CUMMINS, ALBERT BAIRD

1850–1926, U.S. Senator from Iowa (1909–26), b. Green co., Pa. He studied law in Chicago and in 1878 joined his brother in practice in Des Moines. As governor of Iowa (1901–8), Cummins worked to break up railroad domination in politics and to inaugurate progressive policies in the state. He was elected (1908) to the U.S. Senate and was co-author there of the Esch-Cummins Transportation Act of 1920.

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A Guide to the History of Texas
Book by Light Townsend Cummins, Alvin R. Bailey Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1988
Subjects: Texas--Historiography, Texas--History--Archival Resources--Directories, Texas--History--Bibliography
include the papers of populist leaders James W. Baird 1885-1900; 60 items and John B. Rushing 1874-1913...Governor James "Pa" Ferguson 1911-1936; 7 in. ; Congressman Albert S. Burleson 1900-1928; 5 lin. ft. ; and University of...
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Speech Criticism, the Development of Standards for Rhetorical Appraisal
Book by Lester Thonssen, A. Craig Baird; Ronald Press Co., 1948
Subjects: Elocution, Oratory, Speech
...group include Herold T. Ross The Oratorical Career of Albert Jeremiah Bev eridge ; 21 Orville A. Hitchcock Critical...22 Elbert Harrington The Public Speaking Career of Albert B. Cummins ; 23 W. Norwood Brigance A History and Critical Study...
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The American People
Book by David Burner, Eugene D. Genovese, Forrest McDonald; Revisionary Press, 1980
Subjects: United States--History
...51 Cultural pluralism: 373 Cummins, Albert Baird: 468 Currency: depreciation...146 Ervin, Sam: 702 -3 Esch-Cummins Act 1920 : 492 Essay on Civil...Labor Standards Act: 570 Fall, Albert: 495 -96 Families: black...
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Before Head Start: The Iowa Station & America's Children
Book by Hamilton Cravens; University of North Carolina Press, 1993
Subjects: Child Development--Research--Iowa, Child Development--Research--United States--History--20th Century, Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
...214 -16 Cox, James, 95 Criminal Imbecile, The Goddard , 35 Culture-personality dichotomy, 227 Cummins, Albert Baird, 6 , 7 , 10 Cummins progressives: in Iowa Republican party, 10 , 14 Curti, Merle, 39 Daniels, Amy L., 35 , 36 , 60...
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Doubters and dissenters: Cataclysmic Thought in America, 1885-1918
Book by Frederic Cople Jaher; Free Press of Glencoe, 1964
Subjects: Reformers, United States--Social Conditions
...Bellamy, Edward, 21 - 22 , 108 - 109 Beveridge, Albert J., 67 - 68 , 78 Bituminous Coal Strike of 1897...Army, 42 - 43 , 145 Crane, Stephen, 24 - 25 , 28 Cummins, Albert Baird, 67 - 68 "Curious Fragment, A," 209 Cyclical theory...
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journal articles on: Cummins Albert Baird  - 5 results

 
 
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Simon T. Sanders and the Meredith Clan: the Case for Kinship Studies
Journal article by Mary L. Kwas; The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. 65, 2006
Subjects: American history, Children & youth, Community, Competition, Families & family life, Genealogy
...partnership with Ebenezer Cummins in Little Rock and moved...Tom was the son of Albert and Salome Meredith Simms...The following year, Albert and Salome Meredith Simms...nieces and nephews, but Albert survived only another...the property to Albert Baird for $1,500.80 This...
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Southern History in Periodicals, 2007: A Selected Bibliography
Journal article; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 74, 2008
Subjects: Southern United States--History, United States history--Bibliography
...A. HEATH. A Reluctant Heir: Carl Albert, Watergate, and the American Presidency...Quar., v. 47, Feb., 49-68. CUMMINS, AMY. "Loyal and Devoted Attachment...Ethnic Hist., v. 26, Summer, 24-49. CUMMINS, AMY. "Loyal and Devoted Attachment...
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Phi Alpha Theta Initiates
Journal article; The Historian, Vol. 65, 2003
...December 2002: Rebecca R. Baird, Misty D. Fritz, Amanda R...Rachel Knoepfle, Lisa Miller, Albert Godina Perez, Erin Prevette...November 2002: Sandra K. Britt, Albert W. Buchinski, Ashley B. Ennis...Nicholas G. Carbone, Caroline M. Cummins, Kathleen M. Finn, Kevin...
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Phi Alpha Theta Initiates
Journal article; The Historian, Vol. 69, 2007
Subjects: Universities and colleges--Calendars, Universities and colleges--United States
...Holly Booth, Laura Coffey, Katherine Cummins, Katie Daitoku, Matthew Douglas, Sara...Epsilon Delta) 27 February 2007: Elizabeth Baird, Dana L. Bartolomei, Scott Bayer...Charles Shadley, Adam C. Snider, Marc Albert Sordelet, Elizabeth Ann Staten, Meghan...
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Getting out of This Mess: Steps toward Addressing and Avoiding Inordinate Delay in Capital Cases
Journal article by Dwight Aarons; Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 89, 1998
Subjects: Capital punishment--Laws, regulations, etc., Court congestion and delay--Analysis, Cruel and unusual punishment--Laws, regulations, etc., Habeas corpus--Laws, regulations, etc.
...EDUCATION ON DEATH ROW 20-52 (1989); ERIC CUMMINS, THE RISE AND FALL Or CALIFORNIAS RADICAL...Clinton, J., dissenting); id. at 141 (Baird, J., dissenting). Lackeys second...been assigned an appellate lawyer. Steve Albert, Condemned, Without Counsel, THE RECORDER...


