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Senator instead of Sanator

johnny appleseed99: Thanks for catching the typo. It's fixed.

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Senator Joseph Bailey, a conservative Democrat from Texas, was in the news in 1911, as an investigation that year led to his resignation from the Senate. Wikipedia says: "His political career was tarnished by an assault against Senator Albert Beveridge, and subsequent investigations brought to light suspicious income and financial ties to the oil industry. The scandal led to his resignation in 1911." A Google search finds one source that agrees with Wikipedia, and gives the date of the resignation as September, 1911 -- but another says it took place on January 3, 1913 -- the date when his term would have expired naturally. Whenever the deed was done, it was the end of Bailey's political career.

LOC -- The man in the left photo is John L. Wortham, who was appointed to the Railroad Commission of Texas in 1911, and served until 1913. In 1913, he served five months as Texas Secretary of State. Not long after that, he and his son, Gus Wortham, started the John L. Wortham & Son insurance agency in Houston -- a big firm that is still in business. Wortham was an ardent supporter of Bailey in his political campaigns, and shared Bailey's leanings as a conservative Democrat, opposed to Prohibition, labor unions, and the progressive ("socialist") wing of the party. Wortham supported Bailey again when he ran for Governor of Texas (unsuccessfully) in 1920.

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Ollie James was a Representative for Kentucky. Later, and at the time this photograph was taken, a U. S. Senator for Kentucky. Notably, he was Chairman of the Democratic National Convention in 1912 and 1916. In 1912, the convention was held in Baltimore Maryland from June 25 to July 2 at the Fifth Regiment Armory. This photograph was taken outside the Armory. (See comparison photograph here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_1912_DNC_held_at_t... ) Mr. Justus Goebel (note spelling) from Covington, Kentucky was a Democrat Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912 according to - politicalgraveyard.com/bio/godfroy-goetz.html and page 103 of the Official report of the proceedings of the Democratic national convention, held in Baltimore, Maryland, June 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and July 1 and 2, 1912, resulting in the nomination of Hon. Woodrow Wilson (of New Jersey) for president and Hon. Thomas Riley Marshall (of Indiana) for vice-president (1912] which can be found online here: www.archive.org/details/officialreportof00demoiala Mr. Goebel is wearing his hat, badges and regalia as a delegate for Kentucky

Thanks! We'll fix the date in the source data and reload the description.

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Charles Spalding Thomas (1849-1934) – U.S. Senator (D) from Colorado, 1913-1921. Chairman, Committee on Woman Suffrage (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses). Served briefly in the Confederate Army; Governor of Colorado 1899-1901; graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1871; admitted to the bar in 1871; moved to Colorado and commenced practice in Denver, Colorado. Born Darien, McIntosh County, Ga., December 6, 1849; Died in Denver, Colo., June 24, 1934. –More

Thanks for the information Pixel Wrangler. We'll revise the name in the title, and add a better estimate of the date when we update the record.

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