Word: hampshireman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...York newspapers sold out as quickly as they could be unloaded from icicled baggage cars. Who knew what might happen, now that the radio and the big papers down in New York were talking about John Winant for President? It had been a long time ago, but one New Hampshireman, Franklin Pierce, had made it. In the garland of local journalistic tributes which promptly flourished throughout the state, none was so significant as that of the Manchester Union: "If Mr. Winant aspires to the Presidency, he will discover only friendliness and loyalty at home...