Thomas J. Spellacy
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Thomas Joseph Spellacy was an American politician and lawyer. He was the 47th mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, held several other offices, and was one of Connecticut's most prominent Democrats over a p
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William Gibbs McAdoo
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William Gibbs McAdoo Jr. was an American lawyer and statesman. McAdoo was a leader of the Progressive movement and played a major role in the administration of his father-in-law, President Woodrow Wil
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…and 42nd ballots, and was eastern regional campaign manager for the eventual compromise nominee (chosen after Smith and the other leading contender, William Gibbs McAdoo, deadlocked), John W. Davis. Spellacy was a member of the Democratic National Committee from 1926 to 1928. He continued to be a supporter of Alfred…
Portrait by Harris & Ewing, 1914
McAdoo in his youth
President Woodrow Wilson's commission of Treasury Secretary McAdoo, March 1913
"A long man with a long head". Puck cartoon, 25 April 1914.