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… and by 1932 he was an enthusiastic supporter of Franklin Roosevelt. When Roosevelt took office, he made Wallace his … involved in World War II, Wallace's duties expanded as Roosevelt's attention was absorbed by international affairs. …
Presidential Biographies
… and by 1932 he was an enthusiastic supporter of Franklin Roosevelt. When Roosevelt took office, he made Wallace his … involved in World War II, Wallace's duties expanded as Roosevelt's attention was absorbed by international affairs. …
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… have a big personality, especially compared to Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson; 2) Coolidge’s …
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… Inaugural speech -Theme -Quotability -Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt -Lyndon B. Johnson -1968 speech -\"Lower our … -Military and economic power -Loss of spirit -Franklin D. Roosevelt -American problems -Change -Role of … 1968 acceptance speech -Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, and [Thomas] Woodrow …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… I think Senator Kennedy wishes that he’d been in the [Franklin D.] Roosevelt Cabinet so that they wouldn’t have taken on only … Young The American Medical Association was, way back in Roosevelt’s time, in favor of a social-insurance policy, …
Presidential Biographies
… manager, fellow Texan Sam Rayburn, held a meeting with Franklin Roosevelt's campaign manager, and they reached an agreement …
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… the top. The second spot on the ticket went to the popular Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, who would become the nation's … to the political strategy associated with the pre-Roosevelt days, Harding conducted a front-porch campaign in …
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… Truman emerged as a reliable ally of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" programs and built especially strong … spending. Truman convinced the Senate leadership and the Roosevelt administration to make him head of a special Senate …
Presidential Biographies
… National Governors' Conference (1929-1930).When President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him secretary of war in 1933, he did so …
Oral History Interviews
| Gerald Ford Project… it wasn’t . And what it consciously wasn’t was a Roosevelt system: finding different people, giving them … we invented this wheel because I think [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] FDR tried to have a spokes-of-the-wheel approach, … Hess is probably wrong on his idea that you can do it like Roosevelt, get two or three guys in and come up with a bunch …
Oral History Interviews
| Bill Clinton Project… Washington, D.C. … of that. But that always struck me. There are people I’d run across during those days who had done something good. I … in AmeriCorps and welfare reform. It’s [Harry] Truman and [Franklin D.] Roosevelt’s tough-minded internationalism. I think …
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… assistant secretary of war (1933-1936) under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Woodring became acting secretary after the death …
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… served in that body until 1941, at which time President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him associate justice of the Supreme …
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… in 1924 and was a major supporter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs. From 1938 until 1943, Vinson …
Presidential Biographies
… brief stint in Kentucky, Krug, at the request of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, went to work as the head of power operations for … in 1938. Two years later, he was in Costa Rica, again at Roosevelt's request, to manage the country's utilities. When …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… office. It was more about [Philip A.] Hart-[Hugh D.] Scott-[Peter W.] Rodino filings. My opportunities were … forget on the Drug-Free Communities Act he comes into the Roosevelt Room to sign it. I'm right there in the front row … largest civic engagement initiative in government since [Franklin] Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps in terms of …
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… fight against the Great Depression in the 1930s and for Franklin Roosevelt’s mobilization policies during World War II. He was …
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… very least, with his father being an influential figure in Franklin Roosevelt’s administration, JFK might have performed …
After an agonizing journey stranded at sea, a young John F. Kennedy carved an SOS message into the husk.
Presidential Biographies
… retirement of Chief Justice Charles Evan Hughes, President Franklin Roosevelt appointed him Chief Justice of the Supreme …
Oral History Interviews
| George W. Bush Project… Washington, D.C. … Oh, good, all right, good. You can refresh me. I wish I'd had time to reread it, because it's a compelling story, … Kaplan, would have been there, all around the table in the Roosevelt Room, with the Vice President. Hank presented a … made note of it, he said, "If this is [Herbert] Hoover or [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt, for damn sure I'm going to be …