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unusual facts about Cornelius P. Rhoads


Truman assassination attempt

While in prison, he gave an interview saying that his devotion to the Nationalist Party and Puerto Rican independence went back to 1932, when he had heard Pedro Albizu Campos give a speech about American imperialism and the outrage of American doctor Cornelius P. Rhoads writing about killing Puerto Ricans in experiments.


Cornelius P. Comegys

During his term the last link of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad was opened, establishing it as the primary transportation route between Baltimore and Philadelphia.

Cornelius P. Cotter

The idea for the committee grew from the concern of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and other party leaders that if the GOP did not effectively articulate imaginative solutions to the challenges in both foreign and domestic policies facing America in the 1960s and 1970s, the party would face a series of defeats at the polls comparable to what happened in 1958.

Cornelius P. Van Ness

His father was Judge Peter Van Ness (1734-1804), who owned most of the land which Martin Van Buren later purchased for construction of the Lindenwald estate.

James I. Roosevelt

On May 30, 1831 in Paris, Roosevelt married Cornelia Van Ness, a daughter of Cornelius P. Van Ness and Rhoda Savage.


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