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… (1785-1789).In recognition of Osgood's national service, President George Washington named him the nation's first … Revenue for the District of New York by appointment of President Thomas Jefferson (1800-1803). In 1803, Jefferson …
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… first as a Whig and then as Republican, before becoming President Ulysses S. Grant’s secretary of state, a post he … his cabinet post -- apparently because of ill health -- President Grant appointed him to the less strenuous but still …
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… on an interim basis until 1817, while newly elected President James Monroe looked for a more permanent candidate. … in 1818, Graham returned to the nation's capital to become president of the Washington branch of the Bank of the United …
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… Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation. In 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Perez to serve as assistant … expressed concern about his appointment. Although President Obama nominated him in March 2013, Perez's …
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… graduated from Emory College in 1845, married the college president’s daughter, and was admitted to the Georgia bar in … supported the Democratic nomination of Jefferson Davis for president and wrote the secession ordinance for his adopted …
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… served as chairman of the Republican State Committee for President McKinley in 1896. Following McKinley's victory in … the 1896 presidential election, and at the urging of the President-elect and Elihu Root, Bliss accepted and was …
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… of Garret A. Hobart (who would later serve as vice president from 1897-1900). Griggs ran for and won a seat in … remained in that body from 1883 to 1888, serving as its president in the process. Griggs refused an appointment by …
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… instead to establish an investment company. In 1992, President-elect Bill Clinton tapped Peña -- who had advised … Peña had planned to leave Clinton's cabinet after the President's first term, he was persuaded to remain in the …
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… to chairman of the state conservation commission. As President, Roosevelt tapped Morgenthau to be chairman of the … but resigned over a disagreement with the new President. After leaving the cabinet, he served as chairman …
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… of all the related Edison industries, assuming the presidency of Thomas A. Edison, Inc., in 1926. After Franklin D. Roosevelt became President, Edison served as a member of the New Jersey State …
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… of Labor from 1929 to 1933. When Roosevelt became President, he tapped Perkins to become secretary of labor, … a member of the Federal Civil Service Commission under President Harry S. Truman (1946-1952).After leaving …
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… service in 1945 and was immediately sent to China by President Harry S. Truman in an attempt to mediate the … 1949, due largely to his worsening health. Nevertheless, President Truman offered him the position of secretary of …
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… to chairman of the state conservation commission. As President, Roosevelt tapped Morgenthau to be chairman of the … but resigned over a disagreement with the new President. After leaving the cabinet, he served as chairman …
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… service in 1945 and was immediately sent to China by President Harry S. Truman in an attempt to mediate the … due largely to his worsening health. Nevertheless, he President Truman offered him the position of secretary of …
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… secretary of the interior. When Ickes resigned in 1946, President Harry Truman named Chapman to be the acting … as secretary later that year. After Krug resigned in 1949, President Truman named Chapman to the position, where he …
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… of slavery during Millard Fillmore's term in office, the President had a foreign policy agenda that emphasized … was blamed largely on Fillmore. Southerners condemned the President for not supporting the invasion; Northern Democrats …
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… on the edge of what we call the Middle East. But every President who has occupied this office in recent years has … Lebanon has formed a government under the leadership of President Gemayal, and that government, with our assistance … warring factions together. This coming Monday in Geneva, President Gemayel of Lebanon will sit down with other …
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… Whereas the President of the United States, on the 8th day of December, … order, and freedom may be established, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do proclaim and declare that … who have taken the oath of amnesty as prescribed in the President's proclamation of December 8, A. D. 1863, or an …
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… is true that on a sudden emergency of this character the President would direct any armed force in the vicinity to … to Congress the passage of an act authorizing the President, under such restrictions as they may deem proper, … so the executive government of the United States. If the President orders a vessel of war to any of these ports to …
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… (1982). During the Reagan administration, he worked on the President's Commission on Strategic Forces (1983), the … Commission on Security and Economic Assistance (1983), the President's Commission on Executive, Legislative, and …