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Hoover appoints cabinet picks amid Washington gossip
The article details President Hoover's initial cabinet selections, naming Henry L. Stimson as Secretary of State, Andrew Mellon as Secretary of the Treasury, James Wil lam Good as Secretary of War, Charles F. Adams as Secretary of the Navy, James John Davis as Secretary of Labor, Robert Patterson Lamont as Secretary of Commerce, Ray Lyman Wilbur as Secretary of the Interior, William D. Mitchell as Attorney General, Arthur M. Hyde as Secretary of Agriculture, and Walter F. Brown as Postmaster General. It notes the mix of former Democrats and party veterans, plus possible temporary tenures and anticipated future changes.
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Towa
House
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Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Pittsburgh
Harding
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Evanston
Iowa
Charles F. Adams
Concord
Mass
Harvard University
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Quincy
Ill
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Pennsylvania
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Detroit
Chicago
American Foundries Co., ‘Inc
Army Ordnance Department
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Winona
Minn
Arthur M. Hyde
Princeton
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Missouri
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Ilinois
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Massachusetts
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Hyde
Howard Taft
Taft
Stimson
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Supreme Court
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Kansas City
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Wilbur
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