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Dawes ' high examination grades were marked up by a young Cincinnati lawyer , William Howard Taft , later to be President and , afterward , Chief Justice of the United States . The paths of Taft and Dawes , who were one day to have ...
Dawes ' high examination grades were marked up by a young Cincinnati lawyer , William Howard Taft , later to be President and , afterward , Chief Justice of the United States . The paths of Taft and Dawes , who were one day to have ...
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A moment later , Curtis said , President Harding turned to him , put his hand on his shoulder , and said : “ Charley Dawes is the man who is going to succeed me ! ” A month later , Harding was dead , and Coolidge President .
A moment later , Curtis said , President Harding turned to him , put his hand on his shoulder , and said : “ Charley Dawes is the man who is going to succeed me ! ” A month later , Harding was dead , and Coolidge President .
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Indeed , the banks were closed nine months later , at the beginning of the Roosevelt administration . Then the Vandenberg deposit - insurance amendment to the Glass banking bill was passed over Roosevelt's strenuous objections .
Indeed , the banks were closed nine months later , at the beginning of the Roosevelt administration . Then the Vandenberg deposit - insurance amendment to the Glass banking bill was passed over Roosevelt's strenuous objections .
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| Title | Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes, Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Author | Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Publisher | Holt, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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