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Word: halvey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Usage:

...clever parliamentary maneuver that the group in favor of the oath managed to stop the measure dead in its tracks. After a rising vote in which members of the upper house voted 17-17, President Wragg broke the deadlock by speaking up for repeal. Immediately Senator Halvey of Rowley who had abstained from voting on the first and second readings recorded himself as against the bill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SENATE DEADLOCK BLOCKS MOVE TO REPEAL OATH LAW | 2/25/1938 | See Source »

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