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Norris
proposes Rules Committee in which the Speaker is
excluded |
March 17
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Roosevelt
declares "New Nationalism" at Osawatomie, Kansas
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1910
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March
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bipartisan
uprising against "Uncle Joe" Cannon |
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January
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Ballinger-Pinchot
controversy; Pinchot writes letter to Senator Dolliver
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National
Progressive Republican League founded |
early 1911
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1911
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House passes
direct election amendment by 296-11 margin
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Feb 2
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La Follette
speaks at Publishers Association and is reported to
have a breakdown; support switches to Roosevelt
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Roosevelt
criticizes treaties by Taft as suit brought against
dissolution of U.S. Steel |
October
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insane man
attempts to assassinate Roosevelt in Milwaukee
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October 14
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Popular Vote
41.9
27.4
23.2
6.0
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Electoral Vote
435
88
8
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May
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William Borah
(ID) guides direct election measure to enactment
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August 5
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Progressive
Party convention n Chicago |
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Underwood
tariff passes in House |
1913
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April 8
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Wilson
appears before special session of congress calling for
elimnation of tariffs |
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Dec 23
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Federal
Reserve Act enacted by Congress |
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Federal Trade
Commission Act and Clayton Antitrust Act approved by
Senate |
mid 1914
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January 29
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Maryland’s
Blair Lee becomes first directly elected senator
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April
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onset of the
world war, Senate’s attention shifted to foreign
policy |
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Democratic
convention in St. Louis |
June 15
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Popular Vote
49.4
46.2
3.2
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Electoral Vote
277
254
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June 7
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Republican
and Progressive conventions in Chicago |
|
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‘cloture’
measure (Rule 22) passes at Wilson's demand
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March 5
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Eighteenth
Amendment approved; put into operation by Volstead Act
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Dec 18
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March 2
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Progressives
hold filibuster of arming ships on noninterventionist
policies |
|
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April 4
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House votes
for war |
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H. Cabot
Lodge becomes Senate’s floor leader and senior member
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August
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Sedition Act
proposed to punish anyone who spoke out against the
government |
May 16
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1918
|
Wilson calls
for establishment of Democratic congress to see the
victory |
|
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January
|
Wilson sets
forth "Fourteen Points" to Congress |
|
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1918
|
Truman
Newberry defeats Henry Ford in Michigan Senate race
|
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peace treaty
sent to Senate; voted down amendments |
July 10
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Newberry
indicted on charges of conspiracy |
Novmbr 29
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March
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Lodge
presents resolution signed by 29 senators urging the
separation of the treaty from the League of Nations
covenant |
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October 22
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Wilson
suffers a stroke, and returns to capital from peace
campaign |
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