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 Welcome to The American Presidency
In the 1930 congressional elections the weak Democratic minority in the House of Representatives became a majority, and the Republican majority in the Senate dwindled to a plurality of one.
Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964), 31st president of the United States.
Hoover did not get his party's nomination, but the new Republican president, Warren G. Harding, appointed him secretary of commerce, a post Hoover held for more than seven years under two presidents.
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 John Franklin Miller
John Franklin Miller ( 9 June 1862 - 28 May 1936), an American politician, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1917 to 1931.
Miller ran for election to the seat being vacated by fellow Republican William Humphrey (who was running for United States Senate) in 1916, winning that election and the elections of 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, and 1928.
He was defeated for the Republican nomination in 1930 by Ralph Horr, who then won the general election.
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 Index Fo-Fy
A little later the illness of Ward imposed on him the additional responsibility of leading the House of Representatives, and in May 1930 he was elected to succeed Ward as leader of the United Party.
Overwhelmingly defeated by the Labour Party in elections in 1935, he became leader of the opposition for a short period and in 1936 helped to merge the defeated remnants of the United, Reform, and Democrat parties into a new National Party, led by Adam Hamilton.
Forbes maintained only the most conservative policies to combat the deepening depression; his government allowed widespread reductions of wages by employers, and his deflationary policies further contracted an already shrinking economy, thus swelling the ranks of the unemployed.
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 New Zealand Country History
In the 1935 parliamentary elections, the Labour Party won its first majority in a victory over the National Party—formed in 1930 by a coalition of the United and Reform parties.
The Labour Party lost the 1949 general elections to the National Party.
Radical Maoris attempted to burn down Waitangi Treaty House where Maori chiefs had conceded sovereignty to
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 New Zealand Country History
In the 1935 parliamentary elections, the Labour Party won its first majority in a victory over the National Party—formed in 1930 by a coalition of the United and Reform parties.
The Labour Party lost the 1949 general elections to the National Party.
Radical Maoris attempted to burn down Waitangi Treaty House where Maori chiefs had conceded sovereignty to
home.clear.net.nz /pages/cathy.b/History.htm   (12314 words)

  
 CNN/AllPolitics.com - Election 2000 - The Democratic National Convention
Known to friends and foes alike as "Cactus Jack," John Nance Garner of Texas spent 30 years in Congress, working his way up to Speaker of the House after the 1930 mid-term elections.
As anticipation mounts during the lull between the primaries and the general election, names of potential running mates are routinely floated out among media outlets across the United States, where they are promptly examined, debated and discussed before the conventions roll around.
Stevenson easily won the nomination at the 1956 Democratic convention, but caused a stir when he unexpectedly announced that he had no preference for a running mate and would leave the selection entirely up to the floor delegations.
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 William Howard Taft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was an American politician, jurist, and the 27th President of the United States, serving a single term from 1909 to 1913.
Taft was overweight, to the point that he became stuck in the bathtub in the White House several times, prompting the installation of a new bathtub capable of holding all of the men who installed it.
Progressive Republicans openly challenged Taft in the Congressional elections of 1910 and in the Republican presidential primaries of 1912.
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 CNN/AllPolitics.com - Election 2000 - The Democratic National Convention
Known to friends and foes alike as "Cactus Jack," John Nance Garner of Texas spent 30 years in Congress, working his way up to Speaker of the House after the 1930 mid-term elections.
As anticipation mounts during the lull between the primaries and the general election, names of potential running mates are routinely floated out among media outlets across the United States, where they are promptly examined, debated and discussed before the conventions roll around.
Kennedy led the crowded field during the second round of balloting and was within 40 votes of securing the nomination when Gore withdrew from the contest and threw his support behind his Tennessee colleague.
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 Index Br-By
He became a member of the U.S. Communist Party in 1921, served as its general secretary from 1930 to 1944, and was the party's candidate for the U.S. presidency in 1936 and 1940.
Under her firm leadership, party unity improved, but there was too much ground to be made up in the opinion polls, and in the September 1981 elections Labour lost office.
He became active in the Republican Party in Houston in 1959, and, after losing a campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1964, he was elected (1966) to the House of Representatives from a safely Republican Texas district.
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 CNN/AllPolitics.com - Election 2000 - The Democratic National Convention
Known to friends and foes alike as "Cactus Jack," John Nance Garner of Texas spent 30 years in Congress, working his way up to Speaker of the House after the 1930 mid-term elections.
As anticipation mounts during the lull between the primaries and the general election, names of potential running mates are routinely floated out among media outlets across the United States, where they are promptly examined, debated and discussed before the conventions roll around.
Stevenson easily won the nomination at the 1956 Democratic convention, but caused a stir when he unexpectedly announced that he had no preference for a running mate and would leave the selection entirely up to the floor delegations.
cnn.com /ELECTION/2000/conventions/democratic/features/running.mates   (1192 words)

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