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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...

Michigan’s Governor G. Mennen Williams

by design | Jul 13, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Michigan’s Governor G. Mennen Williams By Ray Hill Gerhard Mennen Williams’ name is a reminder of his good luck in having been born into a family fortune.  His grandfather, Gerhard Mennen, a German immigrant, started a business selling talcum powder, which at the time...

Augustus O. Stanley of Kentucky

by design | Jul 6, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Augustus O. Stanley of Kentucky By Ray Hill Every state conjures politicians who are highly controversial and two of Kentucky’s most polarizing political figures were Augustus Owsley Stanley and his rival, John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham.  Both men were Democrats and...

The Gentleman From Kentucky: J. C. W. Beckham

by design | Jun 29, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

The Gentleman From Kentucky J. C. W. Beckham By Ray Hill John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham was the first U.S. senator to be popularly elected by the people of Kentucky.  Beckham was the leader of a powerful wing of the Bluegrass State’s Democratic Party and was an...

William O. Bradley of Kentucky

by design | Jun 22, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

William O. Bradley of Kentucky By Ray Hill William O’Connell Bradley was the first Republican to serve as governor of Kentucky.  Bradley had a long and notable political career, albeit with mixed results as Kentucky remained a mostly Democratic state.  During his...

Old Time Democrat: Senator Pat McNamara of Michigan

by design | Jun 15, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Old Time Democrat: Senator Pat McNamara of Michigan By Ray Hill Patrick Vincent McNamara was the kind of Democrat that is almost entirely extinct in today’s world.  A traditional, working-class Irish Catholic and local labor leader. The child of a laborer, McNamara...
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