Word: donahey
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Next morning the Administration woke to the fact that it had a man-sized fight on its hands. Over to the Senate for anxious conferences hurried that frosty internationalist, Secretary of State Hull. Summoned to the White House on the following morning were four doubtful Senators: Ohio's Donahey, Rhode Island's Gerry, Massachusetts' Walsh, New Mexico's Cutting...
...election, I always go to bed at 9:30 sharp, " said Ohio's small solemn Senator Simeon Davison Fess. And as the onetime chairman of the Republican National Committee slept, he was counted out of the Senate seat he has held since 1925 and Democrat Alvin Victor ("Vic") Donahey was counted in. "Vic" Donahey is the only man in Ohio's history to have served three straight terms as Governor. Though he beat one of the oldest of the Old Dealers, this tall husky 61-year-old Senator-elect was not an ardent New Dealer. During the campaign...
Senator Simeon D. Fess, Republican, was falling behind Vic Donahey, Ohio's best Democratic vote-getter...
...Michigan Picard *Vandenburg 428 of 7,693 20, 329 43,102 Montana *Wheeler Bourquin 325 of 713 17,285 8,924 New Jersey Moore *Kean 702 of 3,425 17,119 12,481 New York *Copeland Cluett 4934 of 8947 1,416,972 691,037 Ohio Donahey *Fess 609 of 8,559 41,103 27,827 Pennsylvania Guffey *Reed 4128 of 7956 792,911 803,594 Rhode Island Gerry *Herbert 90 of 232 36,308 37,523 Utah *King Colton 75 of 561 8,932 6,425 Vermont Martin *Austin 89 of 248 11,047 16,293 Virginia *Byrd Page...
Three Governors. James M. Cox was Democratic Governor of Ohio before he ran for President in 1920 with Franklin Roosevelt as second fiddle on the ticket. A. Victor ("Vic") Donahey was Governor from 1923 to 1929. George White has been Governor since 1931. Last week these three potent Democrats were at odds over who should oppose standpat Republican Simeon Fess for his Senate seat. Messrs. Donahey and White were both candidates for the Democratic nomination, Governor White campaigning as champion of the New Deal, "Vic" Donahey, lukewarm on New Deal policies, rounding up votes among his old friends, Ohio...