by Ray Hill | Apr 28, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill There are few people in our community who haven’t either heard of or visited the magnificent Biltmore House. Biltmore was the vision of George Washington Vanderbilt II, the grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. George Vanderbilt’s father, William,...
by Ray Hill | Apr 21, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Almost entirely forgotten today, Benton McMillin was one of the most popular politicians in Tennessee for decades. McMillin served in Congress for twenty years, two terms as Tennessee’s governor, and went on to serve as a diplomat. McMillin’s wife,...
by Ray Hill | Apr 14, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Political success can come quickly and just as quickly be snuffed out. Rush D. Holt of West Virginia is a prime example of stunning political success at an early age, his electoral career squandered either through insistence upon remaining true to his...
by Ray Hill | Apr 7, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Nathan L. Bachman is little remembered today, but was a highly regarded jurist and a popular United States Senator from Tennessee. Bachman was born August 2, 1878 into a prominent family. He attended at least three colleges before setting out to earn a...
by Ray Hill | Mar 31, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill John Sherman Cooper was one of the most enduring and popular public figures in Kentucky in the post World War II era and he was, of all things, a Republican. Cooper was among those titanic figures that dominated Kentucky politics for decades,...
by Ray Hill | Mar 24, 2013 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Congressman Ross Bass and Governor Frank Clement were fighting a close race for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate in 1964 to complete the remaining two years of the late Estes Kefauver’s term. While there had been few real differences...
