Word: elihu
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Elihu Root of Manhattan, Secretary of War under McKinley, Secretary of State under Roosevelt, Senator from New York, 1909-1915. His diplomatic and political record is unequaled by any of the candidates, but he would probably be unwilling to accept the post at London, since he is understood to have refused it when approached by President Harding...
...Ringside. Gathered around at various ranges of visibility, notables from all walks of life observed. When Dempsey descended into the front row he landed not far from Archie and Kermit Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, Sir Thomas Lipton, ex-heavyweight champion Jim Corbett, John J. McGraw, George M. Cohan. The visiting British polo teams were there, all the Yankee and most of the Chicago White Sox ball players, Lord Birkenhead and his daughter...
...Elihu Root, ex-Secretary of State, one of the few veteran statesmen that this country can claim, accepted the first place offered on the jury which will award Edward Bok's prize of $100,000 for a practical plan to promote world peace?a plan in which this country can participate. Announcement of the appointment of six more jurors is expected before Sept...
Among the long list of Presidential possibilities picked by Democratic politicians appeared (with one or two votes each) many unknowns and not a few Republicans. Among the Republicans were: Frank O. Lowden, Elihu Root, Hiram Johnson, R. M. La Follette, William E. Borah, Arthur Capper, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Albert J. Beveridge, James C. Couzens...
...earnest plea for action is now realized. He is honorary chairman of a national committee, of which Franklin Roosevelt is active head, to raise $15,000,000 at least, for the completion of the cathedral. The New York chairman is Elihu Root. The cathedral is national, or even international, in its interest, for when it is completed it will be by far the largest cathedral in the Protestant or in the English speaking world, second only in size to Seville and St. Peter...