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John W. Weeks, the Glossary

John Wingate Weeks (April 11, 1860July 12, 1926) was an American banker and politician from Massachusetts.^[1]

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Candidates in the 1916 United States presidential election
Coolidge administration cabinet members
Harding administration cabinet members
Republican Party United States senators from Massachusetts

Alaska

Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.

Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery is one of two cemeteries in the United States National Cemetery System that are maintained by the United States Army.

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Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin scientiae baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.

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Boston

Boston, officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Calvin Coolidge (born John Calvin Coolidge Jr.;; July 4, 1872January 5, 1933) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. John W. Weeks and Calvin Coolidge are Harding administration cabinet members.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Charles River

The Charles River (Massachusett: Quinobequin), sometimes called the River Charles or simply the Charles, is an river in eastern Massachusetts.

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Classes of United States senators

The 100 seats in the United States Senate are divided into 3 classes to determine which seats will be up for election in any 2-year cycle, with only 1 class being up for election at a time.

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David I. Walsh

David Ignatius Walsh (November 11, 1872June 11, 1947) was an American politician from Massachusetts.

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Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats.

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Destroyer escort

Destroyer escort (DE) was the United States Navy mid-20th-century classification for a warship designed with the endurance necessary to escort mid-ocean convoys of merchant marine ships.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed Ike, was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Dwight F. Davis

Dwight Filley Davis Sr. (July 5, 1879 – November 28, 1945) was an American tennis player and politician. John W. Weeks and Dwight F. Davis are Coolidge administration cabinet members and United States Secretaries of War.

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Edgar Weeks

Edgar Weeks (August 3, 1839 – December 17, 1904) was a military officer, judge and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Fairbanks, Alaska

Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States.

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Forest History Society

The Forest History Society is an American non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of forest and conservation history.

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Frank O. Lowden

Frank Orren Lowden (January 26, 1861 – March 20, 1943) was an American Republican Party politician who served as the 25th Governor of Illinois and as a United States Representative from Illinois.

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Frederick H. Gillett

Frederick Huntington Gillett (October 16, 1851 – July 31, 1935) was an American politician who served as the 42nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1925 and as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1925 to 1931. John W. Weeks and Frederick H. Gillett are Republican Party United States senators from Massachusetts and Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Henry Cabot Lodge

Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American politician, historian, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. John W. Weeks and Henry Cabot Lodge are Candidates in the 1916 United States presidential election, Republican Party United States senators from Massachusetts and Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

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Hornblower & Weeks

Hornblower & Weeks was an investment banking and brokerage firm founded by Henry Hornblower and John W. Weeks in 1888.

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James Michael Curley

James Michael Curley (November 20, 1874 – November 12, 1958) was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts.

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Jesse Overstreet

Jesse E. Overstreet (December 14, 1859 – May 27, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1909.

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John A. Moon

John Austin Moon (April 22, 1855 – June 26, 1921) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee.

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John Joseph Mitchell

John Joseph Mitchell (May 9, 1873 – September 13, 1925) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

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John W. Weeks (New Hampshire politician)

John Wingate Weeks (March 31, 1781 – April 3, 1853) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, great uncle of John Wingate Weeks.

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John W. Weeks Bridge

The John W. Weeks Memorial Bridge, usually called the Weeks Footbridge or simply Weeks Bridge, is a pedestrian bridge over the Charles River, located four miles northwest of downtown Boston on the Harvard University campus.

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Lancaster, New Hampshire

Lancaster is a town located along the Connecticut River in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States.

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Lieutenant (navy)

LieutenantThe pronunciation of lieutenant is generally split between,, generally in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and,, generally associated with the United States.

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List of covers of Time magazine (1920s)

This is a list of people and other topics appearing on the cover of Time magazine in the 1920s.

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List of mayors of Newton, Massachusetts

This is a list of the past and present mayors of Newton, Massachusetts.

