Frank McKay papers, 1909-1965.

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973

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Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was born on August 27, 1908 at Stonewall, Texas. He was the first child of Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr., and Rebekah Baines Johnson, and had three sisters and a brother: Rebekah, Josefa, Sam Houston, and Lucia. In 1913, the Johnson family moved to nearby Johnson City, named for Lyndon''s forebears, and Lyndon entered first grade. On May 24, 1924 he graduated from Johnson City High School. He decided to forego higher education and moved to California with a few ...

Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971

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Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician. Raised in Owosso, Michigan, Dewey was a member of the Republican Party. He served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. In 1944, he was the Republican Party's nominee for president, but lost the election to incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt in the closest of Roosevelt's four presidential elections. He was again the Republican presidential nominee in 1948, but lost to President Ha...

Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944

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Wendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie; February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was an American lawyer, corporate executive and the 1940 Republican nominee for President. Willkie appealed to many convention delegates as the Republican field's only interventionist: although the U.S. remained neutral prior to Pearl Harbor, he favored greater U.S. involvement in World War II to support Britain and other Allies. His Democratic opponent, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the 1940...

Martin, Joseph W. (Joseph William), 1884-1968

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Joseph William Martin Jr. (November 3, 1884 – March 6, 1968) was an American politician who served as the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and 1953 to 1955; he represented the district covering North Attleborough, Massachusetts. He was the only Republican to serve as Speaker in a sixty-four year period from 1931 to 1995. He was a "compassionate conservative" who opposed the New Deal and supported the conservative coalition of Republicans and southern D...

Mapes, Carl E. (Carl Edgar), 1874-1939

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Republican state senator from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and U.S. congressman, 1913-1939. From the description of Carl Edgar Mapes scrapbook, 1908-1939. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423596 ...

Republican National Committee (U.S.)

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Landon was the 1936 Republican presidential nominee. He lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt, but had the second highest number of votes out of a number of contenders for the position. He was governor of Kanses, 1933-1937. From the description of Campaign Pamphlets, [1935]. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 42033301 ...

McKay, Frank D., 1883-

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Republican politician and Michigan state treasurer, 1925-1931. From the description of Frank McKay papers, 1909-1965. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 154302153 From the description of Frank D. McKay papers, 1909-1965. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778428 Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 4, 1883, Frank D. McKay left school to work in various manual labor jobs. He was a natural businessman however. As many of his ...

Republican Party (Mich.)

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Brucker, Wilber Marion, 1894-1968

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Prosecuting attorney of Saginaw County, Michigan, attorney general of Michigan, 1929-1931, governor, 1931-1932, general counsel to the Department of Defense during the Army-McCarthy Hearing, 1954-1955, and Secretary of the Army, 1955-1961. From the description of Wilber M. Brucker papers, 1877-1968. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421623 Wilber Marion Brucker, government official and governor, was born in Saginaw, Michigan, June 23, 1894, the son...

Green, Fred W. (Fred Warren), 1872-1936

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Republican governor of Michigan, 1927-1930, from Ionia. From the description of Fred Warren Green papers, 1881-1939. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34418362 Fred Warren Green was born Oct. 20, 1872, in Manistee, Michigan. He graduated from the Law School of the University of Michigan in 1898, then served in the Spanish-American War, commanding Company G, 31st Michigan Volunteer Infantry in Cuba. After the war, he practiced law in Ypsilanti, also b...

Jenkins, Guy H.

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Chief of the Lansing, Michigan bureau of Booth Newspapers, Inc. Born 1888, died 1957. From the description of Guy H. Jenkins papers, 1931-1957. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82577543 ...

Dickinson, Luren Dudley, 1859-1943

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Summerfield, Arthur E. (Arthur Ellsworth), 1899-1972

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Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield (1899-1972) was Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1952 to 1953, and served as Postmaster General of the United States from 1953 to 1961. From the description of Summerfield, Arthur E. (Arthur Ellsworth), 1899-1972 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10609665 Government official. From the description of Reminiscences of Arthur E. Summerfield : oral history, 1970. (Columbia University In the City ...

Fitzgerald, Frank D. (Frank Dwight), 1885-1939

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Michigan Secretary of State, 1931-1935; Governor of Michigan, 1935-1936 and 1939; and chairman, 1936, of the Michigan delegation to the Republican National Convention. From the description of Frank Dwight Fitzgerald papers, 1928-1944. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422452 From the description of Frank Dwight Fitzgerald papers, 1928-1944. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 79895927 ...

Groesbeck, Alexander J. (Alexander Joseph), 1873-1953

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Osborn, Chase S. (Chase Salmon), 1860-1949

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Author and newspaper editor at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, University of Michigan regent and Republican governor of Michigan, 1911-1912. From the description of Chase Salmon Osborn papers, 1889-1949. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423228 Chase S. Osborn was born in Huntington County, Indiana on January 22, 1860, the son of George A. and Margaret (Fannon) Osborn. He married Lillian G. Jones on May 7, 1881. Osborn was a newspaperman and author before becoming ...

Brake, D. Hale, 1891-1979

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Resident of Stanton, Michigan, who served as Republican state senator, Michigan state treasurer, and delegate to Michigan's 1961-1962 constitutional convention. From the description of D. Hale Brake papers, 1943-1977. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422495 ...

Comstock, William Alfred, 1877-1949

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The Republic was an association of Syracuse High School students who agreed to meet regularly to discuss current events under the guidance of William K. Wickes, a teacher at the school. From the description of Syracuse High School Republic scrapbook, 1892. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155416535 Alpena, Michigan, businessman, University of Michigan regent and Democratic governor of Michigan, 1933-1934. From the description of William ...

Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976

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Business executive and U.S. postmaster general 1933-1940. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1949. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122446088 James A. Farley was a Democratic party leader and a U.S. Postmaster General. From the description of James A. Farley letter, 1971 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122411243 Politician. From the description of Reminiscences of James Aloysius ...

Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951

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U.S. Senator from Michigan (1928-1951). From the description of Arthur H. Vandenberg papers, 1936-1941. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 620820101 Republican member of the U.S. Senate from Michigan, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and delegate to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco in 1945. From the description of Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg visual materials series [microform]. ca. 1896-1950. (University of Michigan). Wo...

Michigan. Dept. of Treasury.

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Hart, Philip A. (Philip Aloysius), 1912-1976

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U. S. Senator from Michigan, 1959-1976. From the description of Philip A. Hart sound recordings, 1959-1976. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 747430732 U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1959-1976. From the description of Philip A. Hart papers, 1948-1976. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420860 Philip A. Hart was United States Senator from Michigan, serving from 1959 until his death in December of 1976. Born in Bryn Mawr,...

Adams, Sherman, 1899-1986

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Presidential aide. From the description of Reminiscences of Sherman Adams : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122512723 Governor of New Hampshire and Assistant to President Eisenhower. From the description of Typed letters signed (2) : Washington, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1956 Nov. 2 and 1958 Sept. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867977 Governor, presidential aide. From the description ...

Hoffman, Clare E., 1875-1967

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Republican member of U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's Fourth District. From the description of Clare E. Hoffman papers, 1934-1967 (bulk 1939-1962). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419878 Clare E. Hoffman was born at Vicksburg, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 1875. He was educated in Constantine, Michigan, where his parents had moved when he was one year old. He graduated from Northwestern University Law School in 1895, and then attend...