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Ads by Google      Hull House Hull House was American because it was international, and because it perceived that the nationalism of each immigrant was a treasure, a talent, which gave him a special value for the United States. Jessie Binford and Florence Scala took the case to the Supreme Court but the ruling went against them and the Hull House Settlement was closed on 28th March, 1963. After the death of of Jane Addams in 1935, Louise Bowen, president of the Hull House Association board of trustees, was the most important figure at Hull House. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAhullhouse.htm      Cordell Hull - Biography Hull was elected U.S. senator for the 1931-1937 term but resigned upon his appointment as secretary of state by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 4, 1933. Hull returned to the practice of law, this time in Gainsboro, Tennessee, but in 1903 was appointed judge of the Fifth Judicial District. Although obliged because of the precarious state of his health to resign as secretary of state in late November, 1944, Hull nonetheless served as a member of and senior adviser to the American delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco in 1945. http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/1945/hull-bio.html      Jane Addams Hull House Association - Chicago Please see the attached PDF for Hull House sites accepting donations to be sent to Hurricane Katrina victims in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. © Jane Addams Hull House 2005 Vs: 16 Katrina Relief Efforts at Hull House locations in Chicago http://www.hullhouse.org      Cordell Hull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia From 1903 until 1907, Hull served as a local judge, later he was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives where he served 11 terms (1907 - 1921 and 1923 - 1931) totaling 22 years. Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871– July 23, 1955) served as United States Secretary of State from 1933-1944 under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. At the age of 19, Hull became the elected Chairman of the Clay County Democratic Party. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordell_Hull   (547 words)      Chicago: 1889 Jane Addams Hull House Hull House became a national historic landmark in June of 1967. Hull House was opened by Miss Jane Addams in 1889 in the Charles Hull mansion at 800 S. Halsted street, built in 1856 by a wealthy real estate man. Aided by Ellen Gates Starr, Miss Addams helped hundreds of Chicago immigrants and others gain a place of self-respect in society. South of the original Hull House is the restored settlement dining hall, one of the first buildings in addition to the main house opened by Jane Addams. http://cpl.lib.uic.edu/004chicago/timeline/hullhouse.html   (547 words)      David Graves David Bibb Graves, the fortieth and forty-second governor of Alabama, was born at Hope Hull, Alabama, in April 1873. The political career of Bibb graves began in 1898 when he was elected to the state House of Representatives. Graves served in the Alabama National Guard and was Adjutant General of Alabama under the administration of Governor B. Comer (1907-1911). http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_graves.html   (652 words)      Cordell Hull Institute: Who was Cordell Hull? During and after World War I, Hull was influential in the U.S. House of Representatives where, as a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, he persuaded President Woodrow Wilson to press internationally for the establishment of a multilateral trade regime. Although his name is usually associated with the establishment of the United Nations, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945, Cordell Hull’s chief legacy was in another field altogether. To this day, Cordell Hull’s legacy continues with the World Trade Organization, which administers the substantially amended GATT and the additional agreements reached in the Uruguay Round negotiations of 1986-94 on maintaining, developing and extending the multilateral trading system. http://www.cordellhullinstitute.org/role/who.html   (733 words)      American President After briefly losing his House seat in 1920, Hull acted as chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee (1921-1924). Cordell Hull was born October 2, 1871, in Olympus, Tennessee. Hull served as a U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1907 to 1921. http://www.americanpresident.org/history/franklindelanoroosevelt/cabinet/statesecretary/state/h_index.shtml   (249 words)      SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Cordell Hull Tennessee liberals flourished as well: Cordell Hull, born in a small Middle Tennessee town, went on to be a Roosevelt brain-truster, and, for his role in creating the United Nations, a Nobel Peace Prize-winner, while Senator Estes Kefauver ran for the White House with Adlai Stevenson. Theodore Roosevelt, Peter Drucker and Cordell Hull (congressman, senator, secretary of State under Franklin Roosevelt; Hull won the Nobel Peace Prize). Ironically, 25 years later it was another politician from the Tennessee hills, Cordell Hull, who led the establishment of another international council, the United Nations. http://history.surfwax.com/files/Cordell_Hull_America.html   (1661 words)      Maine Voting Districts - Cities, Towns, etc. A-K (Secretary of State, State of Maine, U.S.A.) State Senate State House Municipality - County District(s) District(s) *Gardiner - Kennebec 18 91 Garfield Plt. State Senate State House Municipality - County District(s) District(s) Jackman - Somerset 13 66 Jackson - Waldo 11 107 Jay - Franklin 17 76 Jefferson - Lincoln 16 59 Jonesboro - Washington 4 133 Jonesport - Washington 4 133 State Senate State House Municipality - County District(s) District(s) Dallas Plt. http://www.state.me.us/sos/cec/elec/towna.htm   (588 words)      Governor Jane Dee Hull Hull was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 1978, taking