Letters, 1896-1911.

Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965

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Henry Agard Wallace (October 7, 1888 – November 18, 1965) was an American politician, journalist, and farmer who served as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, the 33rd vice president of the United States, and the 10th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. He was also the presidential nominee of the left-wing Progressive Party in the 1948 election. The oldest son of Henry C. Wallace, who served as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1921 to 1924, Henry A. Wallace was born in Adair County, Iowa in...

Stewart, John Aikman, 1822-1926

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Townsend, Martin I. (Martin Ingham), 1810-1903

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Lawyer and U.S. representative from New York. From the description of Martin I. Townsend correspondence, 1876 December 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980639 ...

O'Donnell, I. D. (Ignatius Daniel), 1860-1948

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Ignatius Daniel O'Donnell was born in 1860 in Norfolk, Ontario Canada to Scot-Irish parents. When Ignatius was four, the family moved to Saginaw, Mich. In 1882 I.D. moved to the Yellowstone Valley in Montana. Five years later he married Louise Roeser of Michigan and together they had six children. O'Donnell became one of Montana's most well known farm leaders. He popularized the raising of such crops as alfalfa and sugar beets and helped establish modern methods of irrigation and re...

Smith, Walter I., 1862-1966,

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Curtis, William Eleroy, 1850-1911

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American journalist. From the description of Typed letters signed (4) : Washington, D.C., to Harper & Brothers, 1891 Apr. 27-July 28. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 81020876 Curtis was chief of the Latin-American department of the Chicago Record . From the guide to the William Eleroy Curtis Scrapbooks, 1874-1911, 1885-1911, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Traveling correspondent for two...

National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)

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The National Association of Manufacturers (N.A.M.) was organized in January 1895 as a political lobbying organization representing the interests of America's manufacturers who wanted to maintain a high protective tariff. By the beginning of the twentieth century, N.A.M. sought to curtail the power of organized labor and maintain the open shop. During the New Deal period and World War II, N.A.M. became a significant force in the Republican coalition seeking to decrease the growing role of the sta...

Wilson, James, 1835-1920

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1897-1913), Congressman from Iowa, and professor of agriculture at Iowa State University. From the description of Letters, 1896-1911. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233117045 Agriculturist, Iowa and U.S. congressman, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and Professor of Agriculture at Iowa State College. James Wilson (1835-1920) was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, the first of 14 children. The family emigrated to the U.S...