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Richard Achilles Ballinger (July 9, 1858 – June 6, 1922) was mayor of Seattle, Washington, from 1904–1906, Commissioner of the United States General Land Office from 1907–1908 and U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1909–1911.
5 lug 2024 · Richard A. Ballinger was the U.S. secretary of the interior (1909–11) whose land-use policy contributed to the rift between the conservative and progressive factions in the Republican Party. As the reform mayor of Seattle (1904–06), Ballinger attracted the attention of the Theodore Roosevelt.
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Richard A. Ballinger (1909–1911) Born in Boonesborough, Iowa, on July 9, 1858, Richard Achilles Ballinger followed the path of his father into law, graduating from Williams College in 1884, joining the bar two years later, and gaining talent in the field of public land law.
8 mag 2018 · Taft fired Pinchot, and a joint congressional investigating committee exonerated Ballinger. Nevertheless, public outcry over the controversy forced Ballinger to resign in March 1911, and the controversy widened the split between conservative (Taft) and progressive (Roosevelt) Republicans.
The article challenges the conventional interpretation of the conflict between Richard Ballinger, secretary of the interior, and Gifford Pinchot, chief of the Forest Service, over conservation policies in 1909-1910. It argues that Ballinger was not anti-conservation or anti-Roosevelt, but opposed the paternalistic and restrictive approach of Pinchot and his allies.
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8 mar 2019 · On March 8, 1904, Seattle voters elect Republican Richard A. Ballinger (1858-1922) mayor of Seattle. Though Ballinger is remembered as a "reform mayor" for cleaning up the city's vice, many of his reforms come at the end of his single, two-year term.
5 nov 2020 · Richard Achilles Ballinger was mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1904–1906 and United States Secretary of the Interior from 1909–1911. He was born on July 9, 1858 in Boonesboro, Iowa, and graduated from Williams College in 1884.
