Word: caraway
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Inheritance of office, common in the House, was unknown in the Senate until last week. To fill the vacancy left by the death of Senator Thaddeus Horatius Caraway of Arkansas, Governor Harvey Parnell announced simply: "I have appointed Mrs. Caraway . . . because I feel she is entitled to the office held by her distinguished husband, who was my friend. . . . Mrs. Caraway is a most estimable woman, thoroughly capable and her service in the Senate will be an honor to the State...
...Caraway was born in Missouri 60 years ago. His father, a Confederate veteran, was murdered in a back-country feud. Young Thad did farm work at 7, sweated as a railroad section hand, sold patent medicines, taught school. Later he studied law. In 1912 he was elected to the House of Representatives where he served three quiet, inconspicuous terms. Not until he came to the Senate did his quality as a political gadfly on the broad complacent back of the G. O. P. elephant become apparent. A friendly, amiable man out of politics, he shunned Washington Society, put two sons...
Unlike Senator Morrow, who lived 38 hours beyond an important deadline (TIME, Oct. 12), Senator Caraway died two days too soon to help his party. By law the Governor of Arkansas may not now appoint his successor but must order a special election between 60 and 120 days after his death. The empty Caraway seat insures Republican control of the Senate when it sits...
...Zealously did Senator Caraway conceal his middle-name. Once he discharged a secretary for divulging...
Died. Thaddeus Horatius Caraway, 60, U. S. Senator from Arkansas; of coronary occlusion (constriction of heart arteries), after an operation for kidney stone; in Little Rock...