1917 Investigation Committee Proceedings Impeachment of Texas Gov James Ferguson

Description: Softcover. 8vo. A. C. Baldwin & Sons., Austin, TX. 1917. 548 pgs. Wrappers worn with some loss present to the spine. Small stain present to the title page. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The legislature, with Progressive support, adopted two resolutions to place on the ballot a convention call, but in 1917 the governor vetoed the first and in 1919 the voters rejected the second. Also, though the governorship did not change by amendment, Governor James E. Ferguson was impeached and removed from office in 1917, the first and only time that a Texas governor has been forced by this method to leave office. 1917 Investigation Committee Proceedings Impeachment of Texas Gov James Ferguson Click images to enlarge Description Up For Sale Today is Proceedings Investigation Committee House of Representatives Thirty-Fifth Legislature Charges Against Governor James E. Ferguson Together with Finding of Committee and Action of House With Prefatory Statement and Index to Proceedings Softcover. 8vo. A. C. Baldwin & Sons., Austin, TX. 1917. 548 pgs. Wrappers worn with some loss present to the spine. Small stain present to the title page. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The legislature, with Progressive support, adopted two resolutions to place on the ballot a convention call, but in 1917 the governor vetoed the first and in 1919 the voters rejected the second. Also, though the governorship did not change by amendment, Governor James E. Ferguson was impeached and removed from office in 1917, the first and only time that a Texas governor has been forced by this method to leave office. FROM WIKIPEDIA: James Edward Ferguson Jr. (August 31, 1871 – September 21, 1944), known as Pa Ferguson, was an American Democratic politician and the 26th Governor of Texas, in office from 1915 to 1917. Later, he was the first gentleman of Texas for two nonconsecutive terms. In 1914, Ferguson was elected governor of Texas by running as an anti-prohibitionist Democrat. He served from January 19, 1915 to August 25, 1917. On March 24, 1915, Ferguson finally signed the textbook law in Texas simplifying the laws to accommodate the common man. After being re-elected in 1916, Ferguson vetoed the appropriations for the University of Texas. The veto was retaliation against the university because of its refusal to dismiss certain faculty members whom Ferguson found objectionable, including former Texas Lieutenant Governor and founder and dean of the University of Texas School of Journalism, William Harding Mayes, who had been an opponent of Ferguson for the Democratic party's nomination for governor in 1914. The accusations against Mayes were that he used his ownership of newspapers, including the Brownwood Bulletin, to spread negative information about Ferguson. Another leading Ferguson critic on the UT campus was the historian Eugene C. Barker. This move spurred the drive to impeach Ferguson. The chairman of the investigating committee, William H. Bledsoe of Lubbock, called for impeachment while sitting next to Ferguson. Ferguson was indicted on nine charges in July 1917. The Texas House of Representatives prepared 21 charges against Ferguson, and the Senate convicted him on 10 of those charges, including misapplication of public funds and receiving $156,000 from an unnamed source. The Texas Senate, many of whom had served under William Harding Mayes and with whom Mayes maintained cordial relationships, removed Ferguson as governor and declared him ineligible to hold office under Texas jurisdiction. Still, Ferguson ran for governor in the 1918 Democratic primary, but he was defeated in the Democratic primary by his successor, William P. Hobby of Houston, previously the lieutenant governor. 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