Word: upshaw
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University and a Wet, replied to a challenge to debate by Congressman William D. Upshaw of Georgia...
...challenged party I have, under the code, the choice of weapons, and would select silence; unless perhaps Congressman Upshaw should regard that as violating the constitutional inhibition against cruel and unusual punishment...
...Georgia Congressman Upshaw is not regarded as carrying on the tradition of Toombs, Stephens, Ben Hill and Gordon, since his nickname is 'Pshaw.' That he should speak of law enforcement above a whisper seems to show a lack of any sense of humor, since the enforcement of the 14th and 15th Amendment would certainly de prive him of a seat in the House of Representatives and give him an opportunity for usefulness in spraying the boll weevil on a Georgia cotton plantation...
Congressman Upshaw remarked to Will Rogers (according to Will) as the audience dispersed: "Why did they wait till this late in the Convention to pray...
...proposals were achievements, then where would we be? Representative David Upshaw of Georgia presented a bill to the House. It proposes that hereafter the Cabinet shall not be appointed by the President, but instead shall be elected with him and the Vice President. Said Mr. Upshaw...