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Oscar Underwood

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Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924. [1]

89 relations: Accotink, Virginia, Al Smith, Alabama, Alabama's 2nd congressional district, Alabama's 9th congressional district, Albert S. Burleson, Alexandria, Virginia, B. B. Comer, Baltimore, Birmingham, Alabama, Champ Clark, Charlottesville, Virginia, Classes of United States Senators, Claude Kitchin, Columbia University, Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Party (United States), Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama), Fairfax County, Virginia, Favorite son, Francis S. White, Frank Underwood (House of Cards), George Huddleston, George Washington, Gilbert Hitchcock, Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, Hiram Johnson, House of Cards (U.S. TV series), Hugo Black, Income tax in the United States, James D. Richardson, James Thomas Heflin, James Tilghman Lloyd, John F. Kennedy, John H. Bankhead, John M. Cooper (historian), John W. Davis, Joseph L. Bristow, Joseph R. Underwood, Joseph Taylor Robinson, Kentucky Supreme Court, Ku Klux Klan, List of United States Representatives from Alabama, List of United States Senators from Alabama, Louis Washington Turpin, Louisville, Kentucky, Minnesota, National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places, ..., Oscar W. Underwood House, Panama Canal, Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, Party leaders of the United States Senate, Peter G. Gerry, Petersburg, Virginia, President of the United States, Progressivism in the United States, Prohibition in the United States, Revenue Act of 1913, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Sereno E. Payne, Southern United States, Tariffs in United States history, Temperance movement, Thomas R. Marshall, Truman H. Aldrich, United States, United States House Committee on Ways and Means, United States House of Representatives, United States Postmaster General, United States presidential election, 1912, United States Senate, United States Senate Committee on Cuban Relations, United States Senate elections, 1914, United States Senate elections, 1920, University of Virginia, Wall Street, West Virginia, William Allan Oldfield, William Gibbs McAdoo, William Jennings Bryan, William W. Brandon, Woodlawn (plantation), Woodrow Wilson, Woodward Iron Company, World War I, 1912 Democratic National Convention, 1924 Democratic National Convention. Expand index (39 more) »

Accotink, Virginia

Accotink is an unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Al Smith

Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who was elected Governor of New York four times and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Alabama's 2nd congressional district

Alabama's 2nd congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama that elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives.

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Alabama's 9th congressional district

Alabama's 9th congressional district was formerly apportioned to portions of central and western Alabama from 1893 until 1963 when the seat was lost due to reapportionment after the 1960 United States Census.

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Albert S. Burleson

Albert Sidney Burleson (June 7, 1863 – November 24, 1937) was a conservative Democrat and United States Postmaster General and Representative.

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Alexandria, Virginia

Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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B. B. Comer

Braxton Bragg Comer (November 7, 1848 – August 15, 1927) was the 33rd Governor of Alabama from 1907 to 1911, and a United States Senator in 1920.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the seat of Jefferson County.

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Champ Clark

James Beauchamp "Champ" Clark (March 7, 1850 – March 2, 1921) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s until his death.

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Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville and officially named the City of Charlottesville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Classes of United States Senators

The three classes of United States Senators are made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats each.

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Claude Kitchin

Claude Kitchin (March 24, 1869 – May 31, 1923) was a U.S. Congressional Representative from North Carolina and floor leader of his party in the House during the 64th, 65th, and 67th Congresses.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate

The Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate (sometimes referred to as the Democratic Conference) is the formal organization of all senators who are part of the Democratic Party in the United States Senate.

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Democratic National Convention

The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama)

Elmwood Cemetery is a cemetery established in 1900 (as Elm Leaf Cemetery) in Birmingham, Alabama northwest of Homewood by a group of fraternal organizations.

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Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a predominantly suburban county — with urban and rural pockets — in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Favorite son

A favorite son (or a favorite daughter) is a political term.

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Francis S. White

Francis Shelley "Frank" White (March 13, 1847August 1, 1922) was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama.

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Frank Underwood (House of Cards)

Francis J. Underwood is the fictional 46th President of the United States and the protagonist of the American adaptation of House of Cards.

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George Huddleston

George Huddleston (November 11, 1869 – February 29, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, father of George Huddleston, Jr.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732 –, 1799), known as the "Father of His Country," was an American soldier and statesman who served from 1789 to 1797 as the first President of the United States.

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Gilbert Hitchcock

Gilbert Monell Hitchcock (September 18, 1859February 3, 1934) was an American congressman and U.S. Senator from Nebraska, and the founder of the Omaha World-Herald newspaper.

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Hay–Pauncefote Treaty

The Hay–Pauncefote Treaty is a treaty signed by the United States and the United Kingdom on 18 November 1901, as a preliminary to the creation of the Panama Canal.

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Hiram Johnson

Hiram Warren Johnson (September 2, 1866August 6, 1945) was initially a leading American progressive and then a Liberal Isolationist Republican politician from California.

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House of Cards (U.S. TV series)

House of Cards is an American political thriller web television series created by Beau Willimon.

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Hugo Black

Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American politician and jurist who served in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1937, and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1937 to 1971.

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Income tax in the United States

Income taxes in the United States are imposed by the federal, most state, and many local governments.

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James D. Richardson

James Daniel Richardson (March 10, 1843 – July 24, 1914) was an American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee for Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 through 1905.

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James Thomas Heflin

James Thomas Heflin (April 9, 1869 – April 22, 1951), nicknamed "Cotton Tom," was an American politician and leading proponent of white supremacy who served as a Democratic Congressman and United States Senator from Alabama.

