Inversed Countrys Wikipedia Infoboxes
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I saw this thread was back up, and it was short enough that I could blaze through it and like the boxes I thought were cool.
Post 205 - American Carwyn Jones
Sorry for the double post, but I came up with something rather simple. Carwyn Jones as an American.
As our resident Welsh person, what do you think @Turquoise Blue about this?
As our resident Welsh person, what do you think @Turquoise Blue about this?
ITTL, for various background reasons, elections for the statewide offices were switched to be in Presidential years.
Pennsylvania is the most suitable state, that's for sure. It has a lot in common with Wales, and there's the Welsh Tract, for one.Sorry for the double post, but I came up with something rather simple. Carwyn Jones as an American.
As our resident Welsh person, what do you think @Turquoise Blue about this?
Sorry for the double post, but I came up with something rather simple. Carwyn Jones as an American.
As our resident Welsh person, what do you think @Turquoise Blue about this?
Do NI box NAW.
Do NI box NAW.
[Terence O'Neil as Mississippi's Governor in the 1960's but everything's still shit well into the 1990's.]
Although I don't think that's what you'd want.
[Terence O'Neil as Mississippi's Governor in the 1960's but everything's still shit well into the 1990's.]
Although I don't think that's what you'd want.
Do it.
What are you talking about? Governor Evers has helped to revive the state's infrastructure and economy!
Do it.
When I get home.
Perhaps it'll be in continuity with Governor Jones (and a future Mayor of New York Alexander Johnson)?When I get home.
As long as it isn't Gerry Adams leading the Nation of Islam (which I clearly never made an infobox concerning...) we'll be fine!
Thought I got rid of that. Let's pretend he was given that by some monarchy.
Post 206 - American Terence O'Neill
The 78th Governor of Mississippi, and the first to win 4 consecutive terms, Terrence Marne O'Neil is a tragic figure. Born in Gulfport, Mississippi in 1912, he lived most of his life in the state and was educated in the Mississippi State University. He served as an Army Captain in the Second World War, earning him his lifetime nickname "Captain O'Neil", and after the war won a special election to the Mississippi House of Representatives after the incumbent, William Patrick, died.
In office he distinguished himself by fighting for the industrialization and modernization of the largely rural Mississippi economy. Like many Southern Democrats he opposed integration, but as the 1950's ended he became one of the few Magnolia State Democrats to argue that segregation was dying and Mississippi had to adapt. After the nationally embarrassing term of Governor "Johnny Gallo", a plethora of Democrats came out to try and succeed him. O'Neil won the 1962 Democratic gubernatorial Primary in a record 15 man field, prevailing with 34% of the vote to Gallo's 25%. As the Democratic Primary was tantamount to election, he sailed to the general election with the lowest percentage of the vote in 40 years, only 87% (with 12% going to write-ins for Gallo).
As Governor he faced head on the die-hard reactionary sections of Mississippi Society. The Supreme Court, the Legislature, his own Attorney General, the infamous Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and various local governments all collaborated to "preserve Mississippi's long cherished history of amiable race-relations", in the words of one sheriff. O'Neil rallied a coalition of young liberal's (ironic given his own politics being older and more centrist), businessmen, and others who saw the writing on the wall. Despite winning three more terms, each with precarious margins, progress was slow if at all present.
Eventually, the state legislature, in a widely panned (and highly illegal) move, organized the anti-O'Neil members in the House and Senate, impeached the Governor, and removed him from office the same day. No charges were made, aside from the vague and meaningless "crimes against the moral character of the state of Mississippi", and Speaker of the State Senate James B. Clark, a "vivid, unyielding, and hateful reactionary" in the words of President McMath, assumed power. His attempts to preserve segregation saw some of the worst civil rights related violence of the 1960's, and would see him, alongside several dozen members of the Mississippi state Government, prosecuted for murder, conspiracy to commit murder, hate crimes, and terrorism in the 1980's.
Despite his failures to see any progress on civil rights and desegregation, which would eventually have to require federal intervention, Governor O'Neil is remembered for expanding the economy of Mississippi, bringing the state's first rural electrification effort, and opening up the Democratic Party to younger and more forward looking voices.
Sorry for being late @Gonzo but I tried to make a real story out of this one.
