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[1] [2] In some respects, it is the lieutenant governor of Texas, who presides over the Texas Senate, who possesses greater influence to exercise their prerogatives. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Rick Perry is the longest-serving governor, having assumed the governorship in 2000 upon the exit of George W. Bush , who resigned to take office as the 43rd president ...
Unemployed Councils activists William Z. Foster, Robert Minor, and Israel Amter at the time of their March 1930 International Unemployment Day arrests in New York City. The Unemployed Councils of the USA (UC) was a mass organization of the Communist Party, USA established in 1930 in an effort to organize and mobilize unemployed workers .
Ross Shaw Sterling (February 11, 1875 – March 25, 1949) was an American politician who was the 31st Governor of Texas, serving a single two-year term from January 20, 1931, to January 17, 1933. A 1926 magazine cover depicts the proposed 40-story Sterling Hotel in Houston, designed by Ross Sterling's son-in-law, architect Wyatt Hedrick; the ...
Miriam Amanda "Ma" Ferguson (née Wallace; June 13, 1875 – June 25, 1961) was an American politician who served two non-consecutive terms as the governor of Texas: from 1925 to 1927, and from 1933 to 1935.
The Unemployment and Farm Relief Act (French: Loi remédiant au chômage et aidant à l’agriculture) was introduced by Prime Minister R.B. Bennett, [2] and enacted in July 1931 by the Parliament of Canada, enabling public works projects to be set up in Canada's national parks during the Great Depression.
The Democratic primary election was held on 26 July 1930. As no candidate won a majority of votes, there was a run-off on 23 August 1930 between the two highest ranking candidates former Governor of Texas Miriam A. Ferguson and Ross S. Sterling. Sterling would eventually win the primary with 55.19% against Ferguson.
This is our moment to make history, the same way the Rural Electrification Act impacted the 1930s
In late 1930, Hoover established the President's Organization for Unemployment Relief, which issued press releases urging companies to hire workers. [ 46 ] Hoover had taken office hoping to raise agricultural tariffs in order to help farmers reeling from the farm crisis of the 1920s, but his attempt to raise agricultural tariffs became ...