Robert Barnes Papers, 1962-1964
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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...
United States. Congress. House
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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. From the guide to the Subscription lists, 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions...
Segni, Antonio.
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Antonio Segni (1891-1972), twice the prime minister of Italy, was president of the Italian Republic from 1962 to 1964. From the description of Segni, Antonio, 1891-1972 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10597960 ...
Garner, John Nance, 1868-1967
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John Nance Garner was born on November 22, 1868, in post-Civil War Texas. He grew up in a log cabin at Blossom Prairie in Red River County in Northeast Texas. His father, John Nance Garner III, came to Texas from Tennessee, served in the Confederate army, and settled after the war in Red River County. The elder Garner became a successful cotton farmer and local politician in his home county. Garner's mother, Sarah Guest Garner, the daughter of a banker, encouraged her son's education. The young ...
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...
Barnes, Robert
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Robert Barnes served as a page in the U.S. House of Representatives and as a personal page for House Speaker John McCormack in the early 1960s. From the description of Robert Barnes papers, 1962-1964 [manuscript]. (East Carolina University). WorldCat record id: 47669508 ...
McCormack, John W. (John William), 1891-1980
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John William McCormack (December 21, 1891 – November 22, 1980) was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts. An attorney and a Democrat, McCormack served in the United States Army during World War I, and afterwards won terms in both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Massachusetts State Senate before winning election to the United States House of Representatives. He became the 45th Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1962. McCormack enjoyed a long House career (192...
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
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Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn was born on January 6, 1882, in a rural area of Roane County, Tennessee. At age five, Rayburn, along with his parents and nine siblings, moved to a forty-acre cotton farm in Flag Springs, Texas. One more child was born after the move to Texas, and every member of the family had to do their share to make the farm profitable. Rayburn's interest in government coincided with the family's move, and it has been suggested that his curiosity intensified due to the "great golden...
Cox, Edward E. (Edward Eugene), 1880-1952
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Edward Eugene Cox (b. Apr. 3, 1880-d. Dec. 24, 1952), U.S. congressman. From the description of Cox, Edward E. (Edward Eugene), 1880-1952 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10598742 ...
Rainey, Henry Thomas, 1860-1934
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Henry Thomas Rainey (August 20, 1860 – August 19, 1934) was a prominent American politician during the first third of the 20th century. A member of the Democratic Party from Illinois, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and from 1923 to his death. He rose to Speaker of the House, during the famous Hundred days of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. Rainey attended the public schools and Knox Academy and Knox College, Galesburg, Ill. He transferred to, and grad...
