Word: mccamant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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President Coolidge, nothing daunted by the Warren affair of last spring, is preparing for another brush with the Senate. Through the White House spokesman he has just announced his intention not to withdraw the appointment of Judge McCamant to the Federal Circuit Court, which the Senatorial Judiciary Committee has recently rejected...
After many sudoriferous hours, the friends of Senator Harding executed their coup and Harding was nominated. Then while plans were being laid for nominating some good regular for Vice President, the obdurate Judge McCamant rose and suggested the name of the Governor of Massachusetts?quite unexpectedly. And the convention in a mood to do the unexpected, nominated Calvin Coolidge for Vice President. And in the summer of 1923 Fate played another of its tricks and Calvin Coolidge became President. There was no doubt whatever that Judge McCamant was the primum mobile of the chain of accidents which made our present...
...Judge served by a recess appointment until the Senate should approve his nomination?the Senate of which Hiram Johnson is a member. One of Senator Johnson's characteristics is that his memory is long and his forgiveness is short. The Senate Judiciary Committee reported favorably on Judge McCamant, but on the floor of the Senate Mr. Johnson was eloquent. The result was that the nomination was referred back to the Committee. And before the Committee the Judge last week appeared...
...after the state primary had given Johnson a plurality, McCamant read a sheaf of letters and several affidavits to show that he had opposed Johnson openly before his own choice as a delegate. The small, thin Judge, with dark hair and snapping blue eyes, appeared to be rather keyed up for the occasion. He read from one letter, written in 1920, saying that Senator Johnson was not a good American...
...short, stocky, grey Senator interrupted hotly: "Right there! What made you say that I was not a good American?" McCamant came back sharply...