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 Franklin MacVeagh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Franklin MacVeagh (November 22, 1837–July 6, 1934) was an American banker and Treasury Secretary.
He was brother to Wayne MacVeagh, an Attorney General of the United States.
MacVeagh died in 1934 and is interred at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.
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 MacVeagh, Isaac Wayne - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
MACVEAGH, ISAAC WAYNE [MacVeagh, Isaac Wayne], 1833-1917, American political figure, U.S. Attorney General (1881), b.
In 1877 he was appointed by President Hayes to lead a commission (the MacVeagh Commission) to adjust political difficulties in Louisiana following the disputed presidential election; this resulted in the withdrawal of federal troops from the state.
MacVeagh was appointed to the cabinet by President Garfield but resigned after Garfield's death.
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Wayne MacVeagh's diplomatic legacy continued on for two generations, with the appointment of his son Charles to the Japanese Ministry and his grandson Lincoln as ambassador to Greece.
Isaac Wayne MacVeagh, born on April 19, 1833, was named for Pennsylvania Representative Isaac Wayne, a friend of Major's from the War of 1812 and the son of Continental Army General Anthony Wayne.
In 1903, Wayne was appointed as U.S. counsel at the Hague Tribunal on Venezuelan arbitration.
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 American President
Isaac Wayne MacVeagh was born in 1833 in Pennsylvania.
During the Civil War, MacVeagh became a captain in an emergency infantry, ultimately becoming a major of cavalry in 1863, the same year he served as chairman of the Republican State Committee.
Because of disputed presidential election returns, Hayes tapped MacVeagh to travel to Louisiana to negotiate an end to Democratic opposition to Hayes' presidency in exchange for the removal of military troops occupying the state.
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Chester co., Pa. Impetuous and hot-headed, Wayne was sometimes known as "mad Anthony," but he was an able...
19,899), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit, on the Lower Rouge River; inc. as a village 1869, and with surrounding areas as a city 1960....
Wayne State University, at Detroit, Mich.; state supported; coeducational; established 1956 as a successor to Wayne Univ. (formed 1934 by a merger of five city colleges)....
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 BookRags: Isaac Wayne MacVeagh Biography
Isaac Wayne MacVeagh served as U.S. attorney general from March to October 1881 under Presidents James Garfield and Chester Arthur.
MacVeagh volunteered to fight during the Civil War and was commissioned an officer.
MacVeagh and the commission recommended major changes in federal policy, which lead to the removal of federal troops from all southern states.
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 Macveagh, Isaac Wayne: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
Macveagh, Isaac Wayne: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
Isaac Wayne MacVeagh served as U.S. attorney general from March to October 1881.
He was forced to resign from the military because of ill health.
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Maclachlan to Madar
Son of Wayne MacVeagh and Letitia Miner (Lewis) MacVeagh; married 1887 to Fannie Davenport Rogers.
MacVeagh, Isaac Wayne (1833-1917) — also known as Wayne MacVeagh — of Pennsylvania.
Wayne County, Mich. Candidate in Republican primary for
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 Wayne MacVeagh
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MacVEAGH, Wayne, lawyer, born in Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 19 April, 1833.
He was graduated at Yale in 1853, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1856, and served as district attorney for Chester county from 1859 till 1864.
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Wayne: Third General-in-Chief of the United States Army.
Anthony Wayne: An Address Delivered at the Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of the Massacre of Paoli.
English Ancestry of the Wayne Family of Pennsylvania.
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 MACVEAGH, WAYNE (1833— ) - Online Information article about MACVEAGH, WAYNE (1833— )
MACVEAGH, WAYNE (1833—) - Online Information article about MACVEAGH, WAYNE (1833—)
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 AllRefer.com - Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Isaac Wayne MacVeagh[mukvA´] Pronunciation Key, 1833–1917, American political figure, U.S. Attorney General (1881), b.
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 Isaac Wayne MacVeagh
He served (1893–97) as ambassador to Italy and was (1903) chief counsel of the United States in the
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 Antietam on the Web :: Site Bibliography
MacVeagh, Wayne, and other MacVeagh family members, MacVeagh Family Papers (Collection 1616), Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1951 [AotW reference 166]
Moten, Matthew, The Delafield Commission and the American Military Profession, College Station (Tx): Texas AandM University Press, 2000 [AotW reference 221]
Motts, Wayne E., Trust in God and Fear Nothing: Gen. Lewis A. Armistead, C.S.A, Gettysburg: Farnsworth House Military Impressions, 1995 [AotW reference 80]
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