William Hall Paulhamus (March 4,1865 – April 15,1925) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He served Washington State Senate from 1907 to 1913. [1] From 1911 to 1913,he was President pro tempore of the Senate. [2]
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I,Section 3,Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution,under which senators were elected by state legislatures. It also alters the procedure for filling vacancies in the Senate,allowing for state legislatures to permit their governors to make temporary appointments until a special election can be held.
Joseph Taylor Robinson,also known as Joe T. Robinson,was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937,serving for four years as Senate Majority Leader and ten as Minority Leader. He previously served as the state’s 23rd governor,and was also the Democratic vice presidential nominee in the 1928 presidential election.
The flag of Washington consists of the state seal,displaying an image of its namesake George Washington,on a field of dark green with gold fringe being optional. It is the only U.S. state flag with a field of green as well as the only state flag with the image of an American president. The secretary of state regulates flag protocol related to the state flag,as well approving replica flags for commercial sale and other standards related to the flag.
The Child Labor Amendment is a proposed and still-pending amendment to the United States Constitution that would specifically authorize Congress to regulate "labor of persons under eighteen years of age". The amendment was proposed on June 2,1924,following Supreme Court rulings in 1918 and 1922 that federal laws regulating and taxing goods produced by employees under the ages of 14 and 16 were unconstitutional.
The Washington State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a bicameral body,composed of the lower Washington House of Representatives,composed of 98 Representatives,and the upper Washington State Senate,with 49 Senators plus the Lieutenant Governor acting as president. The state is divided into 49 legislative districts,each of which elect one senator and two representatives.
James Hamilton Lewis was an American attorney and politician. Sometimes referred to as J. Ham Lewis or Ham Lewis,he represented Washington in the United States House of Representatives,and Illinois in the United States Senate. He was the first to hold the title of Whip in the United States Senate.
Maurice Connolly was elected in 1912 to a single term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 3rd congressional district. After giving up his House seat in an unsuccessful bid for election to the U.S. Senate in 1914,Connolly then served as an aviation officer in World War I and died in a plane crash in 1921.
In the 1912–13 United States Senate elections,Democrats gained control of the Senate from the Republicans. Of the 32 seats up for election,17 were won by Democrats,thereby gaining 4 seats from the Republicans. Two seats were unfilled by state legislators who failed to elect a new senator on time. They were the last Senate elections held before ratification of the 17th Amendment,which established direct elections for all seats in the Senate.
The Washington State Senate is the upper house of the Washington State Legislature. The body consists of 49 members,each representing a district with a population of nearly 160,000. The State Senate meets at the Legislative Building in Olympia.
The Wyoming State Legislature is the legislative branch of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is a bicameral state legislature,consisting of a 60-member Wyoming House of Representatives,and a 30-member Wyoming Senate. The legislature meets at the Wyoming State Capitol in Cheyenne. There are no term limits for either chamber.
The 1894–95 United States Senate elections to the 54th Congress resulted in plurality control of the Senate by the Republican Party with Populist and Silver support.
Jacob Alexander Falconer was a one-term congressman from the state of Washington,elected at-large in 1912.
Albert Enoch Pillsbury was a Boston lawyer who served in both houses of the Massachusetts legislature,president of the Massachusetts State Senate,and as the Attorney General of Massachusetts from 1891 to 1894. In addition to being a member of the National Negro Committee,the precursor to the NAACP,Pillsbury was a member of the Boston Committee to Advance the Cause of the Negro,which in 1911 became a branch of the NAACP. It was Pillsbury who drafted the bylaws of the NAACP. In 1913,he resigned his membership in the American Bar Association when that organization rejected the membership of William H. Lewis,a black assistant U.S. attorney and supporter of Booker T. Washington. In 1913,Pillsbury was awarded an honorary LL.D. degree from Howard University. It was there he delivered his speech illuminating,defending and praising President Lincoln's role in ending slavery that became a small book,Lincoln and Slavery.
The 1902–03 United States Senate elections were elections in which the Democratic Party gained four seats in the United States Senate,but the Republicans kept their strong majority.
The 1884–85 United States Senate elections were elections that coincided with the presidential election of 1884. Both Republicans and Democrats lost seats in the United States Senate due to the failure of three state legislatures to finish elections in time. Republicans,nevertheless,retained majority control and the Readjusters joined their caucus. By the beginning of the first session,in December 1885,Republicans had won all three vacant seats,increasing their majority.
The 1890–91 United States Senate elections were elections in which the Republican Party lost four seats in the United States Senate,though still retaining a slim majority. That majority was increased,however,upon the admission of two more states with Republican senators.
Two United States Senate elections were held in Illinois on March 26,1913. The two elections were interconnected through a compromise made to elect a Democrat in the regular election and a Republican in the special election.
The 1930 United States Senate election in Minnesota was held on Tuesday November 4,Incumbent Senator Thomas D. Schal defeated Einar Hoidale of the Minnesota Democratic Party and Forner United States Representative Ernest Lundeen of the Farmer–Labor Party of Minnesota to win a second term.
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