He failed, however, in both 1844 and in 1848 to …

Robert J. Walker (1845–1849)

… as a Democrat, he served until 1845. During that year, President James K. Polk tapped him to become secretary of the … opened a law practice in Washington, D.C. He declined President Franklin Pierce’s offer, made in 1853, to serve as …

Ray L. Wilbur (1929–1933)

… Curtis Dwight Wilbur, served as secretary of the Navy for President Calvin Coolidge. He began his education at Stanford … Medical School in 1911. In 1916, Wilbur became the third President of Stanford University, a position he held until …

John T. Connor (1965–1967)

… 1955, he had risen through the ranks at Merck and become president. During his ten-year tenure, Merck's investments in … and becoming its cochair. Following Johnson's election as President, Connor was appointed secretary of commerce. In …

James V. Forrestal (1944–1945)

… returned to the financial sector and, in 1938, assumed the presidency of William A. Read & Company, becoming one of the … served for six weeks as an administrative assistant to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 before being named …

Raymond Donovan (1981–1985)

… and later with Schiavone Construction Company as vice president in charge of labor relations, financing, bonding, … insurance and real estate (1959). He became executive vice president of Schiavone in 1971. Donovan was secretary of …

Roy D. Chapin (1932–1933)

… He worked in the automotive industry and, in 1912, became president of Hudson Motor Company. Chapin toured European … and powerful and efficient engines. On August 8, 1932, President Herbert Hoover appointed Chapin to succeed Robert …

July 19, 1867: Message Regarding Reconstruction Legislation

… not provided for in the Constitution, is vested in the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, … of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of … does not provide for their appointment by the President alone, or by the courts of law, or by the heads of …