Jacob Arvey (1895–1977), political leader in the city of Chicago, Illinois
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Verna Arvey (1910–1987), American librettist, pianist and writer
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Verrens-Arvey, commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France
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Saint-Jean-d'Arvey, commune in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France
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He forced Chicago Mayor Edward Joseph Kelly, his former boss and mentor, to resign as mayor when a voter revolt appeared; Arvey instead promoted and helped elect as mayor a prominent businessman, Martin Kennelly.
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Arvey and his allies promoted the candidacy of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, but the plan failed when Eisenhower refused to run (in 1952 he revealed that he was a Republican and won the GOP nomination).
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In 1948, Arvey had the Chicago Democratic organization nominate Adlai Stevenson II, grandson of U.S Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson, for Governor of Illinois and Paul Douglas, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, for U.S. Senator.