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Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson was born in Bell County, Texas. She studied at Salado College and Baylor Female College. When she was 24, she married James Edward Ferguson, a lawyer, at her father's farm near Belton in Bell County, Texas. Her nickname, "Ma", came from her initials, "M. A.", and the fact that her husband was known as "Pa ...
The runoff was a proxy battle between pro-Klan political forces backing Klansman Felix Robertson and anti-Klan political forces backing Ma Ferguson. [6] During the runoff, Thomas D. Barton endorsed Ferguson. [5] The election was held August 23, 1924. Ferguson won the primary with 56.70% against Robertson. [9]
After his lawsuit to keep Ferguson off of the ballot failed, [17] Democratic incumbent Ross Sterling crossed party lines to endorse Orville Bullington. [18] On election day, November 8, 1932, Democratic nominee Miriam A. Ferguson won re-election by a margin of 204,805 votes against her foremost opponent Republican nominee Orville Bullington ...
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Miriam Ferguson served two nonconsecutive two-year terms as governor: January 20, 1925 – January 17, 1927 and January 17, 1933 – January 15, 1935. "Ma" Ferguson became the second female governor in the United States, after Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming. Both women followed husbands who had served earlier.
Miriam Ferguson (Democrat) became the state's first female governor in 1924. Her husband, James Ferguson (Democrat), had previously served as Texas governor but was unable to secure his place on the ballot in the 1924 election after being impeached in his last term. Instead, Miriam entered the race and ultimately won, carrying out her first ...
Joe, my uncle, served his hundred days, left the farm for other lines of work, and in 1934 received a pardon from Gov. Miriam “Ma” Ferguson. His pardon was one of several thousand she granted ...
Retired Texas Rangers — the upright Frank Hamer (Kevin Costner) and hard-drinking Maney Gault (Woody Harrelson) — are called back to duty by former governor Miriam “Ma” Ferguson (Kathy ...