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Dewey Urged to Run for Senate in New York
White House aides press former Gov Thomas E Dewey to seek the New York Senate seat as a Taft wing backing may allure him. Nixon era figures like Cooper also courted for Kentucky seat amid Barkley’s death and Clements Chandler conflict. Dewey and Cooper deny plans while Eisenhower signals influence.
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Washington
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Senate
Eisenhower
GOP
Interior
Douglas McKay
Oregon
Dewey
Taft
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Rep
Taylor
James C. Hagerty
Herbert Lehman
Jacob Javits
J. Raymond McGovern
Alben W. Barkley
Thruston B. Morton
State Department
Morton
Earle Clements
Clements
Joe B. Bates
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Chandler
Barkley
Democratic State Committee
Frankfort
Harry Lee Waterfield
Cooper
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