Word: governors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...right in remembering that J. Sterling Morton was Secretary of Agriculture in Cleveland's second Cabinet (1893-97). Secretary Morton was not the first but the third to hold that office. He was politically active in Nebraska history-a member of the territorial legislature, then Secretary and Acting Governor of Nebraska Territory...
When squat, bald, hook-nosed Henry Justis Allen, onetime barber, was Governor of Kansas, Clyde M. Reed was his secretary. Now Mr. Reed is Governor of Kansas. Last week he announced that he would appoint Mr. Allen to the Kansas seat in the U. S. Senate, vacated by Vice- President Curtis. Once publisher of the Wichita Beacon, Mr. Allen, now 60, directed Hoover campaign publicity...
...Stratton is well known as one of the country's leading fundamentalists and has been in the public eye frequently During the late presidential campaign he challenged Ex-Governor Smith to a debate on the question of whether a Catholic was disqualified for the presidency...
Chief Justice Charles W. Mason presided over the Johnston trial, administered the oath to the new Governor, then hurried away to prepare his own defense on impeachment charges against himself and two other justices of the State Supreme Court...
...called because of his religious leanings. Governor Fausto Topete of Sonora, rebel state...