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Word: bosshood (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1937-1937
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...blocks of business enterprise was a political machine which he began building as a youthful town committee chairman in North Canaan. In a borrowed horse & buggy he would haul lazy Republicans to the polls. By 1898 he was a State committeeman. and in 1910 made his first bid for Bosshood. He ran Charles A. Goodwin of Hartford for Governor against Everett J. Lake, then Lieutenant-Governor. Goodwin won the nomination but "J. Henry" had split the Party, and for the first time in 20 years a Democrat was elected. Governor Simeon E. Baldwin. "J. Henry" came back quickly. He elected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Yankee Boss | 5/31/1937 | See Source »

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