office in January 1979. Hull was elected Arizona's 16th Secretary of State in 1994 and Arizona's 20th governor September 5, 1997, upon the resignation of J. Fife Symington. Hull served as Speaker Pro Tem and as Chairman of the Economic Development Committee and the Ethics Committee. http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/Hull.html   (588 words)      Hull and East Yorkshire History Wilberforce was elected as a Member of Parliament at the age of twenty-one and later became known as 'The Nightingale of the House of Commons' because of his campaigning work. William's son Michael also became Mayor of Hull and later founded a Carthusian priory in the town. Inside the church we can see an effigy of William De La Pole, Hull's first mayor who died in 1366. http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/EastYorkshire.htm   (588 words)      Hull Gregson and Hull Estate Agents Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Dorset Hull Gregson and Hull is a privately owned and independently run firm of Estate Agents, with three offices covering the South Dorset area. Hull Gregson and Hull Estate Agents Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester Dorset Hull Gregson and Hull is a member of the National Association of Estate Agents which also gives access to a National Network of Estate Agents across the UK. http://www.hgh.co.uk   (588 words)      Cordell Hull -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article After this, he became a member of the (The lower legislative house of the United States Congress) United States House of Representatives where he served 11 terms (1907-1921 and 1923-1931) totalling 22 years. From 1903 until 1907, Hull served as (A public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice) judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Tennessee. During the (A war between the United STates and Spain in 1898) Spanish-American War Hull served in (A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba; involved in state-sponsored terrorism) Cuba as captain in the Fourth Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteer (An army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot) Infantry. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/c/co/cordell_hull.htm   (643 words)      Cordell Hull Hull had two spells in the House of Representatives (1907-21 and 1923-31) before becoming a member of the Senate in 1931. Two years later, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Hull as his Secretary of State. Hull unburdened himself of his grievances, which were in the main that, while he had been pursuing a policy of maintaining relations with Vichy in which His Majesty's Government agreed, he had been subject to much criticism in the British press and by the Fighting French; the mud batteries had been turned on against him. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USARhull.htm   (1300 words)      THE HONORABLE JANE DEE HULL Governor Hull has been in Phoenix since 1964, active in GOP circles since 1965 doing precinct work, serving in the House of Representatives from 1979 to 1993; GOP whip 1987-1988; speaker of the House 1989-1992. Governor Hull has been a member of many organizations during her career, including Save-A-Life Alliance, Developing Older Adult Resources, Morrison Institute of Public Policy. She has a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education from the University of Kansas and taught in Kansas and Arizona schools. http://www.saaf.org/azapa/award/hull.html   (1300 words)      N4862 The bill for submitting a woman suffrage amendment to the State Constitution to the electors was passed by the Legislature in 1913, by a vote in the House of 75 to 2 and in the Senate of 26 to 2. The enactment of this law gives them the right to vote for Presidential Electors, for State Board of Equalization, clerk of the appellate court, county collector, county surveyor, board of assessors, board of review, sanitary district trustees, and for all municipal offices except Justice of the Peace—all the offices not created by the State Constitution. In 1900 a petition was circulated in the State asking Congress to submit to the Legislatures of the various States a woman suffrage amendment to the Federal Constitution. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/rbc/rbnawsa/n4862/n4862.old   (14982 words)      Edited Hansard * 1415 * Number 030 (Official Version) The Speaker: I have the honour to inform the House that the Clerk of the House has received from the Chief Electoral Officer certificates of the election and return of the following members: Judy Sgro, for the electoral district of York West Judy Sgro, member for the electoral district of York West, introduced by the Right Hon. http://www.parl.gc.ca/36/2/parlbus/chambus/house/debates/030_1999-11-29/han030_1415-e.htm   (132 words)      November 15th 'The king having, upon pretence of the great preparations of his neighbours, demanded £300,000 for his navy (though, in conclusion, he hath not sent out any), that the parliament should pay his debts, which the ministers would never particularise to the House of Commons, our house gave several bills. Turner, who lived as a dependent and companion to his daughter in the house of the Earl of Suffolk. Persuaded that he would be theirs for properly asking, the ministers sent his old school-fellow, the Lord Treasurer Danby, to renew acquaintance with him in his garret. http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/nov/15.htm   (3315 words)      USATODAY.com - 22 candidates dig deep into fortunes; only one wins Illinois' Blair Hull spent $28 million for a Senate seat, Ohio's Capri Cafaro $9 million for a House spot. The biggest loser — in terms of money down the drain — was securities trader Blair Hull, who spent nearly $29 million trying for a Senate seat but lost in the Illinois Democratic primary to Barrack Obama. