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Herbert Hoover: I have today forwarded to the Senate the nomination of Mr. Benedict Crowell, of Cleveland, as a brigadier general of the…

On the recordJanuary 22, 1931
I have today forwarded to the Senate the nomination of Mr. Benedict Crowell, of Cleveland, as a brigadier general of the Reserve Corps of the Army.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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