Word: governors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hardly likely that any book on New York's governor, written by Franklin D. Roosevelt, at this particular time will escape the classification, usually opprobrious of "campaign literature." Still this book, given these conditions, comes very close to being something else...
Your correspondent, L. F. Southwick of Connecticut, admits he is prejudiced against Governor Smith because the stubborn stamp of his upbringing on "the sidewalks of New York" makes him say "poisonal," "detoimined." And in his Omaha speech I heard plainly on the radio, "foist," "raddio." A man's a man for a' that...
...Mary Donovan Hapgood, candidate of the Socialist party for governor of Massachusetts, will be the guest of the Harvard Liberal Club at a luncheon to be given tomorrow at the club. After the luncheon Mrs. Hapgood will address the members...
...approximate time of the beginning of Mrs. Hapgood's speech is set at 1.40 o'clock and all students of the University are invited to hear her at that time. Mrs. Hapgood is the first woman candidate for the office of governor in this state. She formerly has held a position in the State Labor Department from which she was discharged following her prominence in connection with the defense in the Sacco-Vanzetti case. Her husband, Powers' Hapgood '21, is also interested in the Socialist movement and together they have helped in the organization of miners in the Pennsylvania coal...
...Roosevelt '04 was yesterday nominated by the Democratic party to succeed Governor Smith as governor of New York state. It was with great difficulty that the Democrats finally secured Mr. Roosevelt's acceptance of the nomination...