by Ray Hill | Apr 5, 2015 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill With his reform package having passed the state legislature and having eliminated Kentucky’s budget deficit, Albert Benjamin “Happy” Chandler was highly popular in his home state. Elected governor in 1935, Happy was beginning to think of bigger things for...
by Ray Hill | Mar 29, 2015 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Few subjects excite as much commentary as politics and sports and Albert B. Chandler played a big role in both for decades. Serving as governor, United States senator and Commissioner of Baseball, “Happy” Chandler was an institution. Like most who stayed...
by Ray Hill | Mar 22, 2015 | Archives, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Huey Long’s rise to power began with his election to the Louisiana Public Service Commission. He ran a surprisingly strong race for the gubernatorial nomination in 1924 when only thirty years old, but lost to Henry Fuqua. Governor Fuqua died two years...
by Ray Hill | Mar 15, 2015 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Two of the most successful politicians of the same era, Huey Pierce Long and Franklin Delano Roosevelt could hardly have been more different. The handsome, courtly Roosevelt was the scion of a famous and wealthy family, the coddled and adored only...
by Ray Hill | Mar 8, 2015 | Archives, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill “Always take the offensive – – – the defensive ain’t worth a damn.” So said Louisiana’s self designated “Kingfish,” Huey P. Long. Huey took his own advice and remained on the offensive until the day he was struck down by an assassin’s...
by Ray Hill | Mar 1, 2015 | Archives, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Before the age of television, blue shirts and blow-dried hair, Tennessee had some of the most colorful political figures anywhere. Amongst those was Malcolm Rice Patterson, a Congressman and governor of Tennessee. A veteran of some of the most hard fought...
