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Robert B. Crosby
Robert Berkey Crosby (March 26, 1911 – January 7, 2000) was an American United States Republican Party, Republican politician who served as the List of Governors of Nebraska, 27th governor of Nebraska from 1953 to 1955. Crosby was born in North Platte, Nebraska. After attending Hastings College, Crosby transferred to the University of Minnesota. He received a B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1931 and an LL.B. degree from Harvard Law School in 1935. Crosby served in Nebraska's unicameral Nebraska Legislature, legislature from 1941 to 1945. He was chosen speaker of the Unicameral in 1943 and, at 31, was the youngest person ever to hold that position. After volunteering for two years in the United States Navy, Crosby served as Nebraska's 24th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, lieutenant governor, from 1947 to 1949. While Lieutenant Governor, Crosby wrote "Why I Want to Get Rid of My Job." Governor Crosby, who was known as "The Boy Governor from North Platte," wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Governors Of Nebraska
The governor of Nebraska is the head of government of the U.S. state of Nebraska as provided by the fourth article of the Constitution of Nebraska. The officeholder is elected to a four-year term, with elections held two years after presidential elections. The governor may be elected any number of times, but not more than twice in a row. The current officeholder is Pete Ricketts, a Republican Party (United States), Republican, who was sworn in on January 8, 2015. The current List of lieutenant governors of Nebraska, Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska is Mike Foley (Nebraska politician), Mike Foley, who also assumed office on January 8, 2015. Governors of Nebraska must be at least 30 years old and have been citizens and residents of the state for five years before being elected. Before 1966, the governor was elected to a two-year term. In 1962, a constitutional amendment extended the gubernatorial term to four years, effective with the 1966 Nebraska gubernatorial election, 1966 electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holbrook Powers
John Holbrook Powers (c. 1831–1918), who was known as "Honest John," was a Nebraska pioneer who ran for governor as a populist in 1892. Powers was born in Madison County, Illinois, and served in the Union Army in the Civil War before moving to Nebraska. In 1884, Powers joined the Farmers' Alliance and rose rapidly in the organization. In 1892, he was nominated as the gubenarorial candidate of the People's Party, the political wing of the Alliance. Of the three candidates, Powers received the most votes, but after a long and bitter fight, James E. Boyd, the Democrat, was declared elected. In his ''History of Nebraska'', James Olson described Powers as "a modest man who lived in a sod house on his homestead in Hitchcock County."(Page 222). Robert B. Crosby Robert Berkey Crosby (March 26, 1911 – January 7, 2000) was an American United States Republican Party, Republican politician who served as the List of Governors of Nebraska, 27th governor of Nebraska from 1953 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus M
Rufus is a masculine given name, a surname, an Ancient Roman cognomen and a nickname (from Latin ''rufus'', "red"). Notable people with the name include: Given name Politicians * Rufus Ada George (born 1940), Nigerian politician * Rufus Aladesanmi III (born 1945), Yoruban king * Rufus Applegarth (1844–1921), American lawyer and politician * Rufus A. Ayers (1849–1926), American lawyer, businessman, and politician * Rufus Barringer (1821–1895), American lawyer, politician, and military general * Rufus Blodgett (1834–1910), American politician and railroad superintendent * Rufus Bousquet (born 1958), Saint Lucian politician * Rufus E. Brown (1854–1920), Vermont attorney, farmer, and politician * Rufus Bullock (1834–1907), American politician * Rufus Carter (1866–1932), Canadian farmer and political figure * Rufus Cheney Jr., member of the Wisconsin State Assembly during the 1850 session * Rufus W. Cobb (1829–1913), American politician * Rufus Curry (1859–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Nebraska Gubernatorial Election
The 1952 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1952, and featured former Lieutenant Governor Robert B. Crosby, a Republican, defeating Democratic nominee, former state Senator Walter R. Raecke. Democratic primary Candidates *Nina B. Dillingham *Don Maloney *Walter R. Raecke, former Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature Results Republican primary Candidates *Victor E. Anderson, Mayor of Lincoln and former member of the Nebraska Legislature *Robert B. Crosby, former Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature *John G. Donner *Andrew E. Swanson *Arthur B. Walker, physician and perennial candidate in the Republican primaries (who ran for governor in 1950, 1948, 1946, and for lieutenant governor in 1938) Results General election Results See also * 1952 Nebraska lieutenant gubernatorial election References Gubernatorial 1952 Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Nebraska
The governor of Nebraska is the head of government of the U.S. state of Nebraska as provided by the fourth article of the Constitution of Nebraska. The officeholder is elected to a four-year term, with elections held two years after presidential elections. The governor may be elected any number of times, but not more than twice in a row. The current officeholder is Pete Ricketts, a Republican, who was sworn in on January 8, 2015. The current Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska is Mike Foley, who also assumed office on January 8, 2015. Governors of Nebraska must be at least 30 years old and have been citizens and residents of the state for five years before being elected. Before 1966, the governor was elected to a two-year term. In 1962, a constitutional amendment extended the gubernatorial term to four years, effective with the 1966 election. In 1966, another amendment imposed a term limit of two consecutive terms. The lieutenant governor is subject to the same limitations and runs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaVon Crosby