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James Tilghman Lloyd

James Tilghman Lloyd (August 28, 1857 – April 3, 1944) was a U.S. political figure and a Democratic Representative from Missouri from 1897 to 1917.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination in November 1963.

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John H. Bankhead

John Hollis Bankhead (September 13, 1842March 1, 1920) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama between 1907 and 1920.

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John M. Cooper (historian)

John Milton Cooper Jr. (born 1940) is an American historian, author, and educator.

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John W. Davis

John William Davis GBE (April 13, 1873 – March 24, 1955) was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer.

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Joseph L. Bristow

Joseph Little Bristow (22 July 186114 July 1944) was a Republican politician from the American state of Kansas.

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Joseph R. Underwood

Joseph Rogers Underwood (October 24, 1791 – August 23, 1876) was a lawyer, judge, United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky.

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Joseph Taylor Robinson

Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas.

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Kentucky Supreme Court

The Kentucky Supreme Court was created by a 1975 constitutional amendment and is the state supreme court of the U.S. state of Kentucky.

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Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan, commonly called the KKK or simply the Klan, refers to three distinct secret movements at different points in time in the history of the United States.

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List of United States Representatives from Alabama

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Alabama.

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List of United States Senators from Alabama

Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819, and elects U.S. Senators to Class 2 and Class 3.

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Louis Washington Turpin

Louis Washington Turpin (February 22, 1849 – February 3, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

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Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 29th most-populous city in the United States.

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Minnesota

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest and northern regions of the United States.

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National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Oscar W. Underwood House

The Oscar W. Underwood House is a historic house located at 2000 G Street in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood Northwest, Washington, D.C..

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Panama Canal

The Panama Canal (Canal de Panamá) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.

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Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives

Party leaders and whips of the United States House of Representatives, also known as floor leaders, are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door caucus by secret ballot.

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Party leaders of the United States Senate

The Senate Majority and Minority Leaders are two United States Senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate.

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Peter G. Gerry

Peter Goelet Gerry (September 18, 1879 – October 31, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and later, as a U.S. Senator from Rhode Island.

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Petersburg, Virginia

Petersburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Progressivism in the United States

Progressivism in the United States is a broadly based reform movement that reached its height early in the 20th century and is generally considered to be middle class and reformist in nature.

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Prohibition in the United States

Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933.

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Revenue Act of 1913

The Revenue Act of 1913, also known as the Tariff Act, the Underwood Tariff, the Underwood Act, the Underwood Tariff Act, or the Underwood-Simmons Act (ch. 16,, October 3, 1913), re-imposed the federal income tax after the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment and lowered basic tariff rates from 40% to 25%, well below the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act of 1909.

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Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Sereno E. Payne

Sereno Elisha Payne (June 26, 1843 – December 10, 1914) was a United States Representative from New York and the first House Majority Leader, holding the office from 1899 to 1911.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, also known as the American South, Dixie, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a region of the United States of America.

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Tariffs in United States history

The tariff history of the United States spans from colonial times to present.

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Temperance movement

The temperance movement is a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages.

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Thomas R. Marshall

Thomas Riley Marshall (March 14, 1854 – June 1, 1925) was an American politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.

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Truman H. Aldrich

Truman Heminway Aldrich (October 17, 1848 – April 28, 1932) was a civil engineer, a mining company executive, and a paleontologist, and briefly served in the United States House of Representatives and as Postmaster of Birmingham.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States House Committee on Ways and Means

The Committee on Ways and Means is the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Postmaster General

The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the United States Postal Service; Megan Brennan is the current Postmaster General.

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United States presidential election, 1912

The United States presidential election of 1912 was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1912.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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United States Senate Committee on Cuban Relations

The United States Senate Committee on Cuban Relations was formed following the Spanish–American War, in 1899.

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United States Senate elections, 1914

The United States Senate elections of 1914, with the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913, were the first time that all seats up for election were popularly elected instead of chosen by their state legislatures.

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United States Senate elections, 1920

The United States Senate elections of 1920 were elections for the United States Senate that coincided with the election of Warren G. Harding as President.

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University of Virginia

The University of Virginia (U.Va. or UVA), frequently referred to simply as Virginia, is a public research university and the flagship for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Wall Street

Wall Street is an eight-block-long street running roughly northwest to southeast from Broadway to South Street, at the East River, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.

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William Allan Oldfield

William Allan Oldfield (February 4, 1874 – November 19, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas (1909-1928).

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William Gibbs McAdoo

William Gibbs McAdoo, Jr.McAdoo is variously differentiated from family members of the same name.

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William Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American orator and politician from Nebraska.

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William W. Brandon

William Woodward Brandon (June 5, 1868December 7, 1934) was an American Democratic politician who was the 37th governor of Alabama from 1923 to 1927.

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Woodlawn (plantation)

Woodlawn Plantation is a historic house located in Fairfax County, Virginia.

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Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.

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Woodward Iron Company

The Woodward Iron Company (located in the area between Hueytown, Brighton, and Bessemer, Alabama) was founded on December 31, 1881, by brothers William and Joseph Woodward.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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1912 Democratic National Convention

The 1912 Democratic National Convention was held at the Fifth Regiment Armory off North Howard Street in Baltimore from June 25 to July 2, 1912.

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1924 Democratic National Convention

The 1924 Democratic National Convention, held at the Madison Square Garden in New York City from June 24 to July 9, 1924, was the longest continuously running convention in United States political history.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Underwood

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