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Taft Era Begins With Skilled White House Staff
William H Taft arrives as general manager of national affairs shaping a businesslike White House. Cortelyou era rules ensure letters answered the same day and smooth visitor handling with a 43 member staff including Carpenter the longtime private secretary. Mischler Forster Latta Crook Youngs Anderson Brooks Pennell join a seasoned team ready to run the executive mansion with efficiency and dispatch.
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William H Taft
White House
Teo
Cortelyou
America
Wiliam H Taft
Taft
Ciy “Louse
Linco
Sistan
Press
Corr
C Ortelyou
Fred Warner Carpenter
Corteiyou
Carpenter
Sauk Center
Minn
California
Golden Gate State
University of
Minnesota
Bishop & Wheeler
San Francisco
Charles 3
Wheeler
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Washington
Murray Bay
Canada
Hot Springs
Cincinnati
Pacific
Manila
Dan Williams
United States
Newcamer
Wendell W Mischier
Mischier
Ohio
Ever Shene
Augusta Ga
Mischler
Panama
da Carpenter
Rudolph Forster
Maurice C Latta
William E. Crook
Col Crook
Abraham Tincoln
Johnson
Grant
Warren S Youngs
Thomas Anderson
Manson
Arthur Brooks
William Pennell