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Historical Figures and Influential People in History
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Industrial Age Historical Figures
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Calvin Coolidge
1872–1933AmericasUnited States
He believed the business of America was business, presided over the boom years of the 1920s, and quietly stepped aside before the crash came.
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Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
1764–1845EuropeUnited Kingdom
He spent decades pressing for political reform, then as prime minister forced through the 1832 Reform Act and helped redraw the rules of British public life.
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Chester A. Arthur
1829–1886AmericasUnited States
He reached the presidency through machine politics and promptly turned against the machine, championing the civil service reform that dismantled the very system that made him.
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Clement Attlee
1883–1967EuropeUnited Kingdom
He quietly reshaped Britain after war, building a welfare state and national health system that changed everyday life more deeply than many louder leaders ever managed.
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