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Famous (and Infamous) Visitors to Wheeling

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➤  WHEELING HISTORY  ➤  EVENTS   ➤  FAMOUS VISITS

FAMOUS VISITORS FOR BETTER OR WORSE

Politicians:

 ➤ A History of Presidential Visits to Wheeling
 ➤ African American Senator Blanche K. Bruce
 ➤ Senator Henry Clay
 ➤ Socialist presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs
 ➤ Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey
 ➤ Statesman, Abolitionist, and Orator Frederick Douglass
 ➤ General and future President Dwight D. Eisenhower
 ➤ Senator and future president Warren G. Harding
 ➤ Senator & future Vice President Hubert Humphrey
 ➤ Senator Joseph McCarthy 
 ➤ Senator and future President Richard Nixon
 ➤ Future President Ronald Reagan
 ➤ President Theodore Roosevelt (September 6, 1902)
 ➤ Governor and future President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
 ➤ Senator and President John F. Kennedy
 ➤ President Harry S. Truman
    ➤ Archiving Wheeling blog post: A Presidential Whistle Stop (October 23, 1952)
  ➤ Tammany Hall's William Magear “Boss” Tweed 

Military:

  ➤ Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette

Sports:

  ➤ Baseball Legend Babe Ruth and the NY Yankees. See also.
 ➤ Pittsburgh Steelers Owner Art Rooney

Other:

 ➤ August 4, 1927: Legendary aviator Charles Lindbergh (Video clip)
 ➤ American Humorist and Writer Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
 ➤ Labor activist Mother Jones

Entertainers:
➤ See list of actors, singers, and other celebrities.

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