The flags of the U.S. states,territories,and the District of Columbia exhibit a variety of regional influences and local histories,as well as different styles and design principles. Modern U.S. state flags date from the turn of the 20th century,when states considered distinctive symbols for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago,Illinois. Most U.S. state flags were designed and adopted between 1893 and World War I.
Frederick Huntington Gillett was an American politician who served as the 42nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1921 to 1925 and as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1925 to 1931. A Republican,Gillett first began his career in politics when he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1890 to 1891,and would go on to serve in the House from 1893 to 1925. At the time of his election,he was the oldest individual elected to a first term in the Senate,a record that he would hold until Peter Welch's victory in the 2022 United States Senate election in Vermont 98 years later.
State Highway 18 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) that runs from Fort Stockton in western Texas to the New Mexico state line between Kermit and Jal,New Mexico. This route was designated in 1958 over the northern half of what was previously SH 82.
The Oklahoma National Guard,a division of the Oklahoma Military Department,is the component of the United States National Guard in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It comprises both Army (OKARNG) and Air (OKANG) National Guard components. The Governor of Oklahoma is Commander-in-Chief of the Oklahoma National Guard when not on federal active duty. The state's highest-ranking military commander,the Adjutant General of Oklahoma (TAG),serves as the military head of the Guard and is second only to the Governor. The TAG is served by Assistant Adjutants General,all brigadier generals,from the OKARNG and OKANG. The two components each have a senior noncommissioned officer,State Command Sergeant Major for Army and State Command Chief Master Sergeant for Air. The TAG is also served by his Director of the Joint Staff or Chief of Staff,who has direct oversight of the state's full-time National Guard military personnel and civilian employees.
State Highway 33 is a route that runs from U.S. Highways 60 and 83 south of Canadian and travels east to the Oklahoma state line,where it becomes State Highway 33.
Augustus Peabody Gardner was an American military officer and Republican Party politician from Massachusetts. He represented the North Shore region in the Massachusetts Senate and United States House of Representatives in the early 20th century. Through his marriage to Constance Lodge,Gardner was the son-in-law of Henry Cabot Lodge.
Ernest Willard Gibson was an American politician and lawyer from Vermont. A Republican,he served in both the United States House of Representatives (1923-1933) and United States Senate (1933-1940).
Major-General Robert Hutchison,1st Baron Hutchison of Montrose,,was a Scottish soldier and Liberal politician.
Petrus Josephus Mattheus "Piet" Aalberse Sr. was a Dutch politician of the General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses,later the Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) and later co-founder of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and jurist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 31 December 1934.
Byron Giles Rogers was an American lawyer,politician,and World War I veteran from Colorado. From 1951 to 1971,he served ten consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
John Martin Vorys was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Walter Hugh Albaugh was an American lawyer and politician who served two months as a U.S. Representative from Ohio in 1938 and 1939.
Everette Burgess Howard was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Oklahoma.
Brigadier-General Charles Ogston was a British Army staff officer.
Brigadier General William Denman Croft,was a British Army officer. He served as a brigadier general in the British Army in the First World War,and afterwards in India. He was one of seven British officers to be awarded the Distinguished Service Order four times in the First World War. He was Home Guard commander in Cornwall during the Second World War.
Lieutenant General Carl Axel Fredrik Ivar Holmquist was a senior Swedish Army officer and sports official. He was president of the International Ski Federation from 1924 to 1934 and served as Chief of the Swedish Army during World War II.
Edward Griffith Dodson was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who was Clerk of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1934 to 1962,and author of much-used biographical compilations of Virginia public officials.
Fyodor Vasilyevich Kostyayev was a military officer in the Russian Imperial Army and following the October Revolution in the Red Army.
The Boston mayoral election of 1925 occurred on Tuesday,November 3,1925. Malcolm Nichols,a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Massachusetts Senate,defeated nine other candidates to be elected mayor.
Ernest Hinds was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the Spanish–American War,Philippine–American War,and World War I,he attained the rank of major general and was notable for his service as Chief of Artillery for the American Expeditionary Forces during the First World War and his post war command of the 2nd Division and United States Army Field Artillery School.
