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Herbert Hoover: In advising upon the divisions into which administrative work should be assigned, it is said that Alexander Hamilton…

On the recordJune 9, 1929
In advising upon the divisions into which administrative work should be assigned, it is said that Alexander Hamilton proposed the creation of six departments--State, Treasury, War, Justice, Post Office, and Trade.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Remarks Upon Laying the Cornerstone of the New Department of Commerce Building.

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