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    Jeremiah McLain Rusk (June 17, 1830 – November 21, 1893) was an American Republican politician. He was the second United States secretary of agriculture...
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  • States Secretary of State (1961–1969) Harry W. Rusk (1852–1926), American politician Jeremiah M. Rusk (1830–1893), American politician and U.S. Secretary...
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    accusations of product compromise, and partnered with Agriculture Secretary Rusk to threaten Germany with retaliation by initiating a U.S. embargo on Germany's...
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    waning days of Cleveland's term, Harrison appointed Wisconsin Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk. John Noble, a railroad attorney with a reputation for incorruptibility...
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    Governors of Wisconsin are not term limited. Lucius Fairchild, Jeremiah McLain Rusk, Robert M. La Follette, Emanuel L. Philipp, John J. Blaine, Walter J....
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    Washburn (R) 41st (1869–1871) David Atwood (R) 42nd (1871–1873) Alexander Mitchell (D) Gerry Whiting Hazleton (R) J. Allen Barber (R) Jeremiah M. Rusk (R)...
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  • He was an older brother of Jeremiah McLain Rusk, who was governor of Wisconsin and U.S. secretary of agriculture. Allen Rusk was born on February 6, 1825...
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    met by 250 National Guardsmen under order from Republican Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk. The strikers had shut down every business in the city except the North...
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  • name was changed to Rusk after Wisconsin governor Jeremiah M. Rusk. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rusk, Dunn County, Wisconsin...
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    the money, the state legislature renamed the county Rusk in 1905: 5  in honor of Jeremiah M. Rusk, governor of Wisconsin and the first U.S. Secretary...
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    Kinsella) Public Lands (Chairman: Washington Townsend; Ranking Member: Jeremiah M. Rusk) Railways and Canals (Chairman: George W. McCrary; Ranking Member:...
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    including in Milwaukee, where seven people died when Wisconsin Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk ordered state-militia troops to fire upon thousands of striking workers...
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    President Chauncey Depew of New York (Withdrew after 3rd Ballot) Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk of Wisconsin (Withdrew after 3rd Ballot) Mayor Edwin Henry Fitler of...
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    including in Milwaukee, where seven people died when Wisconsin Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk ordered state militia troops to fire upon thousands of striking workers...
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  • Marine at War website Website Archived 2014-08-02 at the Wayback Machine for Liberty Ship SS Jeremiah O'Brien Website for Liberty Ship SS John W. Brown...
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  • year, he moved with his parents to Viroqua, Wisconsin. His father, Jeremiah McLain Rusk, became a noted officer in the Union Army during the American Civil...
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  • sixteen thousand protesters gathered at Rolling Mills. Wisconsin Governor Jeremiah Rusk called the state militia. The militia camped out at the mill while workers...
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    held on November 2, 1886. Republican nominee Jeremiah McLain Rusk defeated Democratic nominee Gilbert M. Woodward, Union Labor Party nominee John Cochrane...
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  • the terms of all officials who would have left office in 1884, including Rusk, were extended by one year. Also nominated by the Democratic Party and the...
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  • voice actor Hardy McLain (born 1952), American hedge fund manager Jeremiah McLain Rusk, American politician, 15th governor of the state of Wisconsin Masey...
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    gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884. Republican nominee Jeremiah McLain Rusk defeated Democratic nominee Nicholas D. Fratt and two other nominees...
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    Jeremiah M. Daily was a Liberty ship built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. The ship was named in honor of Jeremiah M....
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    legislation which would create such an agency. Finally, in 1883, Governor Jeremiah McLain Rusk, in his second annual message to the Legislature, endorsed the idea...
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    Ariel Rusk was born in Malta, Ohio, December 20, 1849. She went with her parents to Wisconsin when about three years of age. Her father was Jeremiah McLain...
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    and was likely named after Jeremiah M. Rusk, a former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. A post office was established at Rusk in 1892, and remained in operation...
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    held late. Elections held early. Includes 1 Independent Republican. Thomas M. Gunter lost election in 1872 to William W. Wilshire, contested the election...
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    (Democratic) 43.9% Wisconsin 7 Jeremiah M. Rusk Redistricted from the 6th district Republican 1870 Incumbent re-elected. ▌Y Jeremiah M. Rusk (Republican) 65.4% ▌Stephen...
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  • Hettie M. Rusk. They would have six children. Hettie was a National Secretary of the Woman's Relief Corps and niece of Jeremiah McLain Rusk. Jeremiah was...
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    Cleveland Benjamin Harrison Preceded by George B. Loring Succeeded by Jeremiah Rusk 17th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri In office January 12, 1875 – January...
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    Red Oak Victory remained intact after 76 years. The ship is 455 feet (139 m) in length, and armed with one five-inch/38 caliber gun; one three-inch/50...
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