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Hace 1 día · The two leading candidates were William Gibbs McAdoo of California, former Secretary of the Treasury and son-in-law of former President Woodrow Wilson, and Governor Al Smith of New York. The balloting revealed a clear geographic and cultural split in the party, as McAdoo was supported mostly by rural , Protestant delegates from the South, West ...
30 de abr. de 2024 · In line with their party’s claim to credit for American prosperity, Wilson and Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo indulged in simple triumphalism. Footnote 13 The leading monetarist, Irving Fisher, tried to sound the alarm, but the president and public were hard to interest.
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Hace 3 días · Wilson's Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo had been regarded by many as the front-runner, but his candidacy was damaged by his connection to the Teapot Dome Scandal. Nonetheless, he entered the convention as one of the two strongest candidates, alongside Governor Al Smith of New York. [132]
Hace 4 días · Most of the major Democratic leaders, such as William Gibbs McAdoo, were therefore content to sit out the election. [citation needed] One who did not do so was New York Governor Al Smith, who had previously made two attempts to secure the Democratic nomination.
Hace 3 días · Smith represented the urban, east coast wing of the party as an anti-prohibition "wet" candidate, while his main rival for the nomination, President Woodrow Wilson's son-in-law William Gibbs McAdoo, a former Secretary of the Treasury, stood for the more rural tradition and prohibition "dry" candidacy.
14 de may. de 2024 · The Founding Era Collection > The Papers of Woodrow Wilson > Volumes > Volume 48, May 13 – July 17, 1918 > Documents > From William Gibbs McAdoo, 14 May 1918 Documents in this publication are viewable by registered users only.
Hace 5 días · She happens to be distantly related to William Gibbs McAdoo, the onetime U.S. senator who lived in Santa Barbara in the 1930s and was married to Woodrow Wilson’s daughter. He also palled around politically with Santa Barbara News-Press owner and publisher TM Storke — with whom he also helped develop much of what is today’s Riviera.
