Governors as Path to the White House in 1940 Race
The analysis notes most presidents rose from governorships, not Senate, with 13 of 32 taking that route. It highlights prescient booms around governors, underscores the practical politics of state leadership, and observes many states currently elect governors as 1940 approaches.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Garfield
Harding
Senate
White House
Thomas Jefferson
Roosevelts 1940 prospects seen through governor race mix
The article weighs 1940 presidential timing against 33 gubernatorial contests and state results. It notes Roosevelt’s path likely via Democratic governors, the potential third term debate, and comparisons to the 1927 28 Coolidge draft episode as a guide for tactics and nominee timing.
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Washington
White House
New York
California
Pennsylvania
Interior
Roosevelt
Coolidge
Roosevelt cites inter American solidarity in Gran Chaco peace
President Roosevelt published a message praising a peaceable settlement of the Gran Chaco conflict as proof of real inter American solidarity. He congratulated Paraguay and Argentina on the Bolivia Paraguay peace treaty and thanked the western hemisphere for the signing. State Department released the messages between Hull and Bolivian and Paraguayan foreign ministers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Gran Chaco
Paraguay
Argentina
Bolivia
State Department
Farm Window Decorated by Trinity Grange No 794
The Trinity Grange No 794 decorated the High Point Hardware company show window with an unusually attractive farm scene. The Grange was organized nine years ago with fifty charter members and has since grown steadily.
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Trinity Grange
Trinity Grange No. 794
High Point Hardware Company
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