Word: governorship
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...some time, Georgians have been expecting their Commissioner of Agriculture, Tom Linder, 66, to go after the nomination for governor, since Governor Herman Talmadge cannot succeed himself. Last week Tom began to qualify for the governorship by delivering an oration at the Confederate Memorial Day ceremonies in Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery, where 4,000 Confederate soldiers lie buried. For roaring bombast of a style almost lost to U.S. politics, Tom Linder set a standard that the five other eager aspirants will find hard to match...
...that the change would increase the Negro vote. In contrast, Gov. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina and Gov. Christian A. Herter '15 of Massachusetts have recommended that their legislatures start constitutional amending procedures to permit lowering the age. And Adlai Stevenson, when he was running for the Illinois Governorship in 1948, also advocated the 18 year old vote...
Died. Joseph Patrick Tumulty, 74, shrewd Jersey City ward politician who rose to be the longtime (1911-21) secretary to Woodrow Wilson; in Olney, Md. After unsuccessfully opposing Wilson's bid for the New Jersey governorship in 1910, Tumulty joined Wilson's camp, became his closest political adviser. As a highly effective political balance to his scholarly chief, gregarious Joe Tumulty reveled in political dogfights, handled White House patronage, but was never noted for his verbal discretion. In 1919, when Wilson was stricken by cerebral thrombosis, Tumulty suggested that he be declared incapable of holding office and allow...
...Philadelphia, the split in the Democratic organizations all but ruined the Democrats' good chance to win the governorship of Pennsylvania. Because he could not get a solid endorsement from the squabbling party organization at home, Philadelphia's District Attorney Richardson Dilworth has declined to run for governor. That practically assures the election of Republican Lloyd H. Wood, a lawyer and turkey farmer now serving as lieutenant governor...
Based on political notions that no longer hold true, Massachusetts' two-year term for the governorship may be on the way out. In his annual message, Governor Herter asked that it be lengthened to four. Several days ago, the Governor underlined his proposal by announcing his candidacy for re-election, with scarcely half his term complete...