Word: harrison
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...good fellow. Extremely good diplomat. Man to get 'em all working together. A man of courage. Not a great soldier ... I begged him not to [go into politics]. I said, since George Washington none of your soldiers have made very good politicians. I said the most successful was Harrison; he died within three months...
...Soon after riding on a white horse to his inaugural on a miserable day, General William Henry ("Old Tippecanoe") Harrison got caught in the rain while out walking, died of pneumonia one month after taking office...
Meyner's understanding of the delicate and tricky business of politics has converted New Jersey, for decades a Republican stronghold, into a Democratic state. This year Meyner gained prestige when his protege, former Congressman Harrison A. Williams, won by 89,000 votes against rugged Republican opposition and became U.S. Senator. Moreover, for the first time since 1937, the New Jersey general assembly went Democratic...
...Reluctant Debutante. Mayfair never seemed quite so fair, or so gay, as when Rex Harrison and his wife Kay Kendall do the town...
Democratic senatorial candidate Harrison A. Williams defeated his Republican opponent Robert W. Keane in a race for the seat vacated by former Republican Senator H. Alexander Smith...