Dewey Jackson (June 21, 1900 – January 1, 1994) was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist. Jackson was a native of St. Louis, Missouri. Jackson began...
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Dewey Jackson Short (April 7, 1898 – November 19, 1979) was an American politician from Missouri. He was US Representative for 12 terms (1929-1931, 1935–1957)...
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conservative Senator Robert A. Taft and Manhattan District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey on the sixth presidential ballot of the 1940 Republican National Convention...
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is a 2007 American comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan, and written by Kasdan and co-producer Judd Apatow. It stars John...
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1948 United States presidential election (redirect from Truman vs Dewey)
Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party candidates, becoming the third president to succeed to...
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George Dewey (December 26, 1837 – January 16, 1917) was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained that rank. He is...
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Lawyer joke (redirect from Dewey, Cheetham, and Howe)
particularly in parody settings, with a gag name such as the commonly used "Dewey, Cheatem & Howe" (a pun on the phrase "Do we cheat 'em? And how!"). The...
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1944 United States presidential election (category Thomas E. Dewey)
Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey to win an unprecedented fourth term. It was also the fifth (and second consecutive)...
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during the World War II era. "During his music career he performed with Dewey Jackson, “Peanuts” Whalum, Oliver Nelson, the George Hudson Orchestra, and Singleton...
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1940 Republican National Convention (category Thomas E. Dewey)
Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary of Oregon Representative Dewey Jackson Short of Missouri Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire (Not Nominated)...
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