California Gov. Earl Warren, who grew up in ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½, accepts a sack of commemorative potatoes from the Kern County Farm Bureau in honor of the county’s surpassing $1 billion of potato crop value in 1943.
Teddy Roosevelt gives New York City the nod as one of only two cities to have produced the top-ranking official in all three branches of the U.S. government.
Cincinnati produced the 10th chief justice, William Howard Taft, who joined the court in 1921 after having served as 27th president of the United States.
Cincinnati also produced the 28th speaker of the House, Nicholas Longworth, in 1925. Longworth was also Teddy Roosevelt’s son-in-law, having married his daughter, Alice Roosevelt, at the White House in 1906.
Chester A. Arthur, the nation’s 20th president, was born five miles west of the ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ Country Club in 1829. However, it's not that ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ Country Club.
New York City produced the very first chief justice, John Jay, in 1789, more than 100 years before the 1891 birth of ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½'s contribution to the Supreme Court, Earl Warren.
Contributing columnist Robert Price is a three-time Emmy-winning reporter for KGET-TV. Reach him at rprice661@gmail.com or via X, formerly Twitter: @stubblebuzz. The opinions expressed here are his own.
California Gov. Earl Warren, who grew up in ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½, accepts a sack of commemorative potatoes from the Kern County Farm Bureau in honor of the county’s surpassing $1 billion of potato crop value in 1943.
Courtesy of Kern County Museum
California Gov. Earl Warren returns to his high school alma mater in ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ for a speech in 1942.
Courtesy of the Kern County Museum
Teddy Roosevelt gives New York City the nod as one of only two cities to have produced the top-ranking official in all three branches of the U.S. government.
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Another New Yorker: The 25th speaker of the House, Schuyler Colfax, who later became vice president under Ulysses S. Grant.
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Cincinnati produced the 10th chief justice, William Howard Taft, who joined the court in 1921 after having served as 27th president of the United States.
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Cincinnati also produced the 28th speaker of the House, Nicholas Longworth, in 1925. Longworth was also Teddy Roosevelt’s son-in-law, having married his daughter, Alice Roosevelt, at the White House in 1906.
Library of Congress
Chester A. Arthur, the nation’s 20th president, was born five miles west of the ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ Country Club in 1829. However, it's not that ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ Country Club.
Library of Congress
New York City produced the very first chief justice, John Jay, in 1789, more than 100 years before the 1891 birth of ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½'s contribution to the Supreme Court, Earl Warren.
An acquaintance cornered me last week with a question about American history and ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½â€™s place in it now that a homegrown politician, Kevin McCarthy, has ascended to what, theoretically, is one of the most powerful jobs in the nation and, hence, on the planet.
McCarthy has fulfilled a longtime ambition in becoming the 55th speaker of the House, which, in addition to being chief cat-herder of an assemblage of 435 feral egos, is also two heartbeats away from leader of the free world — and one of those hearts, it’s worth noting, has already been beating for 80 years and two months.
Robert Price is an Emmy award-winning reporter for KGET-TV. Reach him at RPrice661@gmail.com or via Twitter: @stubblebuzz. The opinions expressed are his own.
