Word: governorship
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Former Democrat George H. Earle (1935-39) is 72 and writing his memoirs. Says Earle of his governorship: "I was happy because I felt I was doing something constructive, unhappy because of the disloyalty right in my own party. If I had to do it all over again, I'd never run for Governor." Originally a New Dealer, Earle later became a Republican, is now "so disenchanted with both parties'' that he refuses to belong to either...
...Republican John S. Fine (1951-55 ) is 69, practices law in Wilkes-Barre. Says he: "I had enough of the governorship. I wouldn't want any more, not with what I encountered: a fight in my own party, a lot of ingratitude, friends who failed to stand behind...
...recount for Minnesota's governorship was at last complete-but the winner's circle was still too crowded. Republicans claimed that Incumbent Elmer L. Andersen had been re-elected by 102 votes; Democrats insisted that Lieutenant Governor Karl Rolvaag...
...looks more kindly than Unruh on the California Democratic Council, a group of some 75,000 volunteers who work feverishly at election time but have little power in regular party circles. Shortly after the 1962 elections, Ziffren said: "We are going to have a power struggle for the governorship-that's inevitable. Therefore, let it be on a worthwhile issue. Unruh has made the issue: payroll politics v. citizen participation...
After six years of fighting a hostile Democratic machine, Endicott Peabody has won a high elective office in the Commonwealth. He brings to the Governorship ambitious plans for reforming many of the archaic, corrupt practices of Massachusetts government. Peabody has proposed constitutional reforms which would strengthen the authority of a woefully impotent executive, reduce the workload of an overburdened legislature, and strike at corruption in Massachusetts by ending the confusion which surrounds much activity on Beacon Hill...