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    John Elliott Rankin (March 29, 1882 – November 26, 1960) was a Democratic politician from Mississippi who served sixteen terms in the U.S. House of Representatives...
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  • John Rankin may refer to: John Rankin (abolitionist) (1793–1886), American Presbyterian minister, educator and abolitionist John Rankin (Canadian politician)...
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    Rankin OBE DL FRSE FRSL FRIAS (born 28 April 1960) is a Scottish crime writer and philanthropist, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels. Rankin was...
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    John Rankin (February 5, 1793 – March 18, 1886) was an American Presbyterian minister, educator and abolitionist. Upon moving to Ripley, Ohio, in 1822...
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    The John Rankin Lock (formerly named Lock D) is part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (popularly known as the Tenn-Tom). It is located in Itawamba...
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    Look up Rankin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rankin is a last name of Scottish and English origin, brought to Ireland by the Plantation of Ulster...
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    Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment (founded and formerly known as Videocraft International, Ltd. and Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc.) was an American production...
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    Felix Edward Hébert Donald L. Jackson Noah M. Mason Karl E. Mundt Richard Nixon John E. Rankin Gordon H. Scherer Richard B. Vail Jerry Voorhis California...
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    Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal...
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    from a field of five candidates (including two sitting Congressmen, John E. Rankin and William M. Colmer). He was elected to a full term in 1952, and was...
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  • Dr. John E. Calfee, president of the Asheville Normal School, presented a eulogy in Rankin's honor and dismissed the 3 p.m. classes. Rankin's friend...
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  • needed] Following the Peekskill riots, Democratic House Representative John E. Rankin of Mississippi condemned Robeson on the house floor. When New York Congressman...
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  • the "alien minded Russian Jews in Hollywood". Mississippi congressman John E. Rankin, a member of HUAC, held a press conference to declare that "one of the...
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  • John Rankin Franklin (May 6, 1820 – January 11, 1878) was a Congressional Representative for the U.S. state of Maryland. He also served as a member of...
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    John Rankin Waddell (born 1966), known as Rankin, is a British photographer and director who has photographed, amongst other subjects, Björk, Kate Moss...
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  • Hobbit is a 1977 American animated musical television special created by Rankin/Bass and animated by Topcraft. The film is an adaptation of the 1937 book...
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    1947, during floor debate involving Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (D–NY) and John E. Rankin (D–MS), Brown forced a rule change from Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr...
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    and member of Rae Sremmurd John Murry (born 1979), singer-songwriter Elvis Presley (1935–1977), singer and actor John E. Rankin (1882-1960), U.S. Congressman...
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    unavailable in farms, ranches, and other rural places. Representative John E. Rankin and Senator George William Norris were supporters of the Rural Electrification...
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    Klan's alleged anti-Catholicism. During the hearing, committee members John E. Rankin (D-MS) and Joe Starnes (D-AL) defended Ku Klux Klan as an "American...
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    it lacks sufficient data on which to base a probe," committee member John E. Rankin added: "After all, the KKK is an old American institution." However...
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    Washington Nationals Delphia Spencer Hankins, American supercentenarian John E. Rankin, sixteen-term Democratic U.S. Congressman (1920–1952) Tammy Wynette...
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    Jackson Paul B. Johnson Jr., son of former governor Paul B. Johnson Sr. John E. Rankin, U.S. Representative from Lee County L. R. Collins Stennis represented...
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    Rankin Inlet (Inuktitut: Kangiqliniq; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ or Kangirliniq, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ, or Kangir&iniq meaning deep bay/inlet) is an Inuit hamlet on the...
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  • politician was openly antisemitic. Perhaps the most notorious outlier was John E. Rankin of Mississippi, an outspoken enemy of all minorities for three decades...
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    John Rankin Rogers (September 4, 1838 – December 26, 1901) was an American politician who served as the third governor of Washington from 1897 to 1901...
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    evil in government affairs." Norris is one of eight senators profiled in John F. Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, included for opposing Speaker Cannon's...
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    in the House. Democrat John Garner was subsequently elected as Speaker. Majority Leader: Henry T. Rainey Majority Whip: John McDuffie Democratic Caucus...
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    Majority leader: John Q. Tilson (R) Minority leader: John N. Garner (D) Majority Whip: Albert Henry Vestal (R) Minority Whip: John McDuffie (D) Republican...
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    asked Congress to give each victim's family $5,000. Representative John E. Rankin (D-Miss.) insisted the amount be reduced to $2,000 when he learned most...
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