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Bainbridge Colby
Secretary of State · 1920
Bainbridge Colby, Secretary of State.
Positions
- Secretary of State1920-03-23–1921-03-04
Biography
Bainbridge Colby (December 22, 1869 – April 11, 1950) was an American politician and attorney who was a co-founder of the United States Progressive Party and Woodrow Wilson's last Secretary of State. Colby was a Republican until he helped co-found the National Progressive Party in 1912; he ran for multiple offices as a member of that party, but did not win any.
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