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magazine articles on: Cummins Albert Baird  - 4 results

 
 
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New Life Members: The Sierra Club Welcomed the Following New Life Memebers in 2002
Magazine article; Sierra, Vol. 88, May-June 2003
Subjects: Sierra Club--Membership
...Crowley Dan Cryer Dixie Goss Susan K. Cummins Henry Damon Edward Danielski, Jr...David W. Kelley Susan E. Kelsey Albert Kent, Jr. Nancy Kern Loralee Kerr...Herrin Christine A. Bain Carol Baird M. Baird G. Cotsirilos Horace Vicki Baker...
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Ago Regional Convention Reports 2007
Magazine article; The American Organist, Vol. 41, October 2007
...Festival Prelude, played by the composer, Albert Ahlstrom. Led by the combined choirs...presenters from the area included John Cummins, Carolee Curtright, Marlene Hallstrom...Lynn Petersen. Duo-organists Barbara Baird and Julia Brown presented a program at...
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Onstage
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 25, December 2008
Subjects: Drama--Calendars, Plays--Calendars
...Winters Tale, Shakespeare; dir: Richard Baird. Thru Dec 20. Valley Youth Theatre...The Last Yiddish poet, Corey Fischer, Albert Greenberg, Naomi Newman (also dir...org The Little Prince, adapt: Rick Cummins, John Scoullar; music: Matthew Murphy...
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Onstage November 08
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 25, November 2008
Subjects: Broadway theater--Calendars, Drama--Calendars, Plays--Calendars
...Winters Tale, Shakespeare; dir: Richard Baird. Nov 27-Dec 20. ARKANSAS The Arkansas...The Last Yiddish Poet, Corey Fischer, Albert Greenberg, Naomi Newman (also dir...Nov 9. The Little Prince, adapt; Rick Cummins, John Scoullar; music: Matthew Murphy...


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Honor Rolls
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 9, 2008
...Anthony Petrucci, Albert Plawinski, David Pobol...Kathryn Crook, Jason Cummins, Jeffery Czajka, Samantha...Ciechanowiecka, Megan Cummins, Ashley Dolewski, Andrea...Joseph Angarone, Jaclyn Baird, Joselyn Bernal, Matthew...Akhtar Alam, Laura Albert, Collin Anderson, Jacqueline...
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Honor Roll Libertyville High School
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 22, 2009
...Coughlin, Kelsey Cullum, Abigail Cummins, Alyssa Dahlke, Mark Dasher...Coronelli, Vallen Coulson, Ryan Cummins, J. Dahmer, Ashley Davis...Andrews, Michael Babowice, Sean Baird, Christian Bako, Bailee Bast...Michael Coutre, Nicolas Coutre, Albert Cowsky, Andrew Crandell...
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For the Record
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), April 9, 2005
...died April 6. No service is planned. Baird Memorial Chapel, La Pine, in charge...charge of arrangements. Woolsey - Donald Albert Woolsey, 73, of Cottage Grove, died...Jerry Brown Co. Inc. vs. Regan Allin Cummins; RAC Timber Services. Plaintiff alleges...


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Cummins, Albert Baird
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CUMMINS, ALBERT BAIRD 1850 1926, U.S. Senator from Iowa...Moines. As governor of Iowa (1901 8), Cummins worked to break up railroad domination...was co-author there of the Esch-Cummins Transportation Act of 1920...


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