Word: gillette
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last of three State dinners of the season was given at the White House in honor of Speaker (soon to be Senator) and Mrs. Frederick H. Gillett. The guests around the great board numbered many notables, including one Governor, one Senator, three Admirals, three Generals, one Bishop and members of the 400 of the Nation's metropolis...
...confirm his nominations to Cabinet posts and other appointments of importance, but that the Senate would not be called upon to remain in session to consider treaties now awaiting ratification. ¶The official Congressional reception, with 2,000 guests present, was given at the White House. Speaker and Mrs. Gillett joined Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge in receiving the guests. C¶ President Coolidge transmitted to the Senate the text of the Paris reparations agreement which had aroused the fears of some Senators that it was an "entanglement" (TiME, Jan. 6, Feb. 2). With the document was a letter from Secretary...
...President and Mrs. Coolidge gave a farewell dinner to C. Bascom Slemp, who retired as Secretary to the President. The guests included Secretaries Weeks and Hoover, Speaker Gillett, Senator Hale of Maine, Representatives Longworth and Madden, Commissioners Blair (Internal Revenue) and Burke (Indian Affairs), ex-Senator Sutherland of West Virginia, G. Logan Payne, Washington publisher. Afterward, Mr. Slemp departed for a vacation in Florida before resuming his law practice in Washington...
...choose a Republican candidate for Speaker of the House (to succeed Speaker Gillett who goes to the Senate). Since the Republicans will have a majority in the next Congress, the choice of the caucus should be practically equivalent to election. The two leading candidates are Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, Republican floor leader and Representative Martin B. Madden of Illinois...
When Mr. Coolidge went into office, he wanted a secretary who knew the ins and outs of the political game, a man who was at home in it. He consulted with Senator Curtis, Republican Floor Leader Longworth, Speaker Gillett. They suggested Mr. Slemp of Virginia, who had retired from Congress shortly before. It is assumed that Mr. Sanders was chosen rather in the same fashion and for the same purposes...