Word: successors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Senator Lodge. The meeting was a great Republican get-together. Governor Fuller of Massachusetts spoke, praised Senator Lodge, invited all good Republicans to vote for Senator Butler next year. But the speaking continued. Senator Butler attacked political slackers who take no part in party politics. Senator Deneen of Illinois (successor of the late Senator Medill McCormick) preached support of the Administration. Finally ex-Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana, not on the program, was called upon by acclamation for a few Beveridgian words. But the President, having been elected an honorary member, had left the meeting as soon as Governor...
...This is a critical time in the history of the Progressive movement. Progressives in the United States Senate are few in number, but they are vested with great responsibility and power. I need not suggest how vitally the choice of Mr. LaFollette's successor may affect the cause...
...time of election was just 39. If we still think that a college president ought to have the flowing patriarchal beard, it is interesting to recall that Dr. Jesse Appleton was elected president of Bowdoin in 1807 at the age of 35; Dr. William Allen, his successor, was elected in 1819 at the age of 36; and Dr. Leonard Woods, who succeeded Dr. Allen, was elected in 1839 at the age of 32. Thus another popular fallacy is exploded...
...nephew, the Viscount Scarsdale, is enjoined to preserve the estate and tradition of Kedleston. In words which recalled the famous Oxonian jibe: "I am George Nathaniel Curzon, a really most superior person," he urges his nephew and successor, the present Viscount Scarsdale, to preserve the estate of Kedleston and the traditions of the family...
They opine that when a special election is held in Wisconsin in the fall, Robert M. LaFollette Jr. will be elected. They opine further that Governor Sorlie of North Dakota will appoint a successor to Mr. Ladd and that his legal right to do so will be questioned...