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词条 Edwin Pope Thayer
释义

  1. Military service

  2. Political career

     Preservation of Old Senate Records 

  3. Later life

  4. References

Edwin Pope Thayer (December 15, 1864 in Greenfield, Indiana[1] – February 1, 1943), American politician. After graduation, he went to Depauw University from which he graduated in 1886.[2]

Military service

Edwin Pope Thayer served during the Spanish–American War.[3] He served as the regiment commander of Indiana's 158th Volunteers. After his service in the war, Thayer was a colonel in the National Guard for twelve years.[4]

Political career

After the death of the former Secretary of the Senate George Anderson, Edwin Thayer was nominated by a friend, Jim Watson.[5] Thayer won the unanimous endorsement of the Republican Convention.[6] On December 7th, 1925, Thayer was appointed to the position of Secretary of the Senate.[7]

Preservation of Old Senate Records

After discovering an original copy of the Monroe Doctrine Edwin Thayer became interested in the preservation of old Senate records.[8] He enlisted the help of Harold Hufford in storing the documents.[9] The old Senate documents that the two organized would later become some of the first legislative documents in the National Archives.[10]

Later life

In 1932 the Republican Party lost control of the Senate leading Thayer to lose his job as secretary.[11] He retired from the Senate on March 4, 1933.[12] Thayer later died in his hometown of Greenfield on February 1, 1943.[13]

References

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9. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/SOS_Edwin_Thayer.htm|title=Edwin Pope Thayer, Secretary of the Senate, 1925–1933|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/SOS_Edwin_Thayer.htm|title=Edwin Pope Thayer, Secretary of the Senate, 1925–1933|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}
11. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/SOS_Edwin_Thayer.htm|title=Edwin Pope Thayer, Secretary of the Senate, 1925–1933|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}
12. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/SOS_Edwin_Thayer.htm|title=Edwin Pope Thayer, Secretary of the Senate, 1925–1933|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}
13. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/SOS_Edwin_Thayer.htm|title=Edwin Pope Thayer, Secretary of the Senate, 1925–1933|accessdate=November 3, 2017}}
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4 : Secretaries of the United States Senate|1864 births|1943 deaths|People from Greenfield, Indiana

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