biography
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| (1860–1936)
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| biography:
| US vice-president (1929–33) and US representative, born in North Topeka, Kansas, USA. He claimed to be one-eighth American Indian and made much of this in his political career. He became Herbert Hoover's vice-president after 34 years in Congress, and supported the Republican policies even as the impact of the Great Depression became more evident. |
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