[Guide to the J. Lyons Moore papers 1932-1969.]

Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w697088x (person)

Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. Raised in Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in numerous positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department. In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and he was a me...

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6776605 (person)

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

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66793pq (person)

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 ...

Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6387zpq (person)

John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Bray, William J., 1903-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62j9t09 (person)

William J. Bray was born in 1903. He served in the following capacities: Special Assistant to John R. Steelman in the White House, 1947 to 1949; assistant on the 1948 presidential campaign train; Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, 1949 to 1952; Assistant Chairman, Democratic National Committee, 1952; and Assistant Postmaster General, 1952. From the description of Bray, William J., 1903- (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10571468 ...

Moore, J. Lyons, 1903-1969

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pz8r52 (person)

J. Lyons Moore was born in 1903 in New Albany, Indiana. He began his service with the Democratic Party while he was an executive in the Indiana State Highway Department. In 1944 he was asked to serve with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in Franklin Delano Roosevelt's fourth presidential campaign by Indiana Governor Paul McNutt. From 1948 to 1964 Moore served as the Assistant Comptroller of the Committee. In addition to this position, Moore also held various othe...

Democratic National Committee (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fn4z83 (corporateBody)

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61s7dgz (person)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Moore, Marian Gilmore

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6283pcj (person)