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From March 11 to June 3, 1952, delegates were elected to the 1952 Republican National Convention.. The fight for the 1952 Republican nomination was largely between popular General Dwight D. Eisenhower (who succeeded Thomas E. Dewey as the candidate of the party's liberal eastern establishment) and Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, the longtime leader of the conservative wing.
In the same conversation, Eisenhower indicated that if he won the nomination, Nixon would be his first choice for the vice presidency, because Eisenhower believed the party needed to promote leaders who were aggressive, capable, and young. [7] Eisenhower later developed a list of seven potential candidates, with Nixon's name at the top. [8]
After the nominations were completed, including speeches on behalf of Earl Warren, Harold Stassen, and Douglas MacArthur, the delegates proceeded to vote. [4] After the first ballot, Eisenhower had 595 votes, nine short of the 604 required for the nomination, [4] while Taft was a strong second with 500: Warren had 81, Stassen 20, and MacArthur ...
Before Brennan's nomination was considered by the Congress, Justice Stanley Forman Reed announced his retirement from the Court on February 25, 1957, citing old age. Reed was 73 years old, [ 23 ] but had also begun to feel that the Court's jurisprudential center had shifted too far away from him, and that he was losing his effectiveness. [ 24 ]
Republican nominee Five-star general Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democratic governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. [3] [4] Eisenhower won the popular vote by eleven points, and carried every state outside the South. Eisenhower took the Republican nomination on the first ballot, defeating Ohio senator Robert A. Taft and California governor Earl ...
President-elect Donald Trump has said he might install his picks for top administration posts without first winning approval in the U.S. Senate. This would erode the power of Congress and remove a ...
A post on X claims that Senator Lindsey Graham has already voted no on Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s. potential nomination for Director of Health and Human Services. Verdict: False The vote has not ...
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Pentagon, was grilled by members of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday at a hearing to confirm his nomination. The ...