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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

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...

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 ...

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978

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Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. He was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1968 presidential election, losing to Republican nominee Richard Nixon. Born in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota. At one point he helped run his ...

National Conference on Social Welfare. Forum

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Records of the NCSW's Project on the Federal Social Role, which investigated the role of the federal government in relation to issues such as social policy, taxation, social security, medicare, privatization, race, employment, and democratic. Alan Pifer and Forrest Chisman directed the project. From the description of National Conference on Social Welfare records, supplement 2, 1983-1987. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63291469 From the guide to ...

Rhode Island. General Assembly. House of Representatives

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Green, Theodore Francis, 1867-1966

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Brown University class of 1887. At different times lawyer with Green, Hinckley and Allen; and with Green, Curran, and Hart. Instructor in law at Brown University. Governor of Rhode Island. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1907-1938]. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122365837 U.S. senator and governor of Rhode Island and lawyer. From the description of Theodore Francis Green papers, 1924-1960 (bulk 1937-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 75382875 ...

Robert E. Quinn, 1894-1975

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Robert Emmet Quinn was born on April 2, 1894 in Phenix, R.I., in what is now West Warwick, R. I., to Charles Quinn and Mary Ann (McCabe) Quinn. He graduated from Brown University in 1915 and completed his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1918. During World War I, Quinn served in France with the American Diplomatic Service and upon returning to the United States joined the law firm of his uncle, Col. Patrick Henry Quinn. It was through his uncle, who was...

Fogarty, John Edward, 1913-1967

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U.S. representative from Rhode Island. From the description of John Edward Fogarty memorial, 1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450284 U.S. representative from Rhode Island; originally a bricklayer; of Providence and Harmony, R.I. From the description of Papers, 1939-1967. (Providence College, Phillips Memorial Library). WorldCat record id: 70925276 John E. Fogarty served in the United States House of Representatives for twe...

Condon, Francis B. (Francis Bernard), 1891-1965

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Forand, Aimé Joseph, 1895-1972

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Legislator. From the description of Reminiscences of Aime Joseph Forand : oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528105 Aime Joseph Forand served as a congressional member from the 1st Congressional District of Rhode Island to the United States House of Representative for twenty-two years, and was an important advocate for senior citizens, the disabled, and the unemployed. Forand’s monumental work t...

Pastore, John O. (John Orlando), 1907-2000

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