Word: boss
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...back as far as 1916. In that year Harry S. New fought with James E. Watson for the Republican senatorial nomination. New won and was elected. In 1916 senator Benjamin F. Shively died, and Tom Taggart (Democratic Boss) was appointed to the vacancy until the next election day. Later the same year Taggart was defeated by Watson. In 1922 Senator New was faced in the primaries by Albert J. Beveridge, Senator (1899-1911,) and Arthur R. Robinson, a young Indianapolis lawyer. Beveridge won in the primary, but the New men helped to weaken his position. As a result Beveridge...
...first ventures in politics were not encouraging. In 1888 he was defeated for State Senator. In 1896 and 1-898 he was defeated for Secretary of State of Indiana. In 1908 his good friend Tom Taggart tried to nominate him for Governor. But other Democrats revolted, trying to unseat Boss Taggart. They deadlocked the Convention, which finally turned to a compromise candidate-Thomas R. Marshall...
...great picnic. Nearly 100,000 of Boss Brennan's followers met on a great hillside pasture, but the fireworks failed to materialize. Mr. Smith said it was too much to expect states to reduce their expenses as much as the Federal Government had done, because the states had no war expenses to clean away. From then on he did not touch on another national issue-not Prohibition, nor the Ku Klax Klan. The crowd applauded but it did not go wild...
...made a few millions in mining and became a Senator from California. William Randolph has made a great many more millions, out of paper and ink, but he has had no great success as a politician. In 1896 and 1900 he backed Bryan. In 1902 he took boss Croker's nomination from Tammany and was elected to Congress from the 11th New York District. He served two terms (four years) and it has been said that he did not appear in Congress more than 25 times. In 1904 he wanted the Democratic Presidential nomination and was reported to have backed...
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