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Of the 22 candidates who each spent more than $1 million of their own money trying to win their first election to Congress, only one made it. http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2004/2004-11-05-millionaires_x.htm   (3315 words)      Hotels, Inns, Bed and Breakfast Accommodation Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, UK. Originally the Dorchester House, Tamworth Lodge and Stanley House, the Stanley House was converted in 1937 into a Guest House and by 1958 all three houses had merged to form a 58 Bedroom Hotel named the Dorchester. Overlooking Hull’s lively Marina, this hotel is within easy walking distance of the Prince’s Quay Shopping Centre, the Victorian buildings and narrow streets of “Old Hull” and Hull’s newest attraction “The Deep”. Set in 12 acres of landscaped gardens The Ramada Hull is situated 4 miles from Beverley/Hull and close to York and is perfect for exploring the East Yorkshire coast and countryside. http://www.databrowse.co.uk/hotels/East-Yorkshire/Kingston-upon-Hull.html   (3315 words)      Worldroots.com Granddaughter of William The Silent, Prince of Orange, Charlotte married the Earl of Derby, who was related to the English royal family, and found her a queen by his side in Lathom House, a massive and ancient fortress, considered 'the only Court' in the north. In 1643, with the Earl on the Isle of Man, the Countess was at Lathom House with two of her children, when it was besieged by Sir Thomas Fairfax, the Parliamentary General who wanted to have a bloodless surrender. However, the question of succession to both the dignity and the estates, between the heir general and the heir male, was not settled until nearly forty years later, the matter being complicated by two contradictory decisions of the Court of Session, in 1702 and 1730 respectively. http://worldroots.com/brigitte/royal/churchilll.htm   (8945 words)      The City of Kingston upon Hull (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 Prints of the map may be inspected at all reasonable times at the offices of Kingston upon Hull City Council and at the offices of the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, 2nd Floor, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE. This Order gives effect to recommendations by the Local Government Commission for England for electoral changes in the city of Kingston upon Hull. Whereas the Local Government Commission for England, acting pursuant to section 15(4) of the Local Government Act 1992[1], has submitted to the Secretary of State a report dated May 2001 on its review of the city[2] of Kingston upon Hull together with its recommendations: http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2001/20013360.htm   (1414 words)      ipedia.com: MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001 Article This is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. 52nd Parliament 53rd Parliament 54th Parliament This is a list of MPs elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by... If the appointment is confirmed by the European Parliament, a byelection will be necessary. http://fav.ipedia.com/mps_elected_in_the_uk_general_election__2001.html   (1414 words)      Gilded Age: 1884-1891: Haymarket and Hull House Hull House also facilitated the State of Illinois' investigations of social ills, including truancy, infant mortality and sanitation. Hull House's residents came to include, at different times and in addition to Addams, Florence Kelley, Sophonisba Breckinridge Dr. Alice Hamilton, Julia Lathrop, and Ellen Gates Starr. In 1885 a heavy rainfall caused disastrous flooding in Chicago and led the city fathers to develop the Chicago Sanitary District. http://dig.lib.niu.edu/gildedage/narr6.html   (1249 words)      British Government and Politics on the Internet British and Irish Legal Information Institute - over 75,000 documents in 14 databases including decisions by House of Lords, Court of Appeal, High Court searchable By-Elections in the 1997 Parliament from the House of Commons Library. UK Web Library, searchable by keyword or Dewey Decimal System http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/ukbase.htm   (1249 words)      British Government and Politics on the Internet British and Irish Legal Information Institute - over 75,000 documents in 14 databases including decisions by House of Lords, Court of Appeal, High Court searchable By-Elections in the 1997 Parliament from the House of Commons Library. UK Web Library, searchable by keyword or Dewey Decimal System http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/ukbase.htm   (1249 words)      Dover District Council Services The Council's Electoral Registration Officer is responsible for the annual update, by means of a house-to house canvass of the Register of Electors. This striking beach hut resembling the hull of an upturned boat, was designed and built by students of The Prince's Foundation. Schools in the Dover District are run by Kent County Council. http://www.dover.gov.uk/ddc/a2z.asp?id=e   (878 words)      Search The House is part of a newly-created Museums Quarter which embraces Streetlife, the Museum of Transport, the Hull and East Riding Museum (geology, archaeology and natural history) and the Arctic Corsair, a 1960s sidewinder trawler often manned by ex-trawlermen who relive the hazards of deep sea fishing in the 1960s. Wilberforce House is the former 17th Century home of William Wilberforce, a campaigner central to the abolition of slavery. The pub is on Hull's 'Ale Trail', a route to the likes of Ye Olde Black Boy, reputedly haunted, and serving rare ales and fruit wines. http://www.ukfavourites.com/regional/england/hull.htm   (878 words)      Clyde House Hotel, Hull, East Riding of York lyde House Hotel has twelve bedrooms and is a family run business in John Street which is adjacent to Kingston Square and the Hull New Theatre. Clyde House Hotel, Hull, East Riding of York "Clyde House Hotel has twelve bedrooms and is a family run business in John Street which is adjacent to Kingston Square and the Hull New Theatre." http://www.smoothhound.co.uk/hotels/clydehouse.html   (878 words)

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