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1918 Wyoming Gubernatorial Election
The 1922 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1918. Following the election of Governor John B. Kendrick to the U.S. Senate in 1916, Secretary of State Frank L. Houx served as acting Governor. He ran for re-election and faced a stiff challenge in the Democratic primary from attorney William B. Ross. After defeating Ross by a decisive margin, he faced Robert D. Carey, the Republican nominee and the son of former Democratic Governor Joseph M. Carey. However, despite Houx's past electoral success, he faced difficult headwinds as Democratic candidates did poorly across the country in 1918. He ended up losing re-election to Carey by a wide margin. Democratic primary Candidates * Frank L. Houx, incumbent Governor * William B. Ross, attorney, 1910 Democratic nominee for Congress, former Laramie County Attorney Results Republican primary Candidates * Robert D. Carey, Chairman of the State Highway Commission, former Converse County Commissioner * M. B. Camplin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Davis Carey
Robert Davis Carey (August 12, 1878January 17, 1937) was an American politician from Wyoming, a state of which he served as Governor and represented in the United States Senate. He was the first native-born Wyomingite to serve in either position. He was a member of the Republican Party. Biography Robert Carey was born on August 12, 1878, to Joseph Maull Carey and Louisa David in Cheyenne in the Wyoming Territory. He attended and received an education from the public schools and Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Carey attended college and graduated from Yale University in 1900, after which he moved to Converse County, Wyoming. Once back in Wyoming, Carey entered the livestock and agricultural businesses and took an interest in banking. He served as a member of the Progressive National Committee for Wyoming from 1912 to 1916 and chairman of the Wyoming State Highway Commission from 1917 to 1918. Carey also served as president of the Wyoming Stock Grower's Association betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laramie County, Wyoming
Laramie County is a county located at the southeast corner of the U.S. state, state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 100,512 or 17.4% of the state's total 2020 population, making it the List of counties in Wyoming, most populous county in Wyoming, but the least populous county in the United States to be the List of the most populous counties by U.S. state, most populous in its state. The county seat is Cheyenne, Wyoming, Cheyenne, the state capital. The county lies west of the Nebraska state line and north of the Colorado state line. Laramie County comprises the Cheyenne metropolitan area, Cheyenne, WY Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city of Laramie, Wyoming, is in neighboring Albany County, Wyoming, Albany County. History Laramie County was originally created in 1867 as a county within the Dakota Territory. The county was named for Jacques La Ramee, a French-Canadian fur-trader. In 1867, a portion of Laramie County was annexed to create ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Wyoming Elections
This year is noted for the end of the World War I, First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – 1918 flu pandemic: The "Spanish flu" (influenza) is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas. * January 4 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia, Sweden, German Empire, Germany and France. * January 9 – Battle of Bear Valley: U.S. troops engage Yaqui people, Yaqui Native American warriors in a minor skirmish in Arizona, and one of the last battles of the American Indian Wars between the United States and Native Americans. * January 15 ** The keel of is laid in Britain, the first purpose-designed aircraft carrier to be laid down. ** The Red Army (The Workers and Peasants Red Army) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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