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James “Pa” Ferguson and removed him from office. Miriam “Ma” Ferguson served as the 29th and 32nd governor of Texas. Her husband, James “Pa” Ferguson, was the 26th governor.
The first woman to serve as governor of Texas, and her disgraced husband ... just throw them in the garbage. Would Pa Ferguson approve? Who cares? He was impeached and disgraced, and maintained ...
Gov. Miriam Amanda “Ma” Ferguson and her grandson on Ferguson’s inauguration day in 1925 as Texas’ first female governor. Her husband, Gov. James “Pa” Ferguson had been impeached in 1917.
“Miriam ‘Ma’ Ferguson served as the 29th and 32nd governor of Texas. Her husband, James ‘Pa’ Ferguson, was the 26th governor.” In 1917, Pa Ferguson was impeached and banned from ...
The only other similar case was the populist Governor James "Pa" Ferguson. In 1917, Ferguson was impeached by the Texas House of Representatives in August, 1917. A month later the Texas Senate ...
Today’s Texans are relying partly on records from Texas’ last truly high-profile impeachment: that of Governor James “Pa” Ferguson, impeached for embezzlement in 1917. Ferguson ...
Texas Gov. James Ferguson was first official to be impeached in state James Ferguson was Texas' 26th governor, and was impeached during his second term in office. At the time, governors only ...
Texans made Miriam “Ma” Ferguson the country’s first elected woman governor. She promised to eliminate the Ku Klux Klan as a political force in Texas, and she succeeded. The New York Times ...
While “Pa” Ferguson wasn’t allowed to run for ... win a second gubernatorial election in 1932. Miriam was Texas’ first woman governor. Another woman wouldn’t hold the office until ...
Scattered to widespread storms likely overnight. Miriam Ma Ferguson served as the 29th and 32nd governor of Texas. Her husband, James Pa Ferguson, was the 26th governor. His term was cut short ...
James “Pa” Ferguson’s 1917 impeachment and ouster ... Voters ultimately did. The Texas governor’s impeachment a century ago has drawn comparisons with the impending Senate trial of ...