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People Leaders Taft - U.S. Senate  In 1947, Republican Senator Robert A. Taft was at the peak of his power, commanding ... The labor-restricting Taft-Hartley Act survived Truman's veto and won Taft the ... indeed, the title "majority leader" would not precede his name until 1953. ... Ohio and the Phillippines, where his father, William Howard Taft, served as the...
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Robert A. Taft - Ohio History Central  Portrait of Senator Robert A. Taft at his desk, 1949. Taft served as United States Senator from Ohio from 1939 until 1953 when he ... He was a candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 1940, ... In 1938, Taft won election to the United States Senate. ... Taft died on July 31, 1953, during his third Senate term.
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Robert A. Taft - Wikipedia  Robert Alphonso Taft (September 8, 1889  July 31, 1953) was a conservative American politician, statesman, and presidential hopeful who served as a United States Senator from Ohio from 1939 until his death in 1953. A member of the Republican Taft political family, he was the elder son of ... He failed in his quests to win the Republican Party's presidential nomination...
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Robert Alphonso Taft, Sr (1889 - 1953) - Find A Grave Memorial  A member of the Republican Party and a conservative, he served as a representative from the state of Ohio in the US Senate from 1939 until his death in 1953 and was ... Elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1930, he was defeated for re-election in ... In 1938 he ran for the US Senate and defeated the Democratic incumbent...
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U. S. Senator Robert Alphonso Taft b. 8 Sep 1889 Cincinnati ...  Died, 31 Jul 1953, New York, New York Co., NY Find all individuals with events .... elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1938; reelected in 1944 ... from the state of Ohio in the US Senate from 1939 until his death in 1953 and was ... In 1953, following Eisenhower's election, he served as the Senate Majority...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia  Franklin Delano Roosevelt commonly known as FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. A Democrat, he won a record four presidential elections and dominated his .... Frequent trips to Europehe made his first at the age of two, and went with...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia  Franklin Delano Roosevelt commonly known as FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. A Democrat, he won a record four presidential elections and dominated his ..... In this campaign for re-election, Roosevelt needed the good will of the...
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Abraham Lincoln Pre-Presidential Political Timeline  In 1856 he joined the newly formed Republican Party; two years later he ran for the U.S. Senate, ... By 1860 he became the first Republican to win a presidential election. ... Loses bid for Senate when Illinois legislature elects Lyman Trumbull ... Out-of-State Influences and the Lincoln-Douglas Campaign of 1858 (JISHS)
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Robert A. Taft - Wikipedia  Robert Alphonso Taft (September 8, 1889  July 31, 1953) was a conservative American politician, statesman, and presidential hopeful who served as a United States Senator from Ohio from 1939 until his death in 1953. A member of the Republican Taft political family, he was the elder son of .... In 1925 he voted against a bill, sponsored by Ohio state representatives who...
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THE 1998 ELECTIONS - STATE BY STATE -- NORTHEAST - NEW ...  Nov 4, 1998 ... Representative Charles E. Schumer defeated the incumbent Republican, Alfonse M. D'Amato, marking the end of 18 years in the Senate for the emotive ''Senator Pothole. ... Mr. D'Amato and Mr. Schumer, a veteran Brooklyn Congressman, ... Chart: ''New York Voters'' In the race for a U.S. Senate seat, the...
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Warren G. Harding - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com  Warren Harding's presidency was rocked by scandal, including one that ... in 1898 by winning election to the Ohio senate, where he served until 1903. He was Ohio's lieutenant governor from 1904 to 1906 but lost his bid for the governorship in ... It was the first presidential election in which women across the United States...
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Robert A. Taft - Wikipedia  Robert Alphonso Taft (September 8, 1889  July 31, 1953) was a conservative American politician, statesman, and presidential hopeful who served as a United States Senator from Ohio ... They had four sons: William Howard Taft III (19151991), who became ambassador to Ireland; Robert Alphonso Taft Jr. (19171993),...
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Benjamin Tappan - Wikipedia  Resting place, Union Cemetery. Political party, Democratic. Benjamin Tappan (May 25, 1773  April 20, 1857) was an Ohio judge and Democratic politician who served in the Ohio State Senate and the United States Senate. ... Tappan was censured on May 10, 1844 for disclosing the terms of a secret message from...
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List of United States Senators from West Virginia - Wikipedia  This is a list of United States Senators from West Virginia. Its senators belong to Classes 1 and .... June, 19, 1935, Senator-elect was not yet qualified to serve. ... but delayed term to finish term as Governor of West Virginia, January 15, 1985  ... The most recent Class 2 senator to die was Jennings Randolph (1958-1985) on...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt - Ohio History Central  Cox was defeated in the 1920 Presidential Election by fellow Ohioan Warren G. Harding. ... Warren G. Harding, the Republican presidential candidate and another ... to politics, actively campaigning for Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic Party's ... Thanks to Roosevelt's leadership, the United States emerged victorious in World...
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Grover Cleveland - Wikipedia  Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837  June 24, 1908) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. He won the popular vote for three presidential elections  in 1884, 1888, and .... After his term as sheriff ended, Cleveland returned to his law practice, opening...
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Harry S. Truman - Wikipedia  Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884  December 26, 1972) was an American politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States (194553). He served as a United States Senator from Missouri (193545) and briefly as ... After the war, he briefly owned a haberdashery in Kansas City, Missouri, and joined the...
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Robert A. Taft | American politician | Britannica.com  ... won him the sobriquet Mr. Republican; his failure to receive the presidential. ... The son of William Howard Taft, 27th president of the United States (190913), ... the Ohio House of Representatives (192126) and in the state senate (193132). ... as Robert A. Taft was called, was the eldest child of United States president...
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Strom Thurmond, Foe of Integration, Dies at 100 - The New York Times  Jun 27, 2003 ... By ADAM CLYMER JUNE 27, 2003 ... the South and the longest-serving senator in American history, died yesterday in Edgefield, S.C. He was 100. ... In those last years, he had to be helped on and off the Senate floor by aides, .... But in 1954, Senator Burnet R. Maybank died two days before the deadline...
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Grover Cleveland - Wikipedia  Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837  June 24, 1908) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. He won the popular vote for three presidential elections  in 1884, 1888, and .... After his father died in 1853, he again left school so as to help support his...
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United States Senate elections, 1918 - Wikipedia  The 1918 U.S. Senate election was held November 5, 1918 coinciding with the midpoint of .... Michigan  William Alden Smith, Republican, Retired Republican hold ... Special, Christie Benet, Democratic, Appointee lost election to finish term