The McCormick's were the most prominent family in the history of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and the most prominent McCormick was Vance (1872-1946). He was All-American quarterback and captain of the undefeated Yale football team in 1893, reform mayor of Harrisburg in 1902, publisher of the Harrisburg Patriot newspaper, chairman of the Democratic National Committee and director of Woodrow Wilson's presidential reelection campaign in 1916, director of the Trade Board in 1917, and advisor to Wilson at the Versailles Peace ...
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The McCormick's were the most prominent family in the history of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and the most prominent McCormick was Vance (1872-1946). He was All-American quarterback and captain of the undefeated Yale football team in 1893, reform mayor of Harrisburg in 1902, publisher of the Harrisburg Patriot newspaper, chairman of the Democratic National Committee and director of Woodrow Wilson's presidential reelection campaign in 1916, director of the Trade Board in 1917, and advisor to Wilson at the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919. This book compiles McCormick's diaries as director of the War Trade Board and advisor to Wilson at Versailles, with additional documents from his life.
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