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2 days ago · The two leading candidates were William Gibbs McAdoo of California, former Secretary of the Treasury and son-in-law of former President Woodrow Wilson, and Governor Al Smith of New York. The balloting revealed a clear geographic and cultural split in the party, as McAdoo was supported mostly by rural , Protestant delegates from the South, West ...
1 day ago · In May 1908, two unkown American Businessmen traveled to Spain to meet with the renowned Spanish architect, Antoni Gaudi (In the novel The Gaudi Facade by J. S. Raynor, the author...
May 22, 2024 · She happens to be distantly related to William Gibbs McAdoo, the onetime U.S. senator who lived in Santa Barbara in the 1930s and was married to Woodrow Wilson’s daughter. He also palled around politically with Santa Barbara News-Press owner and publisher TM Storke — with whom he also helped develop much of what is today’s Riviera.
20 hours ago · Barkley supported William Gibbs McAdoo for president at the 1920 Democratic National Convention, but the nomination went to James M. Cox. He campaigned for Cox and his running mate, Franklin D. Roosevelt, but his speeches focused more on Wilson's progressive record than Cox's fitness for office.
May 14, 2024 · The Founding Era Collection > The Papers of Woodrow Wilson > Volumes > Volume 48, May 13 – July 17, 1918 > Documents > From William Gibbs McAdoo, 14 May 1918 Documents in this publication are viewable by registered users only.
2 days ago · At the 1924 Democratic National Convention, a resolution denouncing the Ku Klux Klan was introduced by Catholic and liberal forces allied with Al Smith and Oscar W. Underwood in order to embarrass the front-runner, William Gibbs McAdoo. After much debate, the resolution failed by a single vote.
May 21, 2024 · As a delegate to the 1920 Democratic National Convention, he took part in a failed attempt to support William Gibbs McAdoo, Jr., as the Democratic presidential nominee when the Texas delegation confronted Klan power.
