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JOHN CALLAN O’LAUGHLIN COLLECTION, 1931-1948 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE John Callan O’Laughlin was born in Washington DC on January 11, 1873. He began his career as a journalist writing for the Washington bureau of the New York Herald from 1893 to 1902. After working for the Associated Press, he was hired by the Chicago Tribune, and worked as a Washington correspondent. From 1914 to 1917 O’Laughlin reported for the Chicago Herald and was commissioned as a major in the U.S. Army in 1918. O’Laughlin died on March 14, 1949, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. O’Laughlin developed a friendship with President Theodore Roosevelt. Beginning in the 1920s he was active in the Republican National Committee. O’Laughlin developed a friendship with Herbert Hoover and felt that Hoover’s critique of New Deal policies was of great value to the part. He also encouraged Republican leaders to seek Hoover’s counsel and support.
This set of John Callan O’Laughlin Papers is an artificial collection of photocopies from his papers held by the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. These files were copied and added to the Hoover Presidential Library in 1999. The selections were made based on materials that make reference to Herbert Hoover and his role in Republican Party politics in presidential elections from 1936-1948, or materials that complement other manuscript collections at the Library, such as those of Truman Smith and Robert E. Wood. FOLDER LIST Box Contents 1 Hilles, Charles D. – Correspondence, 1936-1940 (Republican National Committee) Sarnoff, David – Letters to, 1946-1948
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