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===History===
 
===History===
FTC was created after the enactment of the Federal Trade Commission Act which was signed by United States President Woodrow Wilson on September 26, 1914. FTC started its operations as an independent federal agency on March 16, 1915. The agency assumed the responsibilities of the Department of Commerce Bureau of Corporation, which was created during the administration of former President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903. The first commissioners of the FTC were Joseph Davies, Edward Hurley, and William Harris, and Progressives Will Parry and
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FTC was created after the enactment of the Federal Trade Commission Act which was signed by United States President Woodrow Wilson on September 26, 1914. FTC started its operations as an independent federal agency on March 16, 1915. The agency assumed the responsibilities of the Department of Commerce Bureau of Corporation, which was created during the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903. The first commissioners of the FTC were Joseph Davies, Edward Hurley, and William Harris, and Progressives Will Parry and George Rublee. Davies was elected Chairman of the FTC.<ref>[http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/history/docs/90thAnniv_Program.pdf A Brief History of the Federal Trade Commission]</ref> <ref>[http://www.ftc.gov/os/minutes/mar-apr1915.pdf Meeting of Federal Trade Commission, March 16, 1915]</ref>
George Rublee. Davies was elected Chairman of the FTC.<ref>[http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/history/docs/90thAnniv_Program.pdf A Brief History of the Federal Trade Commission]</ref> <ref>[http://www.ftc.gov/os/minutes/mar-apr1915.pdf Meeting of Federal Trade Commission, March 16, 1915]</ref>
      
==Powers of the FTC==
 
==Powers of the FTC==

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