Word: governor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wilson got 70 votes from the States of California, Idaho, Kansas, Ohio, Nevada, New Hampshire, Utah, Washington, West Virginia. Suppose Governor Smith should get none of these votes: subtract them from Wilson's total of 277, the result...
...favored Smith and would give him his wholehearted support. In Manhattan (busy with the many-million-dollar Goodyear case) Newton Diehl Baker peered at newsgath erers through horn-rimmed spectacles. With great precision he remarked: "Of course I know both Mr. Burleson and Mr. Gregory intimately. . . . Their stand for Governor Smith is extremely interesting. . . . But 1928 is a long...
...When Governor Smith takes out pencil and paper to cast up his chances, he probably begins by weighing his chances to get the votes which Woodrow Wilson got in 1916. Mr. Wilson needed 266 votes...
...Wilson failed to carry New York (45) and New Jersey (14), for both of which Governor Smith has a chance. Add 45 and 14 to 207: result 266: Governor Smith is elected without a vote to spare...
...easy? Let the list be reconsidered. Of the states which voted for Woodrow Wilson and which, in the above estimate, have so far been left to Governor Smith's credit, Democratic chances are weakess in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Wyoming, all of whose votes total 39. Subtract 39 from Governor Smith's previous total of 266-the result is 227: Governor Smith is defeated...