biography
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| (1869–1923)
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| biography:
| US representative, born in Scotland, North Carolina, USA. Son of a representative, he was a lawyer before going to the US House of Representatives (Democrat, North Carolina, 1901–23). Brilliant at debate, his support of the Payne–Aldrich tariff won him appointment to the Ways and Means Committee. As its chairman (1915), he initially opposed Wilson's declaration of war against Germany, but he secured passage of revenue bills to support the war effort. |
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