Word: roosevelts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Roosevelt...
Adams: The Harvard Crimson, President; P. B. H.; HDC Theater Workshop; Harvard Young Democrats; Social Relations Society; Outing Club; Junior Usher; Franklin D. Roosevelt Scholarship...
Ernest Gruening, 71, U.S. Senator. A crusty, longtime conservationist and Alaska territorial governor for 13 years after his appointment by Franklin Roosevelt. Gruening had heavy labor support, campaigned tirelessly, spoke clearly on all questions, personally claimed credit for statehood, the DEW line and the fight against tuberculosis among Alaska's natives. It took all that to beat out young (39) Republican Mike Stepovich, who quit the territorial governorship to run. Stepovich, father of eight children and last-appointed Alaska governor proved to be only a so-so campaigner, got lost in the political infighting, lost the election...
Bryan was a former congressman, Wilson a governor, Cox a governor, John W. Davis a corporation lawyer, Smith and Roosevelt, both New York governors, Truman a Vice-President (Lots of vice-presidential material comes from the Senate.), and Stevenson a governor. The Republican nominees are similarly heavily pro-gubernatorial, from McKinley through Dewey...
...fine gabby fettle, Visitor Truman hailed his host as "the greatest presiding officer the Senate ever had," much better, in fact, than "the squirrel head we have now. I'm talking about Mr. Nixon," he beamed. While newsmen eavesdropped, salty Cactus Jack compared notes with Truman ("I loved Roosevelt," murmured Garner, who broke with the boss over the third-term issue, "but I didn't want any Czars for president"), lamented: "They never gave me credit for holding the most important job I've ever had." "What's that?" asked Harry. "I was superintendent of schools...