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The One Man Army:  Sergeant Jake Lindsey

The One Man Army: Sergeant Jake Lindsey

by Ray Hill | May 29, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Jake Lindsey epitomized much about how Americans saw themselves when he joined the army in February of 1940.  Lindsay, a resident of the tiny hamlet of Lucedale, Mississippi, joined the armed forces well before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.  The...

Ray Blanton, Part 5

Ray Blanton, Part 5

by Ray Hill | Jan 22, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Ray Blanton had achieved his long sought after goal of winning statewide office in Tennessee with his victory in the 1974 general election. Blanton had defeated Republican Lamar Alexander decisively in winning the governorship. Ray Blanton had always...

Ray Blanton, Part 4

Ray Blanton, Part 4

by Ray Hill | Jan 15, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

Ray Blanton emerged from the 1974 primary as the Democratic nominee for governor of Tennessee. It had been a contentious primary in with twelve men competing for the nomination. Blanton had barely edged banker Jake Butcher to be the nominee. The Republicans had their...

Ray Blanton, Part 3

Ray Blanton, Part 3

by Ray Hill | Jan 8, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill After having lost the 1972 race for the U. S. Senate to incumbent Howard Baker by a wide margin, Ray Blanton found himself out of Congress. Blanton returned to Tennessee and immediately began planting the seeds for an expected bid for the Democratic...

Ray Blanton, Part 2

Ray Blanton, Part 2

by Ray Hill | Jan 2, 2017 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Tennessee had lost a congressional district in the redistricting in 1971.  Congressmen Ray Blanton and William Anderson, both Democrats, would likely have run against one another if both sought reelection.  Anderson flirted with a bid for the Democratic...

Charles Evans Hughes

Charles Evans Hughes

by Ray Hill | Mar 6, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill Charles Evans Hughes achieved just about every high office that could come to one man save one: the presidency, and he came mighty close to achieving that as well.  Judge Learned Hand once paid tribute to both Hughes and his son, Charles Evan Hughes, Jr.,...

Newell Sanders

Newell Sanders

by Ray Hill | Feb 28, 2016 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:

By Ray Hill   For a time, there was no more influential Republican in the State of Tennessee than Newell Sanders. Sanders was a Republican at a time when the GOP was at a distinct disadvantage in the Volunteer State, yet he helped to build his party and became a...

Robert A. Taft of Ohio

Robert A. Taft of Ohio

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. ...

John W. Bricker of Ohio

John W. Bricker of Ohio

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,...

Arthur Capper of Kansas

Arthur Capper of Kansas

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...

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