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Walter Groff 1911 - 1977

Walter Groff of Noble, Richland County, Illinois was born on February 12, 1911, and died at age 66 years old in June 1977.
Walter Groff
Noble, Richland County, Illinois 62868
February 12, 1911
June 1977
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Walter Groff's History: 1911 - 1977

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    1911

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    February 12, 1911
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  • 06/dd
    1977

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    June 1977
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    Walter Groff lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 66.
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In 1911, in the year that Walter Groff was born, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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In 1940, he was 29 years old when on November 5th, President Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term, defeating Wendell Willkie of Indiana (a corporate lawyer). Roosevelt running for a third term was controversial. But the U.S. was emerging from the Great Recession and he promised that he would not involve the country in any foreign war (which of course changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor). Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the popular vote by 54.7 to 44.8% and in the Electoral College 449 to 82.
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