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Homer T. Bone of Washington

by design | Aug 24, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Homer T. Bone of Washington By Ray Hill Homer T. Bone served just under twelve years in the United States Senate and sat on the federal bench as a judge of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1944 until his death in 1970.  A man devoted to his wife and son,...

Our Congressman: Richard W. Austin

by design | Aug 17, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Our Congressman Richard W. Austin By Ray Hill For a decade, the congressman from Tennessee’s Second Congressional District was Richard W. Austin.  Lean of frame, clean-shaven with piercing eyes and a bald pate, R. W. Austin counted his friends by the thousands. ...

The Gentleman From West Virginia: Cleveland Bailey

by design | Aug 10, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

The Gentleman From West Virginia Cleveland Bailey By Ray Hill Cleveland Monroe Bailey looked more like movie director Tim Burton’s idea of a mortician than a congressman.  Bald, jug-eared and slightly stooped, Bailey served a total of fourteen years in the U.S. House...

‘Stubby’ A Hero of the Great War

by design | Aug 3, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

‘Stubby’ A Hero of the Great War By Ray Hill Faithful readers of this column know of my great love for dogs, and I cannot count the number of times people have told me how much they like it when I write about animals.  I have long contended that the dog is God’s most...

The Senator From Wisconsin: F Ryan Duffy

by design | Jul 27, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

The Senator From Wisconsin F Ryan Duffy Wisconsin was considered to be a solidly Republican state by the time F. Ryan Duffy waged a campaign to be elected to the United States Senate in 1932.  Yet there were two strong elements of the Republican Party inside the...

Tennessee’s Herron Pearson

by design | Jul 20, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Tennessee’s Herron Pearson By Ray Hill Tennessee’s Seventh Congressional District was a collection of rural counties in West Tennessee, the most populous of which was Madison County, where the county seat is the City of Jackson, named for Andrew Jackson.  In 1933, the...
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