Word: governorship
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University of Georgia, graduated first in his law class ('31). Elected to the state legislature at 26, Arnall rocketed upward as floor leader, assistant attorney general, attorney general. In 1942, the "boy wonder" flashed into national prominence when he beat the late Gene Talmadge for the governorship...
Laurence Curtis '16, former Massachusetts - State Treasurer, last night announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor, and called for a "wholesale closeup of conditions of the State House." Curtis is the first officially announced candidate for Governorship...
Ingalls took a fling at the Ohio governorship in 1932 (he lost), worked his way up in Ohio GOPolitics to state chairman and national committeeman. In 1940 he slaved to get Cousin Bob Taft nominated for the presidency (says he of Taft's defeat by Willkie: "It just happened...
Last spring he began eyeing the Ohio governorship. Since then he has made speeches in 81 of the state's 88 counties. Apparently pleased with the way he was received, Charlie Taft last week announced that he will seek the Republican nomination for governor...
...favorite relaxation is playing dominoes. After thirteen years in the revolutionary army without rising above the rank of major and eleven years in government bureaus without rising above the rank of clerk, he joined young Mike Alemán and rode the escalator right behind him-first to the governorship of his native Veracruz, then to the Ministry of Interior, the job from which Alemán also stepped to the top. Through it all, he made no important enemies. "I was poor as a boy, and still am," he murmured. "I have always lived on my salary" (as Interior...