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Gore Vidal Page - University of Pittsburgh  Vidal's grandfather, Thomas P. Gore, was a popular (and populist) senator from Oklahoma - the state's first senator, and the Senate's first blind member. ... accompany his grandfather to the floor of the Senate, occasionally being permitted to sit...
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Honorable Thomas P. Gore - Oklahoma State University - Library ...  Tom rebelled at this idea. His father did not insist upon his suggestion, so the blind ... of Thomas P. Gore as United States Senator from Oklahoma, appearing.
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Thomas Gore - Wikipedia
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Thomas Gore - Wikipedia  Thomas Pryor Gore (December 10, 1870  March 16, 1949) was an American politician who served as one of the first two United States Senators from Oklahoma, from 1907 to 1921 and again from 1931 to 1937. ... Gore lost his eyesight during his youth. He was the maternal grandfather of noted author Gore Vidal.
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Gore, Thomas Pryor | Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture  Thomas P. Gore lost the sight of both eyes in two separate accidents as a ... offers for a presidential cabinet position to keep his U.S. Senate seat from Oklahoma,...
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Al Gore presidential campaign, 2000 - Wikipedia  The 2000 presidential campaign of Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States under Bill ... Prior to his announcement that he would be running in the 2000 election, Gore ... in our minds that while serving as Senator, Gore's initiatives had a significant and ...... This page was last modified on 20 October 2016, at 14:56.
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The Day - Fathers figure in Dodd race - News from southeastern ...  Oct 21, 2009 ... Chris Dodd and his Democratic challenger, Merrick Alpert of Mystic, are both ... the 2007 compilation of letters his father, Thomas J. Dodd, wrote home while ... of his father, who also represented Connecticut in the U.S. Senate.
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Prescott Sheldon Bush, Sr. (1895 - 1972) - Genealogy - Geni  Dec 8, 2015 ... US Senator. The son of Samuel Prescott Bush, he was elected as a Senator from Connecticut to the United States Senate, serving from 1952 to 1963. He was the father of 41st United States President George H. W. Bush and Grandfather of 43rd United States President George W. Bush.
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Al Gore's Mother Dies - CBS News  Dec 15, 2004 ... Pauline Gore, whose son Al became vice president and nearly captured the ... In 1936, Mrs. Gore was one of the law school's first female graduates. ... in Jackson, Tenn., before enrolling at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. She watched her husband become one of only three senators from the South who...
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Bill Clinton In Connecticut To Raise Money and Collect Award ...  Oct 16, 2015 ... Chris Dodd's father. ... Thomas Dodd represented Connecticut in the U.S. Senate for 12 ... Clinton is being honored for his commitment to human rights as ... He also told the crowd not to be discouraged by the flood of daily...
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here on this page - PBS  ANNOUNCER: Two first sons of ambitious political families. ... He was one of the greatest politicians and political minds I've ever seen. .... PETER BOYER: Down in Washington, Al Gore was also attending an elite prep school, St. Albans School for Boys. ... PETER BOYER: In high school Al was captain of the football team,...
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Thomas J. Dodd - Wikipedia  Thomas Joseph Dodd (May 15, 1907  May 24, 1971) was a United States Senator and Representative from Connecticut, He is the father of former U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd and Thomas J. Dodd, Jr., .... His son Christopher Dodd was elected to the Senate as a Connecticut Democrat in 1980. Thomas J. Dodd Memorial...
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Free Flashcards about AMERICAN HISTORY - StudyStack  12, 1917 IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FATHER FLANAGAN ... IN 1887 THIS FUTURE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE MOVED TO LINCOLN, NE ... 3 U.S. PRESIDENTS, ONE OF WHOM WAS HIS FATHER, ROBERT TODD LINCOLN.
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Russell B. Long, 84, Senator Who Influenced Tax Laws - The New ...  May 11, 2003 ... Russell B Long, Louisiana Democrat who served through four decades in US ... The son of Huey P. Long, the legendary populist known as Kingfish who as governor of Louisiana and a senator ran the state's political ... A Democrat, he exercised great influence as chairman of the Committee on Finance.
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Bush v Gore (2000)  On December 8, 2000, the Supreme Court of Florida ordered that the Circuit Court ... Vice President Gore then sought manual recounts in Volusia, Palm Beach, ... the Court explained that ''on this record, there can be no question that there are ... A ''legal vote,'' as determined by the Supreme Court, is ''one in which there is a...
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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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Al Gore, boy reporter | Nashville Post  Apr 15, 2007 ... In the meantime, Gore worked as a writer for The Tennessean, compiling an ... Al Gore returned from Vietnam a changed man. ... soldier promised "to atone for [his] sins" by attending divinity school after he returned. ... The newspaper had a longstanding record of hiring reporters with notable surnames.
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President James K. Polk  Oct 13, 2012 ... His mother was a descendant of Scottish religious reformer John Knox. ... President Polk informed Europe that he would enforce the Monroe .... On being asked, Mr. Polk at once cheerfully consented to allow his name to be used. ... know the ground which my judgment has indicated as proper for me to take.
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United States Senate elections, 2008 - Wikipedia  Elections for the United States Senate were held on November 4, 2008, with 35 of the 100 ... Republican Scott Brown won a 2010 special election to replace Democrat Ted ..... Collins was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2002 over State Sen. ..... Senator Jay Rockefeller, great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller,...
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VP Thomas Marshall - USA.gov  Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, who served two terms with President Woodrow ... One of these chores, according to Marshall, was that of regent of the ... "I do not blame proud parents for wishing that their sons might be President of the United States," he later said. ..... What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar.
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Thomas J. Dodd - Wikipedia  Thomas Joseph Dodd (May 15, 1907  May 24, 1971) was a United States Senator and Representative from Connecticut, He is the father of former U.S. Senator .... His son Christopher Dodd was elected to the Senate as a Connecticut...