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William
McKinley - 25th President
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Born:
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January 29, 1843, Niles , Ohio
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Ancestry:
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Scotch-Irish and English
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Religion:
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Methodist
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Education:
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Attended Allegheny College , 1860
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Wife:
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Ida Saxton, 1847-1907
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Married:
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January 25, 1871 , Canton , Ohio
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Children:
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Katherine, 1871-1875
Ida, 1873
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Career:
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Soldier , U.S. Army, 1861-1865
Major , U.S. Army, 1865
Lawyer,
1867-
Member of United States Congress, 1877-1891 Governor of Ohio, 1892-1896
President of the United States, 1897-1901
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Political Party:
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Republican
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1st Inauguration:
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March 4, 1897 , The Capitol, Washington, D.C.
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Vice President:
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Garret A. Hobart of New Jersey , 1844-1899 (died in office)
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2nd Inauguration:
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March 4, 1901 , The Capitol, Washington, D.C.
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Vice President:
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Theodore Roosevelt of New York , 1858-1919
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Died:
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September 14, 1901 , Buffalo , New York
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Cause of Death:
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Assassinated, shot September 6, 1901, Buffalo , New York
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Burial Place:
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McKinley State Memorial and Tomb, Canton , Ohio
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Theodore Roosevelt - 26th President
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Born:
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October 27, 1858 , New York City , New York
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Ancestry:
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Dutch, Scotch, English, Huguenot
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Religion:
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Reformed Dutch
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Education:
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Graduate of Harvard University , 1880 Studied law at Colombia University
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First Wife:
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Alice Hathaway Lee 1861-1864
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First Marriage:
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October 27, 1880 , Brookline , Massachusetts
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Children:
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Alice Lee, 1884-1981
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Second Wife:
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Edith Kermit Carow , 1861-1948
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Second Marriage:
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December 2, 1886 , London , England
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Children:
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Theodore, 1887-1944
Kermit, 1889-1943
Ethel Carow , 1891-1977
Archibald, 1894-1979
Quentin, 1897-1918
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Career:
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Member of New York State Assembly, 1882-1884
Rancher in North
Dakota , 1884-1886
Member of U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1889-1895
President
of New York City Police Board, 1895-1897
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1897-1898
Colonel of Rough Riders, 1898
Governor of New York , 1898-1900
Vice President
of the United States,
1901 President of the United States, 1901-1909 Leader
of African Expedition, 1909-1910
Leader of South American Expedition, 1913-1914
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Political Party:
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Republican, Progressive
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1st Inaguration :
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September 14, 1901 , Buffalo , New York Succeeded to Presidency following the
death of McKinley
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Vice President:
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None
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2nd Inaguration:
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March 4, 1905 , The Capitol, Washington , D.C.
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Vice President:
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Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana , 1852-1918
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Died:
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January 16, 1919 , Oyster Bay , New York
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Cause of Death:
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Embolism
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Burial Place:
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Young’s Memorial Cemetery , Oyster Bay , New York
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William
Taft - 27th President
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Born:
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September 15, 1857, Cincinnati
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Ancestry:
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Scotch-Irish and English
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Religion:
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Unitarian
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Education:
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Graduate of Yale University , 1878 Graduate of Cincinnati Law School , 1880
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Wife:
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Hellen Herron “Nellie,” 1861-1943
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Married:
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June 19, 1886 , Cincinnati , Ohio
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Children:
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Robert Alphonso , 1889-1953
Helen, 1891-1987
Charles Phelps, 1897-1917
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Occupations:
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Lawyer, 1880-
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Hamilton County ( Ohio ) Ohio
Superior Court Judge, 1887-1890
United States Solicitor General, 1890-1892
United
States Circuit Court Judge, 1892-1900
Governor of Philippines, 1901-1904
Secretary
of War, 1904-1908
President of the United States, 1909-1913
Professor of Law,
Yale University, 1913-1921
Chief Justice of United States Supreme Court, 1921-1930
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Political Party:
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Republican Party
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Inauguration:
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March 4, 1909 , House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
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Vice President:
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James S. Sherman of New York , 1855-1912 (died in office)
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Died:
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March 8, 1930 , Washington , D.C.
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Cause of Death:
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Debility
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Burial Place:
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Arlington National Cemetery , Washington , D.C.
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Woodrow
Wilson - 28th President
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Born:
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December 28, 1856, Staunton , Virginia
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Ancestry
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Scottish-Irish
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Religion:
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Presbyterian
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Education:
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Graduated Princeton University , 1879
Graduated University of Virginia
Law School, 1882
Graduated Johns Hopkins University , Doctorate, 1886
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First Wife:
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Ellen Louise Axson , 1860-1914
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First Marriage:
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June 24, 1885 , Savannah , Georgia
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Children:
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Margaret Woodrow, 1886-1944 Jessie Woodrow, 1887-1932 Eleanor Randolph, 1889-1967
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Second Wife:
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Edith Bolling Galt 1872-1961
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Second Marriage:
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December 18, 1915 , Washington , D.C.
