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Herbert Hoover: I HAVE today forwarded to the Senate the nomination of Mr. Benedict Crowell of Cleveland as Brigadier General in the…

On the recordJanuary 22, 1931
I HAVE today forwarded to the Senate the nomination of Mr. Benedict Crowell of Cleveland as Brigadier General in the Reserve Corps of the Army.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on the Nomination of Benedict Crowell as Brigadier General of the Army Reserve Corps

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