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Held in the midst of the Great Depression, the 1934 election was amongst the most controversial in the state's political history, pitting conservative Republican Frank Merriam against former Socialist Party member turned Democratic politician Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle.
On December 16, 2016, Jared Kushner, son-in-law of then-President-elect Donald Trump, stated that he had reached deals with Sinclair to give the company extended access to the Trump campaign, in exchange for airing, without further commentary, interviews with the Republican Party candidate on its stations, which Kushner said had a better reach ...
Sinclair on the cover of Time magazine, October 22, 1934. After two previous unsuccessful runs for the U.S. Congress as a member of the Socialist Party, Sinclair was encouraged by the election of President Roosevelt in 1932 to switch his affiliation to the Democratic Party in September 1933.
James Herbert Sinclair (October 9, 1871 – September 5, 1943) was a U.S. Republican politician. He was born near St. Marys, Ontario , Canada and moved to Dakota Territory in 1883. He was elected to North Dakota's State House of Representatives between 1915 and 1919 and then as a Republican member of North Dakota's congressional delegation for ...
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American author, muckraker, and political activist, and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California. He wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres.
Franklin Sinclair (unknown – April 16, 1868) was an African American teacher and political activist in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. He was assassinated the day before an election in which he was the Republican nominee for a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives , of which he would have been one of the first Black members.
In 2011, Pai was then nominated for a Republican Party position on the Federal Communications Commission by President Barack Obama at the recommendation of Minority leader Mitch McConnell. [20] He was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on May 7, 2012, and was sworn in on May 14, 2012, for a term that concluded on June 30, 2016. [ 4 ]
Party Electoral history Member Party Electoral history March 4, 1889 – November 1, 1889 51st: First member seated on November 2, 1889 Second seat added in 1903 November 2, 1889 – March 3, 1891 Henry C. Hansbrough (Devils Lake) Republican: Elected in 1889. Lost renomination. March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1899 52nd 53rd 54th 55th: Martin N. Johnson