by design | Aug 6, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Statesman from the North Star State: Edward J Thye of Minnesota By Ray Hill Politics is perhaps the most fickle of mistresses. The one thing one can always rely upon to change is the times. Even the most enduring of officeholders are frequently faced with the changing...
by design | Jul 30, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Georgia’s Little New Deal: Governor Eurith D. Rivers By Ray Hill One of the phenomena of the coming of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 was the number of states that elected governors who tried to emulate the president inasmuch as they put into place what were frequently...
by design | Jul 23, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
John J. Dempsey of New Mexico By Ray Hill Each state in the union has its own set of variables and peculiarities, all of which affect its politics. The political history of New Mexico is a mixed bag with the deeply embedded Spanish culture and the “Anglo”...
by design | Jul 16, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Oscar DePriest of Illinois By Ray Hill The name of Oscar DePriest will surely be unfamiliar to most readers, but during his time, he was a political power in Chicago and was the first Black person to be elected to the City Council in the Windy City. DePriest also...
by design | Jul 9, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Mountain State Dynasty: John Kee of West Virginia By Ray Hill For forty years, one family dominated the politics of West Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District. John Kee, a former state senator, was elected to the House of Representatives in the Democratic landslide...
by design | Jul 2, 2023 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
West Virginia Gentleman: Hugh Ike Shott By Ray Hill The State of West Virginia is now seen as a solidly “red” state, but there were decades when it was just as firmly Democratic. The pendulum has swung back and forth in the Mountain State, which had created itself by...
