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Crump, Edward Hull
(Encyclopedia) Crump, Edward Hull, 1876–1954, American politician, Democratic boss of Tennessee, b. near Holly Springs, Miss. At first (1905–9) a municipal administrator in Memphis, Tenn., he was…Acheson, Dean Gooderham
(Encyclopedia) Acheson, Dean GooderhamAcheson, Dean Gooderhamăchˈĭsən [key], 1893–1971, U.S. secretary of state (1949–53), b. Middletown, Conn., grad. Yale, Harvard Law School. He was (1919–21)…Adenauer, Konrad
(Encyclopedia) Adenauer, KonradAdenauer, Konradkônˈrät äˈdənouˌər [key], 1876–1967, West German chancellor. A lawyer and a member of the Catholic Center party, he was lord mayor of Cologne and a…Trotsky, Leon
(Encyclopedia) Trotsky, LeonTrotsky, Leontrŏtˈskē, Rus. lāˈən trôtˈskē [key], 1879–1940, Russian Communist revolutionary, one of the principal leaders in the establishment of the USSR; his original…Strauss, Franz Josef
(Encyclopedia) Strauss, Franz JosefStrauss, Franz Joseffräns yōˈzĕf [key]Strauss, Franz Josef shtrous [key], 1915–88, West German political figure, leader of the Christian Social Union. He became…Constitutional Union party
(Encyclopedia) Constitutional Union party, in U.S. history, formed when the conflict between North and South broke down the older parties. The Constitutional Union group, composed of former Whigs and…Chinese Communist party
(Encyclopedia) Chinese Communist party: see Communist party, in China.Chinese Nationalist party
(Encyclopedia) Chinese Nationalist party: see Kuomintang.Free-Soil party
(Encyclopedia) Free-Soil party, in U.S. history, political party that came into existence in 1847–48 chiefly because of rising opposition to the extension of slavery into any of the territories newly…Anti-Masonic party
(Encyclopedia) Anti-Masonic party, American political organization that rose after the disappearance in W New York state in 1826 of William Morgan. A former Mason, Morgan had written a book…Trending
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