Memoranda of Conversations (Nixon and Ford Administrations). 1973 - 1977. Ford Administration Memoranda of Conversations. 8/1974 - 1/1977. September 25, 1975 - Ford, Bipartisan Congressional Leadership

Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023

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Henry Alfred Kissinger (b. May 27, 1923, Furth, Bavaria, Germany - November 29, 2023, Kent, Connecticut) served as Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977 under both President Nixon and President Carter. He also served as National Security Advisor from 1968 to 1975 under President Nixon. He was the first person to hold both positions as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor at the same time. He was born as Heinz Alfred Kissinger but changed his name to Henry after immigrating to the U.S....

Scott, Hugh Doggett, 1900-1994

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Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. (November 11, 1900 – July 21, 1994) was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He served as Senate Minority Leader from 1969 to 1977. Born and educated in Virginia, Scott moved to Philadelphia to join his uncle's law firm. He was appointed as Philadelphia's assistant district attorney in 1926 and remained in that position until 1941. Scot...

Byrd, Robert C. (Robert Carlyle), 1917-2010

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In every corner of West Virginia, the people of the Mountain State knew that there was one man on whom they could always depend: U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd. He always remained true to his faith and his family, while he worked to build a better future for his state and his country. In the Senate, Robert Byrd worked for the people — better jobs; health care that is affordable and close to home; a good future for our children and grandchildren. Each day in the Senate, Robert Byrd focused on bui...

Rumsfeld, Donald, 1932-2021

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Donald Henry Rumsfeld (July 9, 1932 – June 29, 2021) was an American politician, government official and businessman who served as Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under Gerald Ford, and again from 2001 to 2006 under George W. Bush. He was both the youngest and the second-oldest person to have served as Secretary of Defense. Additionally, Rumsfeld was a three-term U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1963–1969), director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1969–1970), counsellor to the presi...

Cheney, Richard B. (Richard Bruce), 1941-

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Richard Bruce Cheney (born January 30, 1941) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He has been cited as the most powerful vice president in American history. He is also one of the most unpopular politicians in the history of the US, holding an approval rating of just 13% at the time of leaving office. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Cheney grew up there and later in Casper, Wyoming. He attended Yale and then the Univ...

Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

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Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., the son of Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents separated two weeks after his birth, and his mother took him to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to live with her parents. On February 1, 1916, approximately two years after her divorce was final, Dorothy King married Gerald R. Ford, a Grand Rapids paint salesman. The Fords began calling her son Gerald ...

Scowcroft, Brent, 1925-2020

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Brent Scowcroft (b. Mar. 19, 1925, Ogden, Utah), retired air force officer and government official. From the description of Scowcroft, Brent, 1925- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10567887 ...

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979

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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977, and previously as the 49th governor of New York from 1959 to 1973. He also served as assistant secretary of State for American Republic Affairs for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (1944–1945) as well as under secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954....

Albert, Carl Bert, 1908-2000

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From 1971 to 1976 Carl Albert served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, the highest elected public office held by an Oklahoman. On May 10, 1908, Albert was born at the Bolen-Darnell mining camp near McAlester to Ernest Homer and Leona Ann Scott Albert. He was the oldest of five children. A few years later the family moved to a farm near Bugtussle (also called Flowery Mound), and Albert attended primary school. In 1923 he enrolled at McAlester High School, his worn overalls belying ...

O'Neill, Tip, 1912-1994

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Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr., in full Thomas Phillip O’Neill, Jr., byname Tip O’Neill, (born December 19, 1912, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.—died January 5, 1994, Boston, Massachusetts), American politician who served as a Democratic representative from Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives (1953–87) and as speaker of the House (1977–86). He was a tireless advocate for social causes, and he frequently expressed his belief that it is the responsibility of the government to contribute to ...

Zarb, Frank G.

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Frank G. Zarb was born in 1935 in Brooklyn, New York. He received a B.B.A. from Hofstra University in 1957, served in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1958, was a management trainee for Cities Service Oil Company from 1958 to 1962, and received an M.B.A. from Hofstra University in 1962. He was a general partner for Goodbody and Company from 1962 to 1969, and was Executive Vice President for Hayden Stone, Inc., 1969 to 1971. He briefly served as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Administration in 1972, ...

Loen, Vernon Carroll, 1931-

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O'Donnell, Patrick Emmett, 1937-

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Anderson, John B. (John Bayard), 1922-2017

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John Bayard Anderson (February 15, 1922 – December 3, 2017) was a United States politician from Illinois. As a member of the Republican Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois's 16th congressional district from 1961 to 1981. In 1980, he ran an independent campaign for president, receiving 6.6% of the popular vote. Born in Rockford, Illinois, Anderson practiced law after serving in the Army during World War II. After a stint in the United States Fo...

Greenspan, Alan, 1926-

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McFall, John J.

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Biography U.S. Representative John J. McFall, Democrat of Manteca (Calif.), served eleven terms in Congress (1957-78). He represented San Joaquin, Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mono, Tuolumne and portions of Sacramento and Stanislaus counties. McFall was Majority Whip during the 93rd & 94th Congresses and was three times elected Speaker Pro Tempore. His committee assignments included Appropriations, Transportation and Defense. ...

