Word: governors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Grover Cleveland did not gain his experience for the Presidency in the Orient, but as Governor of the Empire State; Woodrow Wilson did not gain his experience for the Presidency in the Orient, but as the Governor of New Jersey; and Calvin Coolidge did not become proficient in the ways of American government in the Orient, but as Governor of the State of Massachusetts...
Sidney Johnston Catts, Democrat, used to be Governor of Florida (1916-20). Many a speech had he made in and near Florida's capital, Tallahassee. Last week he mounted a Tallahassee bandstand and began an anti-Smith speech. He touched upon Roman Catholicism. Whizzz-smack went an egg. Mr. Catts continued. Whizzz-smack went many eggs. Mr. Catts stopped talking. Irate, he left the bandstand, offered to fight any man in the crowd in single combat, offered a reward for the apprehension of his eggers...
Instantly Governor of the Bank of England Montagu Collet Norman snapped...
...Edward of Wales in accustomed prominence. But just before Their Royal Highnesses' ship docked at Mombasa, East Africa, an interview was given out by Prime Minister James Barry Munnik Hertzog of South Africa, in which he clearly indicated a wish that the Duke of Gloucester might assume the Governor-Generalship of the Union of South Africa...
Within a few hours cable flashes to London caused His Majesty's Government to inform the press unofficially why Henry of Gloucester is not available for Governor-Generalship. The explanation, lame, was to the effect that none of the four royal princes can be spared from their important labors at home and on Empire missions...