by Ray Hill | Oct 19, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Few modern day Speakers of the U. S. House of Representatives are as little remembered as Henry T. Rainey of Illinois. One reason for that is likely because his tenure as Speaker was quite brief; Rainey served as Speaker of the House from march 9,...
by Ray Hill | Oct 12, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill John Nance Garner of Texas was one of the most colorful politicians of the twentieth century. It was Garner who made one of the most oft-repeated comments about the vice presidency. Garner described the office as not being “worth a bucket of warm...
by Ray Hill | Oct 5, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
‘By Ray Hill If Nicholas Longworth is remembered at all today, it’s usually because of his marriage to Alice Roosevelt, the tart-tongued daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt. Alice Roosevelt was anything but conventional and while their marriage started out...
by Ray Hill | Sep 21, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill One of the most colorful and powerful Speakers of the U. S. House of Representatives was Joseph Gurney Cannon of Illinois. Deeply conservative and thoroughly autocratic, “ Uncle Joe” Cannon ruled the House with an iron fist until a combination of...
by Ray Hill | Sep 14, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Woodrow Wilson returned to America to face a hostile Republican Congress and a people tired of the war. Wilson believed if he could reach the American people, he could convince them the United States’ participation in the League of Nations was essential....
by Ray Hill | Sep 7, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill Woodrow Wilson was the first Democrat to be reelected to a second consecutive term since Andrew Jackson. He had campaigned on the slogan, “He Kept Us Out of War” in 1916 and the President faced a serious opponent in the person of Charles Evans Hughes. ...
