“it was the first great shock of my life”
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Thomas R. Marshall
Thomas Riley Marshall was the 28th vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 under President Woodrow Wilson. A prominent lawyer in Indiana, he became an active and well-known member of the Democratic Party by stumping across the state for other candidates and organizing party rallies that later helped him win election as the 27th governor of Indiana. In office, he attempted to incorpor…
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culture · Vice President of the United States from 1913 to 1921 · politician · lawyer · writer · governor · jurist · vice president · also Thomas R. Marshall, Thomas Marshall, Thomas Riley Marshall, Marshall
Born 14 March 1854 · Died 1 June 1925 · Q299001
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2026· 3 entries
“but most were anonymous. I threw them all into the waste basket.”
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“keep him, provided he did not squall”
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1925· 3 entries
Marshall and his wife were on a trip to Washington, D
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Died 1925-06-01.
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Marshall died following a heart attack while on a trip to Washington, D
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1922· 1 entry
Marshall explained that the five-cent cigar was a metaphor for simpler times and "buckling down to thrift and work"
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1921· 1 entry
And then to a more lucrative position on the Federal Coal Commission in 1922; Marshall resigned from both commissions in 1923
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1917· 2 entries
Allowing filibusters to be broken by two-thirds of voting Senators
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Became acquainted with a mother of newborn twins, one of whom was chronically ill
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1916· 2 entries
Marshall threatened to expel certain senators from the chamber for their raucous behavior, but did not carry through on the threat
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Wilson won reelection over the still divided Republican Party
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1915· 1 entry
For supporting intervention in World War I
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1914· 1 entry
Marshall responded to earlier comments from Senator Joseph L
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1913· 2 entries
Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1913–1921).
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Wilson broke with longstanding tradition and met with senators to discuss policy
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1912· 1 entry
And they won the subsequent general election
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1911· 1 entry
And recommended that they submit it to voters in the 1912 election
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1909· 1 entry
Career landmark: Governor of Indiana (1909–1913).
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1906· 1 entry
Marshall declined his party's nomination to run for Congress
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1904· 1 entry
A position that raised his popularity and influence in the party
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1898· 1 entry
And became an Active member of the Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Northern Jurisdiction in 1911
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1895· 1 entry
While working on a case, Marshall met Lois Kimsey who was working as a clerk in her father's law firm
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1894· 1 entry
Leaving him with the family estate and business
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1880· 1 entry
Marshall ran for public office for the first time as the Democratic candidate for his district's prosecuting attorney
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1879· 1 entry
And began taking many criminal defense cases
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1872· 1 entry
Wrote an unfavorable column about a female lecturer at the school, accusing her of "seeking liberties" with the young boys in their boarding house
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1859· 1 entry
But the frontier violence caused them to move to Missouri in 1860
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1854· 2 entries
Born 1854-03-14.
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Thomas Riley Marshall was born in North Manchester, Indiana, on March 14, 1854.
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1841· 1 entry
But little progress had been made passing a constitutional amendment to remedy the problem
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1827· 1 entry
It earned $25,000, $523,750 in 2015 chained dollars
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1817· 1 entry
And settled on a farm in present-day Whitley County
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