This Secretary of the Interior was a key leader of the so-called "Silver Republicans" and later switched to being a Democrat.
This Secretary of the Interior was a key leader of the so-called "Silver Republicans" and later switched to being a Democrat. While he set up a Code of Indian Offenses to ban ceremonies like the Sun Dance, he opposed allotment and the Dawes Act, saying such practices were a "pretext" to occupy Indian land. His most famous piece of legislation was later overridden by the Platt Amendment. For 10 points, name this Colorado Senator best known for a namesake amendment to the Spanish-American War resolution saying the U.S. could not annex Cuba.
This Secretary of the Interior was a key leader of the so-called "Silver Republicans" and later switched to being a Democrat.
Henry Teller