Mansfield, Michael Joseph "Mike", 1903-2001

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Mike Mansfield Quiet Leadership in Troubled Times On March 24, 1998, Mike Mansfield returned to the Senate to deliver the first Leader's Lecture in the Old Senate Chamber, which had been restored during his long tenure as Senate majority leader. Many of the senators who attended had not served with Mansfield. He was 95 years old, but stood straight and spoke forthrightly. In reflecting on Senate leadership, he chose to deliver a speech that he had planned to give on November 22, 1963, but ...

Lynn, James T., 1927-2010

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Friedersdorf, Max L.

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Max Lee Friedersdorf was born on July 7, 1929 in Grammar, Indiana. He received a B.A. from Franklin College in 1952. He was city editor for the Franklin Evening Star from 1952 to 1955, and a reporter for the Louisville Times, Indianapolis News, and the Chicago Daily News from 1955 to 1960. He was Administrative Assistant to Congressman Richard Roudebush from 1961 to 1970, and he served as Associate Director for Congressional Relations in the Office of Economic Opportunity, 1970 to 1971. Frieders...

Kendall, William Thomas, 1921-

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Leppert, Charles, 1932-

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Curtis, Carl T. (Carl Thomas), 1905-

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Nessen, Ron, 1934-....

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Ronald Harold Nessen was born on May 25, 1934 in Washington, D.C. From 1952 to 1954, he was a student at Shepherd College in Shepherdstown, West Virginia and a radio newscaster for WEPM in Martinsburg, West Virginia. From 1954 to 1955 he was a radio newscaster for WARL in Arlington, Virginia, and from 1955 to 1956 he was a writer for the Montgomery County Sentinel in Rockville, Maryland. He was a part-time student at American University from 1954 to 1959, and graduated with a B.A. in 1959. He wo...

Loeffler, Thomas Gilbert, 1946-

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Wolthuis, Robert K., 1935-

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Moss, Frank E., 1911-2003

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Frank Edward Moss (b. Sept. 23, 1911, Salt Lake City, Utah-d. Jan. 29, 2003, Salt Lake City), U.S. Senator from Utah, graduated from the George Washington University Law School in 1937. He served as judge advocate in the European Theater with the Air Corps during World War II, from 1942 to 1945 and was a colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. He was elected as a Democrat to the Senate in 1958, serving from 1959 to 1977. From the description of Moss, Frank E., 1911-2003 (U.S. National...

Buchen, Philip W. (Philip William), 1916-

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Philip William Buchen was born on February 27, 1916 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He received an A.B. from the University of Michigan in 1939, and a J.D. from Michigan in 1941. In 1941 he set up a law partnership in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his Michigan fraternity brother, Gerald R. Ford, and worked for the firm until 1942. He was a partner in the law firm of Butterfield, Keeney & Amberg in Grand Rapids, from 1943 to 1947, and he was a partner with the law firm of Amberg, Law & Buchen in G...

Marsh, John O., 1926-

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John O. Marsh Jr. has had a long and distinguished career of national public service. He began his public service as an Army lieutenant serving with the Army of Occupation of Germany, 1945-1947, and ended his career as Secretary of the Army, 1981-1989. He held the office of Secretary of the Army longer than any previous Secretary. From the description of John O. Marsh photograph collection. 1983-1989. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 48914510 ...

Hartmann, Robert Trowbridge, 1917-2008

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Robert Trowbridge Hartmann was born in 1917 in Rapid City, South Dakota, and moved with his family to Beverly Hills, California when he was young. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1934, and received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1928. He worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, 1939 to 1941, and then entered active duty in the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1941. During World War II, he served in Pacific operations as command press officer and naval censor, 1941 to 1945. He retu...

Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986

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James Oliver Eastland (b. November 28, 1904, Doddsville, Mississippi-d. February 19, 1986, Doddsville, Mississippi) was a U.S. Senator from Mississippi. Eastland began his career as a lawyer practicing in Mississippi. He then went on to serve as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1928-1931. In 1941, Eastland served a temporary appointment to the U.S. Senate to fill a vacant seat made by the death of Pat Harrison. Eastland was then officially elected as a Democrat to the U....

Cannon, James M., 1918-2011

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James Monroe Cannon was born on February 26, 1918 in Sylacauga, Alabama. He received a B.S. from the University of Alabama in 1939, and served in the U.S. Army from 1939 to 1940. He worked for Burroughs Adding Machine Company from 1940 to 1941, and again served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1946. Cannon went on to work as an reporter and editor for several publications: Reporter for the Potsdam (NY) Herald-Recorder, 1947 to 1948; Reporter for the Gloversville (NY) Leader-Republican, 1948 to 1949...

Morton, Rogers C. B. (Rogers Clark Ballard), 1914-1979

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Kentucky native, U.S. senator from Md., secretary of the interior, and secretary of commerce. From the description of Rogers C.B. Morton : miscellaneous papers, 1863-1976. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49254347 Maryland congressman, RNC Chair, Secretary of Interior and Commerce. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Morton left for Maryland in 1950, to seek a political career apart from his brother Thruston, who represented Kentucky i...

Michel, Robert H., 1923-

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