Borah, William Edgar

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Born: Jun 29, 1865 AD
Died: 1940 AD, at 74 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Politician


1865 - He was born on the 29th of June in Fairfield, Ill., U.S.

1889 - He attended the University of Kansas at Lawrence.

1892 - Borah practiced law in Boise, Idaho, and  became chairman of the Republican State Central Committee.

1903 - He was candidate for nomination as United States Senator but was defeated.

1906 - He first won election to the U.S. Senate and was returned to office five times by large majorities, making his tenure one of the longest in U.S. history.

1907 - He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate.

1921 - He sponsor a congressional resolution calling for an international naval disarmament conference in Washington, D.C.

1923 - He served as chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

1924 - Assuming the chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, he wielded enormous power in this area for the next 16 years.

1926-1928 - He consistently upheld diplomatic recognition of the Soviet Union and also helped establish the Good Neighbor policy toward Latin America by advocating a fair deal for Mexico during the controversy over foreign-held oil properties.

1930 - Borah supported many New Deal measures designed to relieve internal economic conditions.

1936 - He became candidate for Republican presidential nomination.

1940 - He died on the 19th of January in Washington, D.C.
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