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Time Served
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President
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Home State
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Answer
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September 12, 1789 - December 31, 1794
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George Washington
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Massachusetts
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Henry Knox
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January 2, 1795 - December 10, 1795
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George Washington
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Pennsylvania
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Timothy Pickering
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January 27, 1796 - June 1, 1800
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George Washington, John Adams
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Maryland
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James McHenry
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June 1, 1800 - January 31, 1801
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John Adams
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Massachusetts
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Samuel Dexter
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March 5, 1801 - March 4, 1809
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Thomas Jefferson
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Massachusetts
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Henry Dearborn
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March 7, 1809 - January 13, 1813
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James Madison
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Massacusetts
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William Eustis
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January 13, 1813 - September 27, 1814
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James Madison
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New York
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John Armstrong Jr.
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September 27, 1814 - March 2, 1815
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James Madison
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Virginia
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James Monroe
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August 1, 1815 - October 22, 1816
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James Madison
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Georgia
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William H. Crawford
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October 8, 1817 - March 4, 1825
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James Monroe
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South Carolina
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John C. Calhoun
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March 7, 1825 - May 23, 1828
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John Quincy Adams
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Virginia
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James Barbour
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May 23, 1828 - March 9, 1829
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John Quincy Adams
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New York
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Peter Buell Porter
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March 9, 1829 - June 18, 1831
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Andrew Jackson
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Tennessee
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John Eaton
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August 1, 1831 - October 5, 1836
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Andrew Jackson
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Ohio
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Lewis Cass
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March 7, 1837 - March 4, 1841
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Martin Van Buren
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South Carolina
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Joel Roberts Poinsett
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March 5, 1841 - September 13, 1841
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William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
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South Carolina
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John Bell
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October 12, 1841 - March 4, 1843
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John Tyler
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New York
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John Canfield Spencer
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March 8, 1843 - February 14, 1844
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John Tyler
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Pennsylvania
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James Madison Porter
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February 15, 1844 - March 4, 1845
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John Tyler
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Pennsylvania
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William Wilkins
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March 6, 1845 - March 4, 1849
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James K. Polk
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New York
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William Learned Marcy
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March 8, 1849 - July 22, 1850
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Zachary Taylor
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Georgia
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George W. Crawford
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August 15, 1850 - March 4, 1853
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Millard Fillmore
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Virginia
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Charles Magill Conrad
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March 7, 1853 - March 4, 1857
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Franklin Pierce
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Mississippi
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Jefferson Davis
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March 6, 1857 - December 29, 1860
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James Buchanan
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Virginia
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John B. Floyd
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January 18, 1861 - March 4, 1861
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James Buchanan
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Kentucky
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Joseph Holt
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March 5, 1861 - January 14, 1862
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Abraham Lincoln
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Pennsylvania
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Simon Cameron
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January 20, 1862 - May 28, 1868
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Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson
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Pennsylvania
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Edwin M. Stanton
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(Acting) August 12, 1867 - January 14, 1868
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Andrew Johnson
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Ohio
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Ulysses S. Grant
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June 1, 1868 - March 13, 1869
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Andrew Johnson
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Illinois
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John McAllister Schofield
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March 13, 1869 - September 6, 1869
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Illinois
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John Aaron Rawlins
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(Acting) September 6, 1869 - October 25, 1869
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Ohio
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William Sherman
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October 25, 1869 - March 2, 1876
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Iowa
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William W. Belknap
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March 8, 1876 - May 22, 1876
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Ohio
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Alphonso Taft
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May 22, 1876 - March 4, 1877
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Pennsylvania
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J. Donald Cameron
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March 12, 1877 - December 10, 1879
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Iowa
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George W. McCrary
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December 10, 1879 - March 4, 1881
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Minnesota
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Alexander Ramsey
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March 5, 1881 - March 4, 1885
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James Garfield, Chester Arthur
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Illinois
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Robert Todd Lincoln
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March 5, 1885 - March 4, 1889
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Grover Cleveland
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Massachusetts
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William Crowninshield Endicott
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March 5, 1889 - November 5, 1891
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Benjamin Harrison
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Vermont
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Redfield Proctor
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December 17, 1891 - March 4, 1893
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Benjamin Harrison
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West Virginia
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Stephen Benton Elkins
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March 5, 1893 - March 4, 1897
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Grover Cleveland
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New York
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Daniel S. Lamont
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March 5, 1897 - August 1, 1899
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William McKinley
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Michigan
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Russell A. Alger
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August 1, 1899 - January 31, 1904
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William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt
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New York
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Elihu Root
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February 1, 1904 - June 30, 1908
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Ohio
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William Howard Taft
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July 1, 1908 - March 4, 1909
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Tennessee
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Luke Edward Wright
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March 12, 1909 - May 21, 1911
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William Howard Taft
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Tennessee
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Jacob M. Dickinson
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May 22, 1911 - March 4, 1913
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William Howard Taft
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New York
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Henry L. Stimson
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March 5, 1913 - February 10, 1916
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Woodrow Wilson
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New Jersey
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Lindley Miller Garrison
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March 9, 1916 -March 4, 1921
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Woodrow Wilson
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Ohio
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Newton D. Baker
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March 5, 1921 - October 13, 1925
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Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge
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Massachusetts
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John W. Weeks
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October 14, 1925 - March 4, 1929
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Calvin Coolidge
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Missouri
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Dwight F. Davis
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March 6, 1929 - November 18, 1929
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Herbert Hoover
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Iowa
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James William Good
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December 9, 1929 - March 4, 1933
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Herbert Hoover
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Oklahoma
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Patrick J. Hurley
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March 4, 1933 - August 27, 1936
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Utah
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George Dern
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September 25, 1936 - June 20, 1940
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Franklin D Roosevelt
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Kansas
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Harry Hines Woodring
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July 10, 1940 - September 21, 1945
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman
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New York
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Henry L. Stimson
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September 27, 1945 - July 18, 1947
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Harry Truman
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New York
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Robert P. Patterson
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July 19, 1947 - September 18, 1947
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Harry Truman
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North Carolina
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Kenneth Royall
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