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Robert C. Weaver

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Member of the United States Cabinet (1907-1997)

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Robert Clifton Weaver was an American economist, academic, and political administrator who served as the first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1966 to 1968, when the department was newly established by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Weaver in the Harvard University yearbook, 1929Weaver in the Harvard University yearbook, 1929Weaver with Lyndon Johnson at the White House for his swearing-in ceremony (1966)Weaver with Lyndon Johnson at the White House for his swearing-in ceremony (1966)

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1962Spingarn Medal

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Robert Clifton Weaver was an American economist, academic, and political administrator who served as the first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1966 to 1968, when the department was newly established by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Weaver was the first African American to be appointed to a US Cabinet-level position.

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United States
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Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1997 · aged 89
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11 languages

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