Word: champs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...election of 1912 he won his first victory at the polls?and then he was not a candidate. Bitter, bitter had been the Democratic Convention when Bryan, bit in teeth, prevented the nomination of Champ Clark, secured the nomination for Woodrow Wilson...
...late Theodore Roosvelt, Mr. Bryan raised a regiment of volunteers to serve in the Spanish War, and took the part of colonel. After being twice again nominated by his party he threw all his influence to Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 convention, securing the nomination of the latter over "Champ" Clark. As a reward for this service the "Great Commoner" was given the post of Secretary of State in Wilson's cabinet where he served for three years...
...illustrious roster, that of the Speakers of the House of Representatives, although only one of them ever attained to the Presidency.* There were Henry Clay, James G. Blaine, Samuel J. Randall, Thomas B. Reed, Joseph G. Cannon, Champ Clark. The latest speaker, now Senator Gillett, an able and fair man, had not the reputation that adheres to the fire-eaters of an earlier day. For that matter, the Speakership itself does not now enjoy the reputation that it once had. But it is still a high place in the eyes of the country and it still can invoke a bitter...
...stage whisper to the clerk: "Where in thunder is the gentleman from Ohio?" When no answer came, he put the motion and declared it carried. Those days are past forever. When Joseph G. Cannon was Speaker, the revolt of 1910 stripped him of his autocratic power; and Champ Clark, who succeeded him, did not care to offend anyone (because he had aspirations for the presidency) by pressing his authority. The job which Mr. Longworth is to take over is, thus, largely stripped of its authority. Some say that another strong man would remake it. But Mr. Longworth, although able...
...circumstances of my earlier visit. It happened on a hot July day, twelve years ago. I was one of a party of 200 or more who tramped in the dust from the station to the Governor's house at Seagirt. At our head marched that grand old Roman, Champ Clark, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives. We were calling on a Governor of New Jersey who had just received the Democratic nomination for the Presidency. Most of that company, including myself, had never made his personal acquaintance. It was our errand to assure him of our hearty...