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Herbert Hoover person

id: p_herbert-hoover_1f4557

also known as: President Hoover, Mr Hoover

Probable 70%
Summary:  President Hoover selected Henry L. Stimson and William D. Mitchell for his cabinet, reportedly influenced by Chief Justice Taft.
Completeness: 65/100 Grade C
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appointed

Henry L. Stimson1929-07-24
cited from Image 7 of Brownsville herald (Brownsville, Tex.), July 24, 1929 (1929)
TAFT ADVISED APPOINTMENTS Hoover Selection of Cab inet Members In fluenced S __ W BY JAMES L WEST WASHINGTON July 24flV Advice of elder statesmen of the republican party and of several Justices of the United States su preme court now is generally cred ited with having influenced …
William D. Mitchell1929-07-24
cited from Image 7 of Brownsville herald (Brownsville, Tex.), July 24, 1929 (1929)
TAFT ADVISED APPOINTMENTS Hoover Selection of Cab inet Members In fluenced S __ W BY JAMES L WEST WASHINGTON July 24flV Advice of elder statesmen of the republican party and of several Justices of the United States su preme court now is generally cred ited with having influenced …

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President1929-07-24
cited from Image 7 of Brownsville herald (Brownsville, Tex.), July 24, 1929 (1929)
TAFT ADVISED APPOINTMENTS Hoover Selection of Cab inet Members In fluenced S __ W BY JAMES L WEST WASHINGTON July 24flV Advice of elder statesmen of the republican party and of several Justices of the United States su preme court now is generally cred ited with having influenced …

selected

Henry L. Stimson1929-07-24
cited from Image 7 of Brownsville herald (Brownsville, Tex.), July 24, 1929, (Noon Edition) (1929)
TAFT ADVISED APPOINTMENTS Hoover Selection of Cab inet Member In fluenced S BY JAMES L WEST WASHINGTON July 24 Advice of elder statesmen of the republican party and of several Justices of the United States su preme court now is generally cred ited with having influenced the se le…
William D. Mitchell1929-07-24
cited from Image 7 of Brownsville herald (Brownsville, Tex.), July 24, 1929, (Noon Edition) (1929)
TAFT ADVISED APPOINTMENTS Hoover Selection of Cab inet Member In fluenced S BY JAMES L WEST WASHINGTON July 24 Advice of elder statesmen of the republican party and of several Justices of the United States su preme court now is generally cred ited with having influenced the se le…

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William Howard Taft advised Herbert Hoover1929-07-24
William Howard Taft influenced Herbert Hoover1929-07-24

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