Who am I?

[Horse with no Name]

Former Governor of Texas

One of the most corrupt governorships in Texas history.

Utilized martial law and police methods to enforce his decrees.

Administration characterized by extravagant public spending, property tax increases to the point of confiscation, gifts of public funds to private interests, intimidation of newspaper editors, and control of voter registration by the military.

Made hundreds of appointments to various state and local offices.

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Let me channel a Texan...

That man is Ann Richards!!!11111111eleventy!!!11

[Horse with no Name]

3. Gawd will strike you dead for that! n/t

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2. John Connally n/t

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4. Nope. Nice try. n/t

[JanusAscending]

5. Sam Austin ?

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9. Nope. NIce try. n/t

[JanusAscending]

14. How about Lyndon Johnston??

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17. Nope. NIce try. n/t

[BuyingThyme]

6. Clint Eastwood.

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11. LOL. I wish! n/t

[Mind_your_head]

7. Texas is one of those "bad boys" that momma always taught me to stay

far, far away from.

I've always listened to my mom.

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12. LOL. n/t

[NMDemDist2]

8. Goodhair? n/t

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10. Nope. NIce try. n/t

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13. Gov. Pat Neff. n/t

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19. Nope.

But I used to visit Mother Neff State Park. Great place!

[cherokeeprogressive]

15. Admiral Stockdale?

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20. Nope. NIce try. n/t

[Skittles]

16. Sterling?

[Horse with no Name]

21. No. But have you ever been to Sterling City?

Yuck!

[Morning Dew]

18. Ma Ferguson?

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22. Nope. NIce try. n/t

[Morning Dew]

25. Moody, then. :)

[JanusAscending]

23. Fergasun ?

[lapfog_1]

24. Edmund Jackson Davis - n/t

[Horse with no Name]

27. Gotta winner!

Congratulations! You know your Texas history.

Now the rest of the story. Republicans still haven't changed much from the 1873 election!

He refused to leave office when he lost the election. Governor-elect Coke and and Democratic lawmakers are said to have climbed ladders to the second story of the Capitol building where the legislature met. President Grant refused to send troops to help Davis, so left under protest but he locked the office and kept the key!:rofl:
Governor Coke had to use an axe to open the door to the office.
That same year, Democrats took control of state courts from the Republicans and proceeded to re-write the Texas Constitution!
Can you imagine what GWB would have done if they hadn't curtailed his predecessor?:scared:

[sharesunited]

30. And he was the last Republican governor of Texas for over one hundred years.

[Horse with no Name]

31. So maybe we shouldn't write off Texas, eh?

:D

[sharesunited]

32. To hear them tell it, they're writing the rest of US off!

[Horse with no Name]

33. If we could JUST get through to the rural areas

we just about have the metropolitan areas.
Texas MIGHT go blue soon...we have some good Democrats fighting the good fight!

[lapfog_1]

34. Well, he was a UNION general and when he returned to Texas after the civil war

he started the Texas State Police... which hired African Americans to enforce the law.

He was part of the reconstruction South. He ran as a "Radical Republican" and won office in a very controversial election.

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26. george bush? n/t

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28. That's who I immediately thought of!n/t

[NYC_SKP]

29. Pat M. Neff

:shrug: