by design | May 27, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
The Gentlelady From Massachusetts: Edith Nourse Rogers By Ray Hill Edith Nourse Rogers’ record as the longest-serving female member of Congress was only broken by Marcy Kaptur of Ohio in 2012. During the 35 years she served in the House of Representatives, few...
by design | May 19, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
George Holden Tinkham of Massachusetts By Ray Hill One of the most interesting aspects of the U.S. House of Representatives is the fact that it really is the People’s House. The framers of the Constitution intended it to be the People’s House and they succeeded. Some...
by design | May 12, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
‘Martin, Barton and Fish’ Hamilton Fish of New York By Ray Hill During his time, Hamilton Fish was one of the more controversial members of Congress. A genuine war hero who was roundly hated by internationalists in the United States and was a burr under the saddle of...
by design | May 5, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Matriarch of the Living Wage: Mary Teresa Norton of New Jersey By Ray Hill The first woman ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives was Jeanette Rankin of Montana, a Republican. Miss Rankin was first elected in 1916. The first woman elected to the House as a...
by design | Apr 28, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Tarheel Statesman: Cameron Morrison of North Carolina By Ray Hill Since 1900, only three men have served as a congressman, governor and United States senator from North Carolina: Cameron Morrison, Clyde Hoey and William B. Umstead. Only Clyde Hoey was elected to all...
by design | Apr 21, 2024 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Southern Statesman: Lee S. Overman of North Carolina By Ray Hill Lee Slater Overman was a fixture in North Carolina politics from the turn of the century until his death. White-haired and portly, Overman dressed the part of a Southern statesman and was an adept...
