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Cabinet Members Under Madison

Secretary of State Robert Smith, 1809James Monroe, 1811Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin (Cont.)George W. Campbell, 1814Alexander J. Dallas, 1814William H. Crawford, 1816Secretary of…

Rose Mary Woods 2005 Deaths

Rose Mary WoodsAge: 87 loyal secretary to President Nixon who took blame for a segment of the erasure of 181/2 minutes of a taped conversation between the president and his chief of staff, H…

Norbert Rillieux

Norbert RillieuxBorn: 1806 Automated Sugar Refining. Rillieux automated modern sugar production and made it dramatically more efficient, while producing a much higher quality of sugar. It…

John Roebling

John RoeblingBorn: 1806 Suspension Bridge. The age of the suspension bridge was ushered in by engineer and inventor Roebling. Roebling saw the potential of steel wire as a bridge building…

Cabinet Members Under Arthur

Secretary of State James G. Blaine (Cont.)F. T. Frelinghuysen, 1881Secretary of the Treasury William Windom (Cont.)Charles J. Folger, 1881Walter Q. Gresham, 1884Hugh McCulloch, 1884Secretary…

Joseph DESHA, Congress, KY (1768-1842)

DESHA, Joseph, (brother of Robert Desha), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Monroe County, Pa., December 9, 1768; pursued preparatory studies; moved to Kentucky with his parents, who…

Robert Graves: To Robert Nichols

To Robert Nichols(From Frise on the Somme in February, 1917, in answer to a letter saying: "I am just finishing my 'Faun's Holiday.' I wish you were here to feed him with cherries.") Here by…