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John Romulus Brinkley (later John Richard Brinkley; July 8, 1885 – May 26, 1942) was an American quack doctor, broadcaster, marketer and independent politician. He had no accredited education as a physician and bought his medical degree from a diploma mill .
He won with only 34.96% of the vote, with the remainder being split between Republican candidate Frank Haucke and independent write-in candidate John R. Brinkley. Woodring's final margin of victory over Haucke was just 251 votes, or 0.04 percent. The incumbent governor, Republican Clyde M. Reed, was defeated for renomination. [1]
John R. Brinkley: Party Republican: Democratic: Independent: Popular vote ... Woodring won 31 counties, and Brinkley won 40 counties. Kansas gubernatorial election ...
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The Brinkley Act is the popular name given to 47 U.S.C. § 325(c) (originally section 325(b) of the Communications Act of 1934). This provision was enacted by the United States Congress to prohibit broadcasting studios in the U.S. from being connected by live telephone line or other means to a transmitter located in Mexico .
Nuts! is a 2016 partly-animated documentary film billed as the "mostly true story" [1] about the controversial medical doctor and radio magnate John R. Brinkley.The documentary is adapted from The Life of A Man: Biography of John R. Brinkley by Clement Wood, directed by Penny Lane and edited by Penny Lane and Thom Stylinski. [2]
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[7] John R. Brinkley is generally credited with being the first performer to provide electrical transcriptions to radio stations. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Brinkley's use of the then-new technology arose out of necessity when agencies of the federal government prevented him from crossing from Mexico into the United States to use telephone lines to connect ...