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    Columbus Delano (June 4, 1809 – October 23, 1896) was an American lawyer, rancher, banker, statesman, and a member of the prominent Delano family. Forced...
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  • In the United States, members of the Delano family include U.S. presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant and Calvin Coolidge, astronaut...
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    Interior, the first Secretary of the Interior to supervise the park being Columbus Delano. However, the U.S. Army was eventually commissioned to oversee the...
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  • Wichita Delano, Minnesota Delano, Nevada Delano, Pennsylvania Delano, Tennessee Delano Township, Pennsylvania Delano Peak, a mountain in Utah Delano Hotel...
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    San Francisco terminated at Delano. The name was officially given by the Southern Pacific Railroad in honor of Columbus Delano, at the time the Secretary...
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    during his tenure in office. The previous Secretary of the Interior, Columbus Delano, was not a reformer, and had carelessly allowed profiteering to spread...
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    for Chase's successor. With the backing of Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano, Grant nominated Waite in January 1874. The nomination of the relatively...
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    Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates...
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    under Secretary Columbus Delano, whom Grant appointed to replace Cox, was rife with fraud and corruption. The exception was Delano's effective oversight...
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    and has a prominence of 4,689 ft (1,429 m). Delano Peak is named for Columbus Delano (1809–1896), Secretary of the Interior, during the Grant administration...
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  • March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 38th Elected in 1862. [data missing] Columbus Delano (Mount Vernon) Republican March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 39th Elected...
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    Jacob D. Cox Ohio March 5, 1869 October 31, 1870 Ulysses S. Grant 11 Columbus Delano Ohio November 1, 1870 September 30, 1875 12 Zachariah Chandler Michigan...
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    Hiram and Barney Davis, two dwarf brothers and side-show performers Columbus Delano, Whig and Republican politician and lawyer Daniel Decatur Emmett, composer...
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    October 31, 1865 Edward A. Rollins November 1, 1865 March 10, 1869 Columbus Delano March 11, 1869 October 31, 1870 John Watkinson Douglass (Acting) November...
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    author (Two Years Before the Mast). Delano Family Columbus Delano (1809–1896), U.S. Secretary of the Interior Jane Delano (1862–1919), founder of the American...
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    1871. Hayden was given instructions by Grant's Secretary of Interior, Columbus Delano. The expedition party was composed of 36 civilians, mostly scientists...
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    Range, though Delano Peak itself is surpassed in height by at least thirty-one other Utah peaks. The mountain is named for Columbus Delano (1809–1896),...
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    Yellowstone in five miles (8.0 km). The mountain's toponym, which honors Columbus Delano (1809–1896), has been officially adopted by the United States Board...
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    (D) William Sawyer (D) Allen G. Thurman (D) Augustus L. Perrill (D) Columbus Delano (W) Isaac Parrish (D) John D. Cummins (D) George Fries (D) David A...
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    Secretary Columbus Delano, who allowed profiteering to thrive in the department, was forced to resign from office on October 15, 1875. Delano had also...
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    However, his seat was contested by the defeated Republican candidate, Columbus Delano, who supplanted him on June 3, 1868. Not deterred, Morgan campaigned...
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    editor George William Curtis to head the commission. Grant appointee Columbus Delano, Grant's third cousin and replacement of Cox, however, exempted the...
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    January 3, 1871 – August 8, 1871 President Ulysses S. Grant Preceded by Columbus Delano Succeeded by John Watkinson Douglass Personal details Born (1824-06-07)June...
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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president...
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  • Ames. Delano's father Benjamin worked for the local newspaper, but moved the family in 1917 to New Mexico. Ames' grandfather was Columbus Delano, Secretary...
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    incompetence. The result was that United States Secretary of Interior Columbus Delano, reportedly having taken bribes to secure fraudulent land grants, was...
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    Justice. Columbus Delano was Grant's Secretary of Interior, who allowed corruption in the vast Interior Department. Bristow, a reformer, wanted Delano out...
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  • dubiety that his recommendation will bear any weight with "Delano" (presumably Columbus Delano, newly appointed United States Secretary of the Interior)...
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    Territory John Smith Chipman, lawyer and politician from Michigan Columbus Delano, United States Secretary of the Interior Richard G. Desautels, American...
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  • October 8, 1844 – March 3, 1845 Elected to finish Moore's term. Retired. Columbus Delano (Mount Vernon) Whig March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 29th Elected in 1844...
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