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Arvey

Verrens-Arvey, commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France


Arvey

Jacob Arvey (1895–1977), political leader in the city of Chicago, Illinois

Verna Arvey (1910–1987), American librettist, pianist and writer

Saint-Jean-d'Arvey, commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France

Jacob Arvey

He forced Chicago Mayor Edward Joseph Kelly, his former boss and mentor, to resign as mayor when a voter revolt appeared; Arvey instead promoted and helped elect as mayor a prominent businessman, Martin Kennelly.

Arvey and his allies promoted the candidacy of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, but the plan failed when Eisenhower refused to run (in 1952 he revealed that he was a Republican and won the GOP nomination).

In 1948, Arvey had the Chicago Democratic organization nominate Adlai Stevenson II, grandson of U.S Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson, for Governor of Illinois and Paul Douglas, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, for U.S. Senator.


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