Papers of Helen Taft Manning, 1908-1956 (bulk 1917-1929).

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Papers of Helen Taft Manning, 1908-1956 (bulk 1917-1929).

Correspondence, chiefly letters (1917-1929) from her father, William Howard Taft, concerning family matters, events in Washington, politics, and the Supreme Court. Also included are a few letters from her mother, Helen Herron Taft, and her brother, Robert A. Taft, Sr., and a photocopy of a letter from John F. Kennedy.

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United States. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

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Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930

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Manning, Helen Taft, 1891-1987

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Educator. From the description of Reminiscences of Helen Taft Manning : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122343108 Professor of history and dean of Bryn Mawr College. Born Helen Herron Taft, daughter of President William Howard Taft; married Frederick Johnson Manning in 1920. From the description of Papers of Helen Taft Manning, 1908-1956 (bulk 1917-1929). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81788072 ...

Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1853

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Robert A. Taft More than "Mr. Republican" In 1947, Republican Senator Robert A. Taft was at the peak of his power, commanding a coalition of conservative Republicans and southern Democrats to thwart President Harry S. Truman's domestic agenda. Taft's most impressive achievement came in June. The labor-restricting Taft-Hartley Act survived Truman's veto and won Taft the admiration of the press corps. Yet he did not seek the highest political office in the Senate; indeed, the title "majority...

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

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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...