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American Presidency Project: Veto of the Second Housing and Urban Renewal Bill
Read the text of President Eisenhower's letter to the Senate in which he lays out his reasons for vetoing a housing bill. See the specifics he gives that he feels would improve the bill and allow him to sign it.
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American Presidency Project: First Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress
View President Kennedy's remarks on the first anniversary of the Alliance for Progress March 13, 1962 given to Latin American diplomats at the White House.
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American Presidency Project: Barry Goldwater
Read Barry Goldwater's address accepting the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention of 1964.
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American Presidency Project: Republican Party Platform of 1964
Read the Republican Party's platform from the year 1964. The sections include "For the people," "Failures of current policy," "The Republican Alternative," and "Freedom Abroad."
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American Presidency Project: Harry S. Truman: Executive Order 9835: Employees Loyalty Program
Primary source document of the executive order issued March, 1947, by Harry S. Truman, which outlines procedures for administering the Employees Loyalty Program in the executive branch of Government.
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American Presidency Project: Franklin Roosevelt: Executive Order 7649
Find the text of President Roosevelt's executive order for the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1937, which provided for the expenditure of funds to help the unemployed.
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American Presidency Project: Franklin Roosevelt: Executive Order 7086
Read the text of President Roosevelt's executive order that established the National Youth Adminstration as part of the Works Progress Administration. Its purpose was to help young people find jobs.
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American Presidency Project: Franklin D. Roosevelt: Executive Order 7037
Read the text of the executive order of Franklin Roosevelt that established the Rural Electrification Administration in order to bring electricity to the many rural areas in the United States with no electricty.
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American Presidency Project: Presentation of the Walt Disney Commemorative Medal
A documentation of the delivery of the first Walt Disney Commemorative Medal to Mrs. Disney by President Nixon.
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American Presidency Project: Democratic Party Platform of 1856
Read a copy of the Democratic Party Platform in the election of 1856. Of note is its equivocation on the issue of slavery.
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American Presidency Project: Hoover's Address Regarding Unemployment
This site from the University of Massachusetts, Boston provides the text of Herbert Hoover's radio address to the US on October 18, 1931, regarding the unemployment situation.
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American Presidency Project: Election of 1928
Online resource that provides detailed data for the presidential election of 1928, which was won by Republican candidate, Herbert Hoover.
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American Presidency Project: Election of 1996
Online resource that provides detailed data for the presidential election of 1996 won by Democratic candidate, William J. Clinton.
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American Presidency Project: Election of 1832
Online resource that provides detailed data for the presidential election of 1832 won by Democratic nominee, Andrew Jackson.
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American Presidency Project: Election of 1840
Online resource that provides detailed data for the presidential election of 1840 won by Whig party nominee, William Henry Harrison.
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American Presidency Project: Election of 1876
Online resource that provides electoral data for the presidential election of 1876 won by Republican nominee, Rutherford B. Hayes
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American Presidency Project: Election of 1888
Online resource that provides detailed electoral data for the presidential election of 1888 won by Republican candidate, Benjamin Harrison.
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American Presidency Project: Election of 1848
Online resource that provides detailed electoral data for the presidential election of 1848 won by Whig party candidate, Zachary Taylor.
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American Presidency Project: Election of 1864
Online resource that provides detailed electoral data for the presidential election of 1864 won by Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln.
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American Presidency Project: Election of 1836
Online resource that provides detailed electoral data for the presidential election of 1836 won by Democratic nominee, Martin Van Buren.
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American Presidency Project: Election of 1856
Online resource that provides detailed electoral data for the presidential election of 1856 won by Democratic nominee, James Buchanan.
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American Presidency Project: Election of 1872
Online resource that provides detailed data for the presidential election of 1872 won by Republican nominee, Ulysses S. Grant.
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American Presidency Project: Election of 1924
Online resource that provides detailed electoral data for the presidential election of 1924 won by Republican nominee, Calvin Coolidge.
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American Presidency Project: Election of 2000
Online resource that provides detailed electoral data for the presidential election of 2000 won by Republican nominee, George W. Bush.