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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 [Appointment of Oscar George Foellinger as Hoover's agent and attorney in Indiana]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00728 Author/Creator: Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Typed document signed Date: 5 March 1928 Pagination: 1 p. ; 26 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Witnessed by "B.J. Nash" and "George Akerm." Foellinger was to help Hoover enter the Indiana primary for the Presidential election of 1928. Atypically signs his full name, "Herbert Clark Hoover."

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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