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jan 1, 1909 - Ballinger Pinchot Affair

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Ballinger (Secretary of the Interior) and Taft open Alaska to oil drilling. Pinchot protests and goes to the papers. Taft fires Pinchot. Truly begins the Republican Party's split.

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jan 1, 1909
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~ 116 years ago