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Politician from the Prairie: Harlan Bushfield of South Dakota

by design | Jun 4, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Politician from the Prairie: Harlan Bushfield of South Dakota By Ray Hill Harlan John Bushfield served only a single term in the United States Senate, but he made quite an impression on his home state of South Dakota in a relatively short period of time.  Bushfield...

The Educator in Politics: Joseph Rosier of West Virginia

by design | May 29, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Joseph Rosier was an unlikely United States senator and only reached that body because of his personal friendship with Matthew Neely. Matthew Mansfield Neely held sway for decades as both a perennial candidate for public office and unlike most perennial...

William H. Smathers of New Jersey

by design | May 21, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill There was a time when people engaged in voting a straight ticket, meaning they voted for every candidate of one political party or the other. There have also been election cycles where a tidal wave of support empowered one party or the other. 1920 was such...

The Life & Death of Senator Ernest Lundeen

by design | May 14, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill There are those who remember Paul Wellstone, the United States senator from Minnesota, who died, along with his wife and daughter, while campaigning for reelection in 2002 when his chartered airplane crashed.  Wellstone, however, was not the first United...

‘The Prince of Abyssinia’ Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

by design | May 7, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill There was a time in our country’s history when Adam Clayton Powell was the most powerful Black person in America.  The memory of Powell has dimmed somewhat, although he has been the subject of documentaries, movies, and even more recently, is portrayed as...

Noah Mason of Illinois

by design | Apr 30, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Noah M. Mason of Illinois looked like precisely what he was: an old schoolteacher.  Diminutive in stature, white-haired and frequently with a stern expression etched into his face, Noah Mason served for twenty-six years as a congressman from Illinois. ...
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