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Elvira Downey 1921 - 1966

Elvira Downey was born on May 26, 1921, and died at age 45 years old in December 1966. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elvira Downey.
Elvira Downey
May 26, 1921
December 1966
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Elvira Downey's History: 1921 - 1966

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  • 05/26
    1921

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    May 26, 1921
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  • 12/dd
    1966

    Death

    December 1966
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    Elvira Downey lived 28 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 45.
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In 1921, in the year that Elvira Downey was born, on March 4, Warren G. Harding became President. Previously a U.S. Senator, Lieutenant Governor, and Ohio State Senator, Harding was a popular President. But many scandals plagued his short administration (he died in office after 2 and a half years), including the revelations of one of his mistresses and the Teapot Dome scandal. Historically, Harding is rated as one of the worst Presidents.
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In 1933, she was just 12 years old when the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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