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• Carter Glass — Infobox US Cabinet official name=Carter Glass 150px order=47th title=United States Secretary of the Treasury term start=December 16, 1918 term end=February 1, 1920 president=Woodrow Wilson predecessor=William G. McAdoo successor=David F. Houston… …   Wikipedia

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