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Clarence Barnes
Clarence Alfred Barnes (August 28, 1882 – May 26, 1970) was an American politician who served as Attorney General of Massachusetts from 1945 to 1949. Barnes political career began in Mansfield, Massachusetts, where he served as town counsel and moderator of the Town meeting. From 1912 to 1913, he served as a state representative, and he was a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917–18. Barnes was the Republican nominee for attorney general in 1938 but lost to incumbent Paul A. Dever. He ran again in 1940, but lost the Republican nomination to Robert T. Bushnell. Barnes was a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council from 1943 to 1944. In 1944, he defeated former Lieutenant Governor Francis E. Kelly to become attorney general. Barnes defeated Kelly again in 1946, but lost to him in 1948. He was a candidate for governor in 1950, but lost the nomination to Arthur W. Coolidge. Barnes was also a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts Attorney General
The Massachusetts Attorney General is an elected Constitution of Massachusetts, constitutionally defined executive officer of the Government of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government. The officeholder is the chief lawyer and law enforcement officer of the Massachusetts, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The officeholder also acts as an advocate and resource for the Commonwealth and its residents in many areas, including consumer protection, combating fraud and corruption, protecting civil rights, and maintaining economic competition. The current Attorney General is Maura Healey. History When the 1780 Massachusetts State Constitution, state constitution was first enacted, the attorney general was appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts, governor, with the advice and consent of Massachusetts Governor's Council, the Governor's Council. The office was abolished in 1843 and re-established in 1849. In 1855 the constitution was amended so that the attorney general (along with a number o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election, 1950
The 1950 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950. Democratic incumbent Paul A. Dever defeated Republican Arthur W. Coolidge, Socialist Labor candidate Horace Hillis, and Prohibition candidate Mark R. Shaw. Democratic primary Paul Dever ran unopposed for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Republican primary Candidates * Clarence A. Barnes, former Massachusetts Attorney General * Arthur W. Coolidge, former Lieutenant Governor * Louis E. Denfeld, U.S. Navy Admiral * Frankland W. L. Miles, Justice of the Roxbury District Court *Daniel Needham, former Commander of the Massachusetts National Guard and Public Safety Commissioner * Edward Rowe, former State Senator from Cambridge Results General election Results See also * 1949–1950 Massachusetts legislature References {{1950 United States elections 1950 Massachusetts governor Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Massachusetts Governor's Council
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members, a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church membership, belonging to a local Christian congregation, a Christian denomination and the universal Church * Member, a participant in a club or learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts Attorneys General
Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Maine to the east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south, New Hampshire and Vermont to the north, and New York to the west. The state's capital and most populous city, as well as its cultural and financial center, is Boston. Massachusetts is also home to the urban core of Greater Boston, the largest metropolitan area in New England and a region profoundly influential upon American history, academia, and the research economy. Originally dependent on agriculture, fishing, and trade. Massachusetts was transformed into a manufacturing center during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Deaths
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1882 Births
Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in the Roman Empire as the Year of the Consulship of Fuscianus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 941 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 188 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes pro-consul of Africa from 188 to 189. Japan * Queen Himiko (or Shingi Waō) begins her reign in Japan (until 248). Births * April 4 – Caracalla (or Antoninus), Roman emperor (d. 217) * Lu Ji (or Gongji), Chinese official and politician (d. 219) * Sun Shao, Chinese general of the Eastern Wu state (d. 241) Deaths * March 17 – Julian, pope and patriarch of Alexandria * Fa Zhen (or Gaoqing), Chinese scholar (b. AD 100) * Lucius Antistius Burrus, Roman politician (executed) * Ma Xiang, Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Martha's Vineyard Times
''The Martha’s Vineyard Times'' is an independently owned weekly community newspaper, published by The MV Times Corp. on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, seven miles off the coast of Southeastern Massachusetts. The newspaper has an average circulation of 15,000, is distributed free of charge to all Island postal customers, and is available for sale at retail locations around the Island. The Times’s website has published 100 percent of its weekly content, in addition to web-only material, since it first went live in 2001. The site attracts more than 3 million unique visitors and 4.3 million sessions each year, roughly equally divided among islanders and off-Islanders. ''The Martha’s Vineyard Times'' and its staff, and ''Times'' special publications have all won multiple awards — including Newspaper of the Year in 2017, 2018, and 2019 — from the New England Newspaper & Press Association. History ''The Martha’s Vineyard Times'' was founded in the spring of 1984 by f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Barnes, Jr
Clarence A. Barnes Jr. (usually referred to as Clare Barnes Jr. during his days as a popular author) (c. 1907 – February 2, 1992) was an American author and advertising agency art director. He was best known for his series of books, starting in 1949 with ''White Collar Zoo'', which featured animal photos with humorous captions. ''White Collar Zoo'' was the number 1 non-fiction bestseller of 1949 on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list, and its followup ''Home Sweet Zoo'' was number 4.Korda, MichaelMaking the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900-1999 p.97 (2001)(1 May 1950)Collegiate Cat '' Life''(9 May 1949)Speaking of Pictures... ''Life''Poore, Charles (7 July 1949)Animals are very much like people '' The New York Times'' Barnes was born in Boston and received an undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1929. He worked for a number of advertising agencies. He died in his Manhattan home on February 2, 1992, of emphysema at age 85. He also had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Republican National Convention
The 1952 Republican National Convention was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois from July 7 to 11, 1952, and nominated the popular general and war hero Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York, nicknamed "Ike," for president and the anti-communist crusading Senator from California, Richard M. Nixon, for vice president. The Republican platform pledged to end the unpopular war in Korea, supported the development of nuclear weapons as a deterrence strategy, to fire all "the loafers, incompetents and unnecessary employees" at the State Department, condemned the Roosevelt and Truman administrations' economic policies, supported retention of the Taft–Hartley Act, opposed " discrimination against race, religion or national origin", supported "Federal action toward the elimination of lynching", and pledged to bring an end to communist subversion in the United States. Presidential candidates Withdrew before the convention * Businessman Riley A. Bender of Il ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948 Republican National Convention
The 1948 Republican National Convention was held at the Municipal Auditorium, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from June 21 to 25, 1948. New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey had paved the way to win the Republican presidential nomination in the primary elections, where he had beaten former Minnesota Governor Harold E. Stassen and World War II General Douglas MacArthur. In Philadelphia he was nominated on the third ballot over opposition from die-hard conservative Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft, the future "minister of peace" Stassen, Michigan Senator Arthur Vandenberg, and California Governor Earl Warren. In all Republican conventions since 1948, the nominee has been selected on the first ballot. Warren was nominated for vice president. The Republican ticket of Dewey and Warren went on to lose the general election to the Democratic ticket of Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley. One of the decisive factors in convening both major party conventions in Philadelphia that year was tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Republican National Convention
The 1944 Republican National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois, from June 26 to 28, 1944. It nominated Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York for president and Governor John Bricker of Ohio for vice president. Background When the convention opened, Governor Dewey was the front-runner for the nomination. 1940 presidential nominee, Wendell Willkie again vied for the nomination, but when he lost the Wisconsin primary, the lack of support from the Republican Party became evident. (Before the election, Willkie would die of a heart attack.) General Douglas MacArthur withdrew his name from consideration in May. Conservative opposition to Dewey coalesced briefly around Governor John W. Brick of Ohio, but Dewey was the overwhelming favorite as the party's convention opened in Chicago in June. Presidential nomination Presidential candidates File:Thomas E. Dewey.jpg, GovernorThomas E. Deweyof New York File:John William Bricker (Gov., Sen. OH).jpg, Governor John W. Bricker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
