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25. Juni 2024 · William E. Borah (born June 29, 1865, Fairfield, Ill., U.S.—died Jan. 19, 1940, Washington, D.C.) was a Republican U.S. senator from Idaho for 33 years, best known for his major role at the end of World War I (1918) in preventing the United States from joining the League of Nations and the World Court. Borah practiced law in Boise ...
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Vor 2 Tagen · With the backing of party leaders, Landon defeated progressive Senator William Borah at the 1936 Republican National Convention to win his party's presidential nomination. The populist Union Party nominated Congressman William Lemke for president.
- New York
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- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- John Nance Garner
Vor 4 Tagen · Prior to the convention, Coolidge courted progressive Senator William Borah to join the ticket, but Borah refused to relinquish his Senate seat. Republicans then nominated Lowden for vice president on the second ballot, but he also declined.
Vor 3 Tagen · The five-foot-six, 114-pound teenager soon started his short football career. In a game the following year, a Parkersburg High School player twice his weight tackled him and dislocated his ...
29. Juni 2024 · William E. Borah was a contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 1936. He was a controversial member of the US Senate at the time, without strong support from either of the party's two wings. In 1936, Borah was the longest serving Senator and was often referred to in newspapers as the Dean of the Senate.
Vor 6 Tagen · Republican Senator Robert A. Taft stayed quiet on foreign and defense issues, while many of the energetic isolationists of the 1930s, including Hiram Johnson and William Borah, were in poor health or had seen their influence decline. During the war, there were no secret briefings, and members of Congress were often no better informed than the average newspaper reader. Congressman did pay ...
20. Juni 2024 · my dear senator borah: You have asked my opinion whether, as has been sometimes recently suggested, present conditions in China have in any way indicated that the so-called Nine Power Treaty has become inapplicable or ineffective or rightly in need of modification, and if so, what I considered should be the policy of this Government.