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Career:
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Professor of History, Bryn Mawr College , 1885-1888
Professor
of History, Wesleyan College , 1888-1890
Professor of History, Princeton University
, 1890-1902
President ofPrinceton University, 1902-1910
Governor of New Jersey,
1911-1913
President of the United States, 1913-1921
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Political Party:
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Democratic
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1st Inauguration:
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March 4, 1913 , The Capitol, Washington , D.C.
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Vice President:
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Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana , 1854-1925
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2nd Inauguration:
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March 5, 1917 , The Capitol, Washington, D.C.
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Vice President:
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Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana , 1854-1925
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Died:
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February 3, 1924 , Washington , D.C.
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Cause of Death:
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Apoplexy
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Burial Place:
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Washington National Cathedral, Washington , D.C.
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Warren
Harding-29th President
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Born:
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November 2, 1865, Corsica , Ohio
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Ancestry :
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English and Scotch-Irish
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Religion:
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Baptist
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Education:
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Attended Ohio Central College , 1879-1882
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Wife:
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Florence King De Wolfe, 1860-1924
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Married:
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July 8, 1891 , Marion , Ohio
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Children:
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None
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Career:
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Editor of Marion ( Ohio ) Star, 1884-
Member of Ohio Legislature,
1900-1904
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio , 1904-1906
United States Senator, 1915-1921
President of the United States, 1921-1923
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Political Party:
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Republican
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Inauguration:
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March 4, 1921 , The Capitol, Washington , D.C.
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Vice President:
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Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts , 1872-1933
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Died:
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August 2, 1923 , San Francisco , California
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Cause of Death:
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Apoplexy
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Burial Place:
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Harding Memorial, Marion , Ohio
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Calvin
Coolidge - 30th President
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Born:
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July 4, 1872 , Plymouth Notch, Vermont
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Ancestry:
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English
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Religion:
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Congregationalist
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Education:
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Graduate of Amherst College , 1895
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Wife:
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Grace Anna Goodhue, 1879-1957
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Married:
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October 4, 1905 , Burlington , Vermont
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Children:
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John, 1906-2000
Calvin, 1908-1924
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Career:
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Lawyer, 1897-
City Coucilman of Northampton ( Massachusetts ),
1899
City Solicitor of Northamption ( Massachusetts ), 1900-1901
Clerk of the
Courts, 1904
Member of Massachusetts Legislature, 1907-1908 & 1912-1915
Mayor of Northampton ( Massachusetts ), 1910-1911
Lieutenant Governor
of Massachusetts , 1916-1918
Governor of Massachusetts , 1919-1920
Vice President of the United States, 1921-1923
President of the United States,
1923-1929
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Political Party:
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Republican
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1st Inauguration:
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August 3, 1923 , Plymouth Notch, Vermont. Succeeded to Presidency following
the death of Harding
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Vice President:
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None
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2nd Inauguration:
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March 4, 1925 , The Capitol, Washington, D.C.
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Vice President:
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Charles G. Dawes of Illinois , 1865-1951
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Died:
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January 5, 1933 , Northampton , Massachusetts
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Cause of Death:
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Coronary thrombosis
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Burial Place:
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Plymouth Notch Cemetery , Plymouth , Vermont
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Herbert
Hoover - 31st President
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Birth Date:
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August 10, 1874 , West Branch, Iowa
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Ancestry:
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Swiss-German
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Religion:
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Quaker
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Education:
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Graduate of Stanford University , 1895
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Wife:
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Lou Henry, 1875-1944
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Married:
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February 10, 1899 , Monterey , California
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Children:
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Herbert Clark, 1903-1969
Allan Henry, 1907-
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Career:
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Mining Engineer, 1895-1914
Chairman of American Relief Committee
in London , 1914-1915
Commissioner for Relief in Belgium, 1915-1919
United States
Food Administrator, 1917-1919
Chairman of Supreme Economic Council, 1919-1921
Secretary of Commerce, 1921-1928
President of the United States, 1929-1933
Chairman,
Commission on Organization of Government, 1947 & 1953
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Political Party:
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Republican
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1st Inauguration:
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March 4, 1929 , The Capitol, Washington, D.C.
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Vice President:
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Charles Curtis of Kansas , 1860-1936
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Died:
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October 20, 1964 , New York City , New York
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Cause of Death:
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Internal hemorrhage
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Burial Place:
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Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa
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