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Deneen led the reformist faction in the Illinois 1928 Republican campaign. The Pineapple Primary was the name given to the primary election held in Illinois on April 10, 1928. The campaign was marked by numerous acts of violence, mostly in Chicago and elsewhere in Cook County. In the six months prior to the primary election, 62 bombings took ...
The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381.The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of ...
Mary Walker Wyse. . (m. 1901) . Signature. William Hale Thompson (May 14, 1869 – March 19, 1944) was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931. Known as " Big Bill ", [1] he is the most recent Republican to have served as mayor of Chicago. Historians rank him among the most unethical ...
Hale was paroled on July 31, 1947. While in prison, he never admitted to the murders. According to a report, he told visiting relatives who came to see him while he worked as a ranch hand in ...
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denial of naturalization to a pacifist, overruled by Girouard v. United States (1946) Pocket Veto Case. 279 U.S. 655 (1929) constitutionality of the pocket veto. Old Colony Trust Co. v. Commissioner. 279 U.S. 716 (1929) third-party payment of income tax, effect of Revenue Act of 1926.
George Robertson Reeves (January 3, 1826 – September 5, 1882) was a former Democratic Speaker of the House of the State of Texas and a Colonel in the Confederate States 's 11th Texas Cavalry Regiment during the American Civil War. He also served as a pioneering member of Grayson County, Texas in which he also served as a Sheriff and tax ...
Carole Jean Jordan, Indian River County tax collector, 2024. Is Jordan, who chaired the Florida Republican Party 2003-2007 and still has connections in Tallahassee, perfect? Probably not.