LaVon K. Crosby (April 25, 1924 – July 27, 2016) was an American politician. Born in Hastings, Nebraska, Crosby graduated from St. Cecilia's High School in Hastings, Nebraska in 1941. She graduated from University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1987. In 1971, Crosby married former Nebraska Governor Robert B. Crosby. Crosby served in the Nebraska State Legislature from 1988 to 2000 and was a Republican Party (United States), Republican. Notes 1924 births 2016 deaths People from Hastings, Nebraska University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni Women state legislators in Nebraska Republican Party Nebraska state senators 21st-century American women {{Nebraska-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Journal Star
The ''Lincoln Journal Star'' is an American daily newspaper that serves Lincoln, Nebraska, the state capital and home of the University of Nebraska. It is the most widely read newspaper in Lincoln and has the second-largest circulation in Nebraska (after the ''Omaha World-Herald''). The paper also operates a commercial printing unit. History The ''Lincoln Journal Star'' is the result of a 1995 merger between the city's two historic newspapers. The ''Lincoln Star'', established in 1905, was Lincoln's morning newspaper while the ''Lincoln Journal'' was distributed in the evenings. The ''Journal'' was itself the conglomeration of several previous Lincoln newspapers. ''The Lincoln Journal'' On September 7, 1867, Charles Henry Gere founded the ''Nebraska Commonwealth''. A member of the prominent Gere family, Gere was a New York native and Civil War veteran. As an attorney who had studied law in Baltimore, Gere quickly became an important figure in Nebraska, serving as the priv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milford Industrial Home
The Milford Industrial Home, formerly called Nebraska Maternity Home, was an institution in Milford, Nebraska, which housed unmarried pregnant women. For a while it was the only such institution in the country. It was founded by an act of the Nebraska Legislature in 1887, and the first woman was admitted in 1889. The women were under strict rules, and were encouraged to place their babies for adoption. They stayed there, usually under court order, for a period of a year. The home closed in 1954; it is estimated that over 4,000 babies were born there. History Background and foundation Frances Willard, later the founder of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, had demanded of the Nebraska legislature that they provide a facility for unmarried women (to be unmarried and pregnant was a crime in Nebraska). The legislature responded in 1887 by establishing the Nebraska Maternity Home, for "homeless, penitent girls who have no specific disease". The building was finished in 1889, "on a 40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel H
The hazel (''Corylus'') is a genus of deciduous trees and large shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. The genus is usually placed in the birch family Betulaceae,Germplasmgobills Information Network''Corylus''Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins .Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan . though some botanists split the hazels (with the hornbeams and allied genera) into a separate family Corylaceae. The fruit of the hazel is the hazelnut. Hazels have simple, rounded leaves with double-serrate margins. The flowers are produced very early in spring before the leaves, and are monoecious, with single-sex catkins. The male catkins are pale yellow and long, and the female ones are very small and largely concealed in the buds, with only the bright-red, 1-to-3 mm-long styles visible. The fruits are nuts long and 1–2 cm diameter, surrounded by an involucre (husk) which partly to fully encloses the nut. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl T
Carl may refer to: *Carl, Georgia Carl is a town in Barrow County, Georgia, United States. The population was 269 at the 2016 census. History The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the town in 1908 under the name "Lawson". The present name of "Carl" was named after the infant ..., city in USA *Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name *Carl², a TV series * "Carl", List of Aqua Teen Hunger Force episodes, an episode of television series ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' * An informal nickname for a student or alum of Carleton College CARL may refer to: *Canadian Association of Research Libraries *Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries See also *Carle (other) *Charles *Carle, a surname *Karl (other) *Karle (other) {{disambig ja:カール zh:卡尔 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh A
Hugh may refer to: *Hugh (given name) Noblemen and clergy French * Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks * Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II * Hugh, Duke of Alsace (died 895), modern-day France * Hugh of Austrasia (7th century), Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia * Hugh I, Count of Angoulême (1183–1249) * Hugh II, Count of Angoulême (1221–1250) * Hugh III, Count of Angoulême (13th century) * Hugh IV, Count of Angoulême (1259–1303) * Hugh, Bishop of Avranches (11th century), France * Hugh I, Count of Blois (died 1248) * Hugh II, Count of Blois (died 1307) * Hugh of Brienne (1240–1296), Count of the medieval French County of Brienne * Hugh, Duke of Burgundy (d. 952) * Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (1057–1093) * Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy (1084–1143) * Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (1142–1192) * Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy (1213–1272) * Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (1294–1315) * Hugh Capet (939–996), King of France * H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Williams Reynolds
Samuel Williams Reynolds (August 11, 1890March 20, 1988) was a Republican United States Senator from Nebraska. Biography Reynolds was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on August 11, 1890. In 1908, he engaged in the Omaha wholesale coal business. During World War I, Reynolds served in the United States Army Air Service. He later became a colonel and served as the director of the Army Specialist Corps in Omaha from 1942 to 1943. He was a delegate to the 1936 Republican National Convention. In 1954, Reynolds was appointed by Governor Robert B. Crosby to the United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ... to fill the open seat caused by the death of Hugh Butler. He declined to run for the office that year and resumed selling coal. He subsequently became a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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