Word: successor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...into the record, Prime Minister King, 21 years and 25 days in office as head of Canada's government, rose to address the House. He reminded members of his decision to resign as Prime Minister two or three months after the August Liberal Convention has picked his successor. As he spoke, External Affairs Secretary Louis St. Laurent, his heir apparent, and Agriculture Minister James Gardiner, St. Laurent's only admitted rival, sat near by. For them or whoever else would take his place, Mackenzie King had two final thoughts: 1) the Prime Minister's office should have...
Handsome Lady Mountbatten flew home from New Delhi with her handsome husband, who had just retired as Britain's last Governor General of India (TIME, June 28), after a well-nigh unforgettable leave-taking from his successor, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari...
Despite such run-ins, when it came time to pick a successor for able Governor Ed Martin, the party's bigwigs settled on Big Jim. After a long, weary afternoon's session in the Hotel Hershey, the bosses could still not decide between four other entries. Finally, in a moment of unguarded weariness, Joe Pew pointed to Duff: "That redheaded s.o.b. ought to be the candidate. I called him about it a few days ago and he told me to go to hell...
Indiana's chubby Governor Ralph Fesler Gates, who had helped send Jenner to the Senate two years ago, could easily see through Jenner's strategy. If Jenner were elected governor, he could resign from the Senate, name his successor, and thus get control (along with Senator Homer Capehart) of most of Indiana's state and federal patronage. He let it be known that House Majority Leader Charles Halleck would get first crack at his Senate seat...
When wise and tolerant President William Allan Neilson kissed his "2,000 daughters" goodbye and retired after 22 years, Smith College searched hard for a successor (TIME, Oct. 30, 1939). British-born, Oxford-educated Herbert John Davis took the job with misgivings: "What can the man do that cometh after the king?" Like Neilson, Davis had been an English professor (his specialty: Jonathan Swift); Smith trustees hoped to see the Neilson miracle reworked. But in eight years as president, Davis proved more distinguished for his prose style than his administrative tact. Last week, at 55, Herbert John Davis announced from...