by Ray Hill | Aug 13, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill “To the victor belong the spoils” is a quote frequently attributed to Andrew Jackson, but it was Senator William L. Marcy, a Democrat from New York, who actually said it. If General Jackson was not the source of the quote, he made it a reality when he...
by Ray Hill | Aug 6, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Ridley Mitchell, the colorful congressman from Tennessee’s Fourth District, suddenly found himself embroiled in a debate with fellow Representative John J. Cochran of Missouri, an effective and acerbic speaker. The topic was the seemingly unimportant...
by Ray Hill | Jul 30, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Tennessee Congressman Ewin L. Davis, a veteran of fourteen years, had lost his seat to freshman legislator J. Ridley Mitchell in the 1932 Democratic primary. Mitchell’s district had been dismembered by the Tennessee General Assembly causing Mitchell to...
by Ray Hill | Jul 23, 2017 | Archived Editions, Archives, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Remembering Jake Butcher By Ray Hill rayhill865@gmail.com For those wanting an opportunity to bask in the limelight, it would be well to remember the glare burns far more frequently than it shines. That thought was rekindled yet again in my mind with the passing of...
by Ray Hill | Jul 23, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill When the Tennessee General Assembly reduced the number of Tennessee’s congressional seats from ten to nine, Congressman J. Ridley Mitchell had been displaced. Mitchell’s home county of Cumberland had been placed in the heavily Republican Second District,...
by Ray Hill | Jul 16, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Every ten years legislative and Congressional districts must undergo some changes; redistricting always poses a danger to incumbents. It is not uncommon for a sitting congressman to run for higher office when faced with the elimination of his district. ...
