congressman

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That congressman was Gerald Ford, who went on to be president.

From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026

Interestingly, in the 1950s, after there was a corner on the onion futures market, a young congressman got the political consensus to pass a bill banning the trading of onion contracts.

From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026

Cloobeck endorsed the congressman and put about $1 million into an independent expenditure committee backing him.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

When news initially broke of Gonzales’ alleged affair, the congressman claimed that he was the victim of an extortion plot.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

He had risen from lawyer to US congressman to secretary of war to his appointment in March 1919 as US attorney general.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler