The Kansas City political machine of Boss Tom Pendergast launched the career of this future president
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Pendergast, Thomas J., HeadquartersPDF Document  Jackson County, is a two-story brick building designed by Kansas City .... During this period, Pendergast's influence helped to launch the political career of ... political bosses, is synonymous with the term 'Political Machine.' Tom ..... The lot was perfect as the site of a new two-story brick building that would contain the future.
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Those Pre-Pro Whiskey Men!: The Whiskey Dealer and the President  Dec 2, 2013 ... Some say that Thomas J. Pendergast was just a Kansas City, ... Others say he was a high powered political boss who helped make Harry Truman the 33rd President of ... and state leadership, and directing a political machine that helped ... Tom's featured brand early in his career was Old Grimes Straight...
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Thomas Pendergast - Historic Missourians - The State Historical ...  Thomas J. Pendergast was the leader of a Kansas City political organization ... The Pendergast machine controlled local government and the Democratic Party .... gave his younger brother a job as a deputy constable in the First Ward city court. ... James had been prevented from being the undisputed boss of Kansas City by...
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Research Paper On Kansas City's Own Tom Pendergast ...  Research Paper On Kansas City's Own Tom Pendergast ... Joseph Boss Tom Pendergast helped launch the political career of future president Harry ... With the Pendergast machine pulling the strings, Kansas City was wide open, with large...
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Tom Pendergast - Wikipedia  Thomas Joseph Pendergast (July 22, 1873  January 26, 1945) was an American political boss who controlled Kansas City and Jackson County, ... The Pendergast organization helped launch the political career of Harry S. Truman, .... of the 1920s and 1930s: Tom Pendergast and The Kansas City Democratic machine.
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Missouri Tourism Escort Notes: Famous Missourians  Born in Lamar, Mo., in 1884, Truman was a Jackson County judge, a U.S. senator ... the summer White House, his first courtroom, the Truman Presidential Library and ... George Washington Carver was born a slave near Diamond, Mo; the exact day ... He created nearly 100 products made from peanuts, including cosmetics,...
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Ku Klux Klan members in United States politics - Wikipedia  Truman refused at first, but paid the Klan's $10 membership fee, and a meeting ... which operated a political machine in Jackson County, were his patrons; ... The Pendergast faction of the Democratic Party was known as the ... and assert that in later years Truman's presidency marked the first...
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Harry S. Truman - Student Resources in Context - Gale  Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1934, Truman supported President Franklin ... morning as a teenager and remained an accomplished amateur pianist throughout his life. ... Often working himself to the brink of exhaustion, Truman liked to get away .... Party and entertained the guests on the White House's Steinway grand piano...
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Presidency of Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia  On November 21, Lincoln took the train to Chicago where he would meet, for the first time, the new Vice President-elect Hannibal Hamlin. In addition to...
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VP Lyndon Johnson - U.S. Senate  Throughout his life, Lyndon Johnson never forgot the impact his father's economic ... Texan, Sam Rayburn, the future House Speaker, who guided much of his career. ... are buried in the Senate," he began their critical relationship by remarking. .... Johnson to run for reelection to the Senate at the same time that he sought...
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Charles Curtis  Everything you wanted to know about Vice-President Charles Curtis. ... Vice-President cc. Photo of Charles Curtis courtesy of The Kansas State Historical Society ... (1929 - 1933) born Jan. ... 4) 1870 - Attended school, working in livery stable during spare time 5) 1876 ... Membership - Apply for membership in Kaw Nation.
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The Presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson  Kennedy's assassination in November 1963 brought his Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson to the presidency. Dean Rusk continued to serve as Secretary of State and stressed to the new President the necessity of continuity in foreign policy.
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Political positions of Theodore Roosevelt - Wikipedia  Theodore Roosevelt (18581919) was the 26th President of the United States (190109) and also served as Governor of New York and Vice President. He is known for championing a political philosophy known as progressivism .... His four-volume history of the frontier titled The Winning of the West (18891896) had a...
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Truman Library - Alben Barkley - Harry S. Truman Library and Museum  FAQ: Who was Truman's vice-president? Alben Barkley ran for Vice-President of the United States on the 1948 Democratic ticket with President Truman.
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The Election of a Texas New Dealer: Lyndon Johnson's 1937 Race ...  He knew the sound well for he had heard it several times before. When newly-appointed Congressman Richard Kleberg offered the young ... National Youth Administration to provide employment for the nations youth. ... for Johnson's appointment by President Roosevelt as Texas State Director of the newly-created agency.
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Caterpillar | Cat Machines Paved the Way for 1950s Brazil  In 1955, the newly-appointed president of Brazil issued an unprecedented ... Juscelino Kubitscheck wanted to make the equivalent of 50 years' progress in only five ... Known as the father of modern Brazil, Kubitscheck also launched the ... Hundreds of Cat machines helped to construct the city which would serve as a...
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William M. Boyle - Wikipedia  William Marshall Boyle Jr. (February 2, 1902  August 30, 1961) was a Democratic political ... Boyle's parents were friends of Harry Truman and the future president took ... In 1941, he moved to Washington to take a job as counsel to the Truman ... Boyle's political activities came to the attention of Kansas City political boss...
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Joseph P. Kennedy: A portrait of the founder (Fortune Classics, 1963)  Apr 10, 2011 ... Inevitably Joe Kennedy's very success moves his own story into the ... by heavy investments in tax-sheltered oil ventures and municipal securities. ... He went into politics, becoming a state representative at 28 and a state senator at 32. ..... Gloria Swanson, whose attentive manager he had been since 1927.
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jeopardy/1019_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  MANHATTAN'S MUSEUM MILE | The Museum of the City of N.Y. has the derby of this governor, the first Catholic to be a major party pres. candidate | Al Smith.
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J! Archive - Show #2760, aired 1996-09-06  Thomas J. Pendergast, boss of Kansas City, launched the political career of ... 14, 1962 the doors opened to this Memphis hospital founded by Danny Thomas...
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Bob Dole - Wikipedia  Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole (born July 22, 1923) is an American politician who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996 and in the House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969. In the 1976 presidential election, Dole was the Republican Party nominee for ... In 1996, Dole secured the Republican nomination for President of the United...