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List of United States representatives from Massachusetts

The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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List of United States senators from Massachusetts

Below is a chronological listing of the United States senators from Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts

Massachusetts (script), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Massachusetts's 12th congressional district

Massachusetts's 12th congressional district is an obsolete district that was first active 1795–1803 in the District of Maine and 1803–1843 in Eastern Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts's 13th congressional district

Massachusetts's 13th congressional district is an obsolete district that was first active 1793–1803 in the District of Maine, then active 1803–1833 and 1893–1963 in Eastern Massachusetts.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

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Mount Weeks

Mount Weeks, formerly Round Mountain, is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire.

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National forest (United States)

In the United States, national forest is a classification of protected and managed federal lands that are largely forest and woodland areas.

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Newton Centre, Massachusetts

Newton Centre is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Newton D. Baker

Newton Diehl Baker Jr. (December 3, 1871 – December 25, 1937) was an American lawyer, Georgist,Noble, Ransom E. "Henry George and the Progressive Movement." The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, vol. John W. Weeks and Newton D. Baker are United States Secretaries of War.

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Newton, Massachusetts

Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, in effect recognizing the right of women to vote.

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Politician

A politician is a person who has political power in the government of a state, a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Roy Chapman Andrews

Roy Chapman Andrews (January 26, 1884 – March 11, 1960) was an American explorer, adventurer, and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History.

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Rudderow-class destroyer escort

The Rudderow-class destroyer escorts were destroyer escorts launched in the United States in 1943 to 1945.

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Samuel L. Powers

Samuel Leland Powers (October 26, 1848 – November 30, 1929) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. John W. Weeks and Samuel L. Powers are Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

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Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state.

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Ship commissioning

Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning.

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Sinclair Weeks

Charles Sinclair Weeks (June 15, 1893February 7, 1972), better known as Sinclair Weeks, was an american politician and served as United States Senator from Massachusetts (1944) and as United States Secretary of Commerce from 1953 until 1958, during President Eisenhower's administration. John W. Weeks and Sinclair Weeks are Republican Party United States senators from Massachusetts.

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Spanish–American War

The Spanish–American War (April 21 – December 10, 1898) began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.

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United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads

The United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads was a congressional committee which existed until 1946.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Naval Academy

The United States Naval Academy (USNA, Navy, or Annapolis) is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

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United States Secretary of Commerce

The United States secretary of commerce (SecCom) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce.

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United States Secretary of War

The secretary of war was a member of the U.S. president's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration. John W. Weeks and United States Secretary of War are United States Secretaries of War.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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USS John W. Weeks

USS John W. Weeks (DD-701), an, was named for John Wingate Weeks, who attained the rank of rear admiral.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America.

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Warren G. Harding

Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician who served as the 29th president of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923. John W. Weeks and Warren G. Harding are Candidates in the 1916 United States presidential election.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Weeks Act

The Weeks Act is a federal law (36 Stat. 961) enacted by the United States Congress on March 1, 1911.

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Weeks Estate

The Weeks Estate is a historic country estate on U.S. Route 3 in Lancaster, New Hampshire.

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Weeks Field

Weeks Field was the first airport for Fairbanks, Alaska, existing from 1923 to 1951, when most operations were moved to Fairbanks International Airport.

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Weeks Junior High School

The former Weeks Junior High School, also known as John Wingate Weeks Junior High School, is a historic school located at 7 Hereward Road, corner of Rowena Road in the village of Newton Center in Newton, Massachusetts.

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Willard Saulsbury Jr.

Willard Saulsbury Jr. (April 17, 1861 – February 20, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware.

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William S. Greene

William Stedman Greene (April 28, 1841 – September 22, 1924) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. John W. Weeks and William S. Greene are Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

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Winthrop M. Crane

Winthrop Murray Crane (commonly referred to as W. Murray Crane or simply Murray Crane; April 23, 1853October 2, 1920) was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served as the 40th governor of Massachusetts from 1900 to 1903 and represented that state in the United States Senate from 1904 to 1913. John W. Weeks and Winthrop M. Crane are Republican Party United States senators from Massachusetts.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Weeks

Also known as John Wingate Weeks.

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See also

Candidates in the 1916 United States presidential election

Coolidge administration cabinet members

Harding administration cabinet members

Republican Party United States senators from Massachusetts

References