Grand Old Partisan

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I honor Romana Acosta Bañuelos, born in Arizona, March 20th 1925. At the suggestion of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly, President Richard Nixon nominated her for high office: "It is with special pleasure that I have today nominated Romana A. Banuelos to be Treasurer of the United States. "Since the tragic and untimely death of Dorothy Andrews Kabis on July 3, we have searched the country for a person of truly outstanding credentials and ability to succeed her as Treasurer. I was delighted to find such a person in Mrs. Banuelos. In her extraordinarily successful career as a self-made businesswoman, Mrs. Banuelos has displayed exceptional initiative, perseverance, and skill. "In addition, as chairman of the board of directors of Pan American National Bank of East Los Angeles, which serves the Mexican-American community of that area, she has ...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I honor William Cannon, born in Delaware, March 15th 1809. His merchandising interests broadened to lumber, grain, mills, orchards, brickyards, banking, railroads and a newspaper. Political activity began with election as state representative, then state treasurer. During the Civil War, patriotism led him out of the Slavery Party and into the GOP. In 1862, Cannon narrowly won the governorship. So ferocious was opposition from Democrats, he could not even persuade the legislature to ratify the 13th Amendment. Death cut short his term in March 1865. Back to Basics for the Republican Party  is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the future of theirs. For more information, see  www.grandoldpartisan.com .  Here is a...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I honor Edith Nourse Rogers, born March 19th 1881. She studied in Paris, then volunteered with the American Red Cross during WWI. President Warren Harding named her inspector of veterans hospitals. Rogers cast an electoral vote for Calvin Coolidge. In 1925, her husband, a Massachusetts Republican Congressman, died, and she won a special election for the vacant seat. There followed seventeen more terms. Representative Rogers opposed most of the New Deal. During WWII, she wrote a bill establishing the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps and co-wrote the G.I. Bill. Later years, she voted for both the GOP’s 1957 Civil Rights Act and its 1960 Civil Rights Act. Constituents knew her to be "capable, hard-working and intelligent." Back to Basics for the Republican Party  is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I denounce Democrat collaboration with the Confederacy. March 18th 1867, the GOP-controlled 40th Congress refused to seat a Senator-elect from Maryland. This former Democrat Governor was accused of providing "aid, countenance, and encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility to the United States." Philip Thomas had allowed his teenage son to join the rebel army and had given him money for expenses. Back to Basics for the Republican Party  is my civil rights history of the GOP. To quote the book: "The more we Republicans know about the history of our party, the more Democrats will worry about the future of theirs. For more information, see  www.grandoldpartisan.com .  Here is a  YouTube Video  about this article. Here is a  TikTok Video  about this article. Here is an  Instagram Video  about this article. Here is my  Subs...

Grand Old Partisan celebrates more than seventeen decades of Republican heroes and heroics. Today, I salute William O'Connell Bradley, born in Kentucky March 18th 1847. Twice during the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union army but was dismissed for being underage. The young patriot studied law and was elected county prosecutor. Impressive oratory skills made  Billy O' B  the state's leading Republican. Over the years, the GOP nominated him – unsuccessfully – for Representative and Senator and Governor.  President Benjamin Harrison offered to name him ambassador to Korea. Six years, Bradley served on the Republican National Committee, and he was delegate at six GOP national conventions. With strong support from African-Americans, he won the governorship on his second try. A decade after leaving office, the legislature elected him U.S. Senator. "Kentucky never gave to her country a son who possessed finer courage, more exalted...