Life With Wild Bill By Ray Hill George Graham Vest, an outstanding attorney and U. S. senator from Missouri, is still remembered to this day for his tribute to dogs. Vest had been hired by Charles Burden whose dog, Old Drum, had been killed by his brother-in-law,...
The Tribune’s Sentinel: Charles Wayland Brooks By Ray Hill From 1940 until 1949, Charles Wayland Brooks served in the United States Senate. A successful attorney who had fought in the First World War, Brooks was known to his friends as “Curly” because of his hair;...
Raymond E. Willis of Indiana By Ray Hill Raymond Eugene Willis was literally born into the printing business. His father, Frank, had been a veteran of the Civil War and owned the Waterloo Press. The son of “a country editor” and one of six brothers and eight children,...
Legislative Craftsman: Robert F. Wagner of New York By Ray Hill Robert Ferdinand Wagner was born in Germany and rose to become a towering figure in the United States Senate. Eight-year-old Bob Wagner and his parents left their village near Wiesbaden for the United...
The Merry Mortician: Kenneth S. Wherry of Nebraska By Ray Hill Kenneth Spicer Wherry is completely unknown to most readers today, but the Nebraskan was one of the better-known members of the United States Senate during his time. A superlative salesman, Wherry had...
By Ray Hill Ray Blanton is little remembered today save for one thing: the corruption of his administration. Compared to many of Tennessee’s more significant historical figures, Blanton’s political career was not long, but it was impossible not to notice the man who...
Senatorial Bloodhound: Charles W. Tobey of New Hampshire By Ray Hill Almost certainly, hardly any reader will recall Charles William Tobey, but at one time he was a member of the first congressional committee to become a television sensation, which was headed by...
John E. Miles of New Mexico By Ray Hill For 60 years, John E. Miles was a fixture of New Mexico’s political scene. Miles held numerous elected and appointed positions throughout his life and lived long enough to become a senior statesman of New Mexico’s Democratic...
K.D. McKellar Goes To Congress, II By Ray Hill The campaigns of Kenneth D. McKellar and his chief opponent for the Democratic nomination in the 1911 special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George Washington Gordon had heated up. McKellar...
K.D. McKellar Goes To Congress, I By Ray Hill Tennessee has been fortunate to have sent some to Congress who have wielded real influence in the Nation’s Capitol. Tennessee has also had a few men who served for decades in Washington, D.C. Carroll Reece and Jimmy...
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