Word: elected
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...found the New Deal distasteful was confirmed by results: in New England, where if anywhere in the U. S. the middle class is in a majority, Republicans swept every State. In New Jersey the conscience of the middle class as much as the anger of Labor helped to re-elect Republican Senator Barbour over a Democrat backed by hard-boiled Boss Hague of Jersey City...
...financing. Chastised most emphatically by the general defeat of zealous New Dealers was the end-justifies-the-means attitude expressed by Harry Hopkins when he said, in an excited private argument with friends at the Empire City race track in October: "We will spend and spend, tax and tax, elect and elect...
When he is standing for office, the week before election is a frantic period for any President. In off-years when he is not standing for office, that week is full of troublesome chores. Last week with his mind already on this winter's problems-including railroad legislation, national defense, housing (see p. 18)-Franklin Roosevelt did his big political chore to help elect Democrats who may assist him in carrying out his programs...
...After talking with President Roosevelt, uppity Publisher Vann repeated from the White House steps his advice to Pennsylvania Negroes to elect a Republican Governor (TIME...
...question as to the progress of the campaign brought a definite statement. "I am confident that the good judgement of the people of Massachusetts will make them elect me their Governor on next Tuesday...