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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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James E. "Pa" Ferguson (1871–1944), governor of Texas (1915–1917), impeached, convicted, and removed from office Miriam "Ma" Ferguson (1875–1961), first female Governor of Texas Mindy Finn (born 1980), media strategist, conservative feminist activist, independent U.S. vice presidential candidate in 2016
More than 100 years apart, the cases of the impeached attorney general and the only Texas governor booted from office don’t look so different.
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 ...
A Democrat, Sterling defeated former Governor Miriam "Ma" Ferguson and several other candidates in the 1930 primary race for governor. During Sterling's term in office, the East Texas oil fields experienced rapid and uncontrolled development.