Miriam A. Ferguson
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Miriam Amanda "Ma" Ferguson was an American politician who served two non-consecutive terms as the governor of Texas: from 1925 to 1927, and from 1933 to 1935. She was the first female governor of Tex
Miriam A. Ferguson
Edwina Crockett Snider, Ferguson's social secretary (as First Lady of Texas)
Bust of Ferguson by Enrico Cerracchio
Monument to the Governors Ferguson at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas
D. C. Stephenson
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David Curtis "Steve" Stephenson was an American Ku Klux Klan leader, convicted rapist and murderer. In 1923, he was appointed Grand Dragon of the Indiana Klan and head of Klan recruiting for seven oth
Miriam A. Ferguson
…over prohibition. She opposed the Ku Klux Klan, which was on the decline after 1925 because of a national murder and sex scandal by its president, D. C. Stephenson. Ferguson has been described as a fiscal conservative but also pushed for a state sales tax and corporate income tax. She is often credited with a quote…
Stephenson in 1922
Stephenson lived in the William H. H. Graham House in Indianapolis in the 1920s.
Grave marker located at USