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4 days ago · Early in 1908, the only two Republican contenders running nationwide campaigns for the presidential nomination were Secretary of War William Howard Taft and Governor Joseph B. Foraker, both of Ohio. In the nomination contest, four states held primaries to select national convention delegates.
2 days ago · Philander C. Knox (R) June 10, 1904 Massachusetts (2) George Frisbie Hoar (R) Died September 30, 1904. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected. Winthrop M. Crane (R) October 12, 1904 Indiana (3) Charles W. Fairbanks (R) Resigned March 3, 1905, after being elected Vice-president of the United States: Vacant until next Congress
Jul 9, 2024 · Legislative profile for Sen. Philander Knox [R-PA, 1917-1921], the former Senator from Pennsylvania
4 days ago · The 1916 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 7, 1916. [68] It was the second direct election for the U.S. Senate to take place in Vermont following the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the first for Vermont's Class I seat.
Jun 29, 2024 · Taft and his Secretary of State, Philander C. Knox, devised dollar diplomacy. Their goal was to increase US foreign influence using economic measures. Taft wanted to use money, not bullets, to exert American influence in Latin American and East Asian countries and open them up to American businesses.
Jun 24, 2024 · In opposition to the resolution reported from the Committee on Privileges and Elections by Philander C. Knox
Jun 24, 2024 · [Part 1]: Sequences of stills, mostly maps, showing the need for a shorter way from ocean to ocean; views of the early attempts by Ferdinand de Lesseps; USS Oregon which had to sail around South America from the Pacific to fight in the Spanish-American War; scenes of President William McKinley and TR in 1901; brief shot of TR, Lyman J. Gage, Phi...
