Word: congressmen
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...population in five of Alabama's eight congressional districts, in three of Mississippi's five districts, and in three of South Carolina's six districts. Although so far, pitifully few Negroes hold office in the South, there are some significant omens: at least two Southern U.S. Congressmen, one from Georgia and the other from Tennessee, owe their election to Negro votes; a Mississippi politician, thinking like many of his colleagues about the Negroes who will vote for the first time in 1966, contemplates running against a segregationist Congressman and explains his strategy simply...
Harvard and Radcliffe students malled 750 letters to Congressmen this week, urging them to vote for the unseating of the present Mississippi delegation, Peter H. Weiner '66, president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Young Democrats, said last night. The letter-writing campaign was sponsored by the Young Dems...
Burgeoning under the demands of a growing nation, post-Civil War Washington badly needed someone to steer outsiders to the right place. Ward became the guide, shepherding clients to the proper bureaus and pushing bills through Congress by means of his influence on Congressmen. He also became a power in his own right. He rallied support for the measures that saved U.S. currency from ruin after the Civil War, and he helped line up the votes that kept President Andrew Johnson from being impeached. He represented railroads, shipping lines, foreign nations, and even the Mormons, whom he helped...
...Congressman's aye is through his stomach," he installed a French chef in his kitchen and invited Washington's notables. He was a master of the graduated political gift; Presidents occasionally might receive a case of Madeira, while Cabinet members would rate only terrapin, and Congressmen wound up with canvasback duck. Ward never arm-twisted guests or mentioned his interests, but when a bill of his reached the floor, former tablemates would receive a note: "This is my little lamb. Be good." Though he helped others make money, Ward could never hold on to it himself; before turning...
...handful of friendly Congressmen welcomed the demonstrators, but most of the Senators and Representatives who met with delegations were neither hostile nor receptive: they simply refused to engage in the exchange of ideas Tocsin had envisioned. The marchers were thanked for their interest, told of the Congressman's strong feeling about the importance of peace and shown the door. "We were treated as if we were very very young, not at all intelligent and totally in the dark on cold war issues," Goldmark remarked after one such meeting...