Word: bilbo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Seated Mississippi's John C. Stennis, elected three weeks ago to fill the unexpired term of the late Theodore G. Bilbo. Thus, for the first time this year, the Senate had its full quota of 96 members...
With the gradual passing of such clowns and demagogues as Theodore Bilbo, John Rankin, Eugene Talmadge, there was reason to believe that political responsibility was growing in the South. But the very sound of Earl Long's gravel voice was enough to cause the city's heart to skip a beat. So Sam Jones's fight was also Chep Morrison's fight...
Mississippi voters had given ranting old Congressman John E. Rankin, last of their nationally notorious demagogues, the worst beating of his career. In a special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Theodore G. Bilbo, John Rankin finished fifth among five...
John Rankin was back home last week, stumping hard for the special senatorial election on Nov. 4. He was trying to make good on his promise to out-Bilbo Bilbo. But few Mississippians were listening...
Applause was light. Said one rednecked farmer: "Nothing like old Bilbo. Old Bilbo would tickle you right down to the seat of your pants...