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Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924.
7 de jul. de 2023 · Oscar Underwood was a prominent Alabama politician who served in the U.S. House and Senate and ran for president twice. He was known for his tariff reform, progressive views, and opposition to women's suffrage and Prohibition.
Oscar W. Underwood was a Democrat who served in the House and the Senate from 1894 to 1927. He was a majority leader, a presidential candidate, and a radio star in the 1920s.
Oscar W. Underwood (born May 6, 1862, Louisville, Ky., U.S.—died Jan. 25, 1929, Fairfax County, Va.) was a U.S. congressman from Alabama (1895–1927) who drafted the Underwood Tariff Act of 1913. After studying law at the University of Virginia he was admitted to the bar in 1884.
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The Underwood Presidential Movement. During the presidential campaign of 1912, for the first time since 1860, a Southerner living in the South was an active candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. He was Oscar Wilder Underwood, born in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 6, 1862.
Oscar Underwood (1862-1929) was contemporary and sometime rival of Woodrow Wilson, William Jennings Bryan, and Eugene Debs. Born in Alabama during the Civil War, Underwood’s childhood was during Reconstruction when the South was occupied and pillaged to pay reparations for the war.
Oscar Wilder Underwood was a U.S. Senator from Alabama and a leading advocate of the Underwood Tariff Act of 1913. He also ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1912 and 1924.
