biography
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Ferguson, James Edward
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| male
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| lived:
| (1871–1944)
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| biography:
| US governor, born near Salado, Texas, USA, the husband of ‘Ma’ Ferguson. Self-educated, he was a labourer and farmer before becoming a lawyer in Temple, TX (1900). Campaigning as a populist, he won two elections as a Democratic governor (1915–17), opposed prohibition and women's suffrage, but worked to improve rural education. Impeached for misusing state funds and forbidden ever to hold public office, he helped his wife become governor, and then governed through her. |
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