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Miriam Amanda "Ma" Ferguson (née Wallace; June 13, 1875 – June 25, ... Bullington was a cousin of the first wife of John G. Tower, future U.S. Senator from Texas ...
Nevertheless, interference struck, when Ferguson, whom the law prohibited from holding office, ran his wife, Miriam A. Ferguson, as his surrogate. As governor, Mrs. Ferguson was able to pack the board of regents and oust John from his job as editor of The Alcade, which during his tenure was a 100-page long publication. Seeing how the wind was ...
Miriam A. Ferguson (1875–1961) January 19, 1915 – August 25, 1917 James E. Ferguson [37] Willie Cooper Hobby (1876–1929) August 25, 1917 – January 18, 1921 William P. Hobby [38] Myrtle Mainer Neff: January 18, 1921 – January 20, 1925 Pat Morris Neff [39] James E. Ferguson (1871–1944) January 20, 1925 – January 17, 1927 Miriam A ...
In 1924 Miriam Wallace "Ma" Ferguson, wife of controversial former Governor James E. Ferguson, won the general election. The Republican nominee, George C. Butte, an American jurist who had opposed James Ferguson's line item veto of the 1917 University of Texas appropriations bill, had a stronger than usual showing. Many voters crossed party ...
James Edward Ferguson aka Pa Ferguson (1871–1944), Governor of Texas, 1915–17; impeached by Texas House and removed from office; husband of Miriam Ferguson. [ 43 ] Miriam Ferguson aka Ma Ferguson (1875–1961), Governor of Texas, 1925–27 and 1933–35.
Jan. 24—LeTrell Simpson still remembers when John A. Ferguson Jr. asked her to stay behind after a hospital board meeting more than 50 years ago. Simpson, a cub reporter for The Times, wasn't ...
John Lithgow and wife Mary Yeager have learned to turn the actor’s work trips into vacations. Now that Yeager is retired from her job at UCLA, where she was a professor of business and economic ...
Unable to run under his own name, Ferguson ran his wife's campaign for governor; Miriam A. Ferguson, known as "Ma" Ferguson, was twice elected as governor, serving two non-consecutive terms, from 1925 to 1927 and 1933 to 1935.