Know Nothing party
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Know Nothing party Know-Nothing a secretive movement established in New York City in 1849. Members were told to answer “I know nothing” when asked about their society's activities. In 1852, under James W. Barker, the Know-Nothings organized nationally. The party, which was officially called the American Party, believed in preserving and defending fundamental American traditions. It was against foreign immigration, and particularly against Catholics, whose allegiance to the Pope was feared. Strongest in the northeast, the Know-Nothings elected many candidates to federal and state offices in 1854. Initially neutral on the slavery issue, in 1855 the Know-Nothings adopted a proslavery stand, driving out most antislavery members. By 1857 most northern members had joined the
Republican Party.
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Appraiser Offers Lesson in Values At Library Event; Van Devanter Declares His Two Cents' Worth
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/20/2003; ; 700+ words
; Book and art appraiser Willis Van Devanter seemed to appreciate the family...print inside was worthless. Van Devanter devoted three hours Sunday afternoon...three men in Southern uniforms. Van Devanter was amused, and when she held...
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Investment Counselor W.B. Van Devanter Dies
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/9/1988; 700+ words
; Winslow Burhans Van Devanter, 92, an investment counselor...Chevy Chase. Mr. Van Devanter was born in Cheyenne...until 1956. Mr. Van Devanter was a member of the Metropolitan...Sawhill of Washington, and Willis Van Devanter of Poolesville...
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A Lesson in Values; Appraiser Assesses Items For Balch Library Patrons
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/20/2003; ; 700+ words
; Book and art appraiser Willis Van Devanter seemed to appreciate the family...print inside was worthless. Van Devanter devoted three hours Sunday afternoon...three men in Southern uniforms. Van Devanter was amused, and when she held...
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MADD threatens social drinking
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 5/31/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Driving home from a dinner in 1997 Willis Van Devanter, an academic and grandson of...An officer determined that Van Devanter had a BAC of just .03 percent...the time. The police had Van Devanter handcuffed and placed under arrest...
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The court-packing plan.(Franklin D. Roosevelt's effort to get politically sympathetic justices appointed to United States Supreme Court)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...supported Roosevelt's New Deal programs, justices Willis Van Devanter, James McReynolds, George Sutherland, and Pierce...changes to the Supreme Court. On May 18, Justice Van Devanter retired from the Court. Roosevelt, as the sitting...
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5-to-4: A judicial way of life at the U.S. Supreme Court
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/29/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the chief justice wrote in a letter to Justice Willis Van Devanter, adding: "They don't do any good, and only weaken...thinks than what any one thinks." The quotation from Van Devanter's unpublished papers is in an article by Robert...
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LOW PAPERS EXPECTED TO DRAW RESEARCHERS TO RPI.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 10/17/1986; 700+ words
; ...into this year's Challenger disaster. Appraiser Willis Van Devanter said the Low collection would "be of the greatest...scholars." The 8,000 letters in the collection, Van Devanter said, "reflect a strong penchant on Low's part...
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Madison's 1789 amendment suits today's political climate
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/21/1992; ; 686 words
; ...the Constitution, and the law was void. Justice Willis Van Devanter, writing for a unanimous court, took the opportunity...Constitution, the section that deals with amendments, Van Devanter concluded that the acts of proposing and ratifying...
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Long-lived amendment raises important issue
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/22/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...ratification had to be achieved. In an opinion by Justice Willis Van Devanter, the court held, without dissent, that the seven...Dillon was out of court. All this seemed clear to the Van Devanter court of 1921. But in 1939 the court had second thoughts...
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Tome Time
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/4/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...dealer in rare children's books and illustrations; Willis Van Devanter, an expert rare-book appraiser; and Nancy Israel...time, Israel and her husband, Phil, as well as Van Devanter, Phil's former classmate at St. Albans, met at...
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Van Devanter, Willis
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
VAN DEVANTER, WILLIS As an associate justice of the U...Court from 1910 to 1937, Willis Van Devanter was considered the leading conservative...legislative function." — Willis Van Devanter On the Court, Van Devanter wrote few...
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Willis Van Devanter
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Willis Van Devanter , 1859-1941, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S...1905-10). Appointed to the Supreme Court by President Taft, Van Devanter was one of the quartet of conservative justices who opposed most of...
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National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
...vote of 5 to 4; Hughes for the Court, Sutherland, Van Devanter, McReynolds, and Butler in dissent. The Jones...cases, Justices George Sutherland , Pierce Butler , Willis Van Devanter, and James McReynolds called for invalidation of...
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Dillon v. Gloss
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
...Mar. 1921, decided 16 May 1921 by vote of 9 to 0; Van Devanter for the Court. This case involved a conviction for...after its ratification. On the first issue, Justice Willis Van Devanter decided that Congress could set a reasonable deadline...
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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...butler, james mcreynolds, george sutherland, and willis van devanter denied that the federal Constitution gave Congress...the 1930s, Butler, McReynolds, Sutherland, and Van Devanter had become known as the "Four Horseman" because...
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