by Ray Hill | Feb 14, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill There are likely more pedigrees in politics than the American Kennel Club and if anyone ever possessed a pedigree, it would be Robert Alphonso Taft of Ohio. For decades, Robert A. Taft was one of the most prominent members of the United States Senate. ...
by Ray Hill | Feb 7, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Few politicians have a career as successful as that of John William Bricker of Ohio; state attorney general (an elected position in Ohio), three times governor and twice United States senator. Bricker came from very humble beginnings, born on September 6,...
by Ray Hill | Jan 31, 2016 | Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill “If you trust the people, they will trust you.” Arthur Capper Before there was Bob Dole, there was Arthur Capper. Capper was the most successful politician in Kansas for decades. Of the many campaigns he waged, he lost only one. He served two terms as...
by Ray Hill | Jan 10, 2016 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Tennessee, like the rest of the country, was suffering terribly from the effects of the Great Depression. Despite the general impression the 1920s had been a decade of plenty and prosperity, that was not entirely true in the South. Tennessee was...
by Ray Hill | Jan 3, 2016 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Only three men served less time in office as Vice President of the United States than Harry S. Truman. John Tyler succeeded to the presidency after thirty-one days when William Henry Harrison caught cold, which turned into pneumonia. Andrew Johnson had...
by Ray Hill | Dec 27, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Harry Truman’s miraculous campaign for president in 1948 has become part of American political lore. Just about every American who can see has seen the famous picture of a beaming Truman holding up a copy of the Chicago Tribune with the headline blaring...
