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Richard W Westervelt 1909 - 1996

Richard W Westervelt of Princeton, Mercer County, NJ was born on November 2, 1909, and died at age 86 years old on March 6, 1996.
Richard W Westervelt
Princeton, Mercer County, NJ 08540
November 2, 1909
March 6, 1996
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  • 11/2
    1909

    Birthday

    November 2, 1909
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Monmouth County, New Jersey United States
  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 32565104 Enlisted: October 15, 1942 in Newark New Jersey Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Advertising Agents
  • 03/6
    1996

    Death

    March 6, 1996
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1909, in the year that Richard W Westervelt was born, the U.S. penny was changed to the Abraham Lincoln design. The Lincoln penny was so popular that it soon had to be rationed and it sold on the secondary market for a quarter. Abraham Lincoln was the first historical figure to be on a U.S. coin - which was released to commemorate his 100th birthday. This penny was also the first U.S. cent to include the words "In God We Trust.".
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In 1933, at the age of 24 years old, Richard was alive 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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