In office he distinguished himself by fighting for the industrialization and modernization of the largely rural Mississippi economy. Like many Southern Democrats he opposed integration, but as the 1950's ended he became one of the few Magnolia State Democrats to argue that segregation was dying and Mississippi had to adapt. After the nationally embarrassing term of Governor "Johnny Gallo", a plethora of Democrats came out to try and succeed him. O'Neil won the 1962 Democratic gubernatorial Primary in a record 15 man field, prevailing with 34% of the vote to Gallo's 25%. As the Democratic Primary was tantamount to election, he sailed to the general election with the lowest percentage of the vote in 40 years, only 87% (with 12% going to write-ins for Gallo).
As Governor he faced head on the die-hard reactionary sections of Mississippi Society. The Supreme Court, the Legislature, his own Attorney General, the infamous Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and various local governments all collaborated to "preserve Mississippi's long cherished history of amiable race-relations", in the words of one sheriff. O'Neil rallied a coalition of young liberal's (ironic given his own politics being older and more centrist), businessmen, and others who saw the writing on the wall. Despite winning three more terms, each with precarious margins, progress was slow if at all present.
Eventually, the state legislature, in a widely panned (and highly illegal) move, organized the anti-O'Neil members in the House and Senate, impeached the Governor, and removed him from office the same day. No charges were made, aside from the vague and meaningless "crimes against the moral character of the state of Mississippi", and Speaker of the State Senate James B. Clark, a "vivid, unyielding, and hateful reactionary" in the words of President McMath, assumed power. His attempts to preserve segregation saw some of the worst civil rights related violence of the 1960's, and would see him, alongside several dozen members of the Mississippi state Government, prosecuted for murder, conspiracy to commit murder, hate crimes, and terrorism in the 1980's.
Despite his failures to see any progress on civil rights and desegregation, which would eventually have to require federal intervention, Governor O'Neil is remembered for expanding the economy of Mississippi, bringing the state's first rural electrification effort, and opening up the Democratic Party to younger and more forward looking voices.
Sorry for being late @Gonzo but I tried to make a real story out of this one.
The 78th Governor of Mississippi, and the first to win 4 consecutive terms, Terrence Marne O'Neil is a tragic figure. Born in Gulfport, Mississippi in 1912, he lived most of his life in the state and was educated in the Mississippi State University. He served as an Army Captain in the Second World War, earning him his lifetime nickname "Captain O'Neil", and after the war won a special election to the Mississippi House of Representatives after the incumbent, William Patrick, died.
In office he distinguished himself by fighting for the industrialization and modernization of the largely rural Mississippi economy. Like many Southern Democrats he opposed integration, but as the 1950's ended he became one of the few Magnolia State Democrats to argue that segregation was dying and Mississippi had to adapt. After the nationally embarrassing term of Governor "Johnny Gallo", a plethora of Democrats came out to try and succeed him. O'Neil won the 1962 Democratic gubernatorial Primary in a record 15 man field, prevailing with 34% of the vote to Gallo's 25%. As the Democratic Primary was tantamount to election, he sailed to the general election with the lowest percentage of the vote in 40 years, only 87% (with 12% going to write-ins for Gallo).
As Governor he faced head on the die-hard reactionary sections of Mississippi Society. The Supreme Court, the Legislature, his own Attorney General, the infamous Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and various local governments all collaborated to "preserve Mississippi's long cherished history of amiable race-relations", in the words of one sheriff. O'Neil rallied a coalition of young liberal's (ironic given his own politics being older and more centrist), businessmen, and others who saw the writing on the wall. Despite winning three more terms, each with precarious margins, progress was slow if at all present.
Eventually, the state legislature, in a widely panned (and highly illegal) move, organized the anti-O'Neil members in the House and Senate, impeached the Governor, and removed him from office the same day. No charges were made, aside from the vague and meaningless "crimes against the moral character of the state of Mississippi", and Speaker of the State Senate James B. Clark, a "vivid, unyielding, and hateful reactionary" in the words of President McMath, assumed power. His attempts to preserve segregation saw some of the worst civil rights related violence of the 1960's, and would see him, alongside several dozen members of the Mississippi state Government, prosecuted for murder, conspiracy to commit murder, hate crimes, and terrorism in the 1980's.
Despite his failures to see any progress on civil rights and desegregation, which would eventually have to require federal intervention, Governor O'Neil is remembered for expanding the economy of Mississippi, bringing the state's first rural electrification effort, and opening up the Democratic Party to younger and more forward looking voices.
Sorry for being late @Gonzo but I tried to make a real story out of this one.
Why have I not responded to this yet!? This is great Nofix; I think you and I should do a collaborative project some time, maybe something to do with the Southern Strategy not occurring?