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Word: anti-bryan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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...prime interests were always politics, horse-racing and the Confederacy. For each of them he undertook service. In 1896, he was a Democratic National Committeeman from Kentucky ? belonging to the "Gold (Anti-Bryan) Democrats."He supported Woodrow Wilson strongly, and took the post of National Committeeman again during Wilson's second administration. In connection with horse-racing, he was a member of the Kentucky Racing Commission from 1914 to 1919. In connection with the Confederacy, it was largely through his efforts that a great shaft was erected at Fairview, Kentucky, in memory of Jefferson Davis, whose birthplace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Churchill Downs | 11/10/1924 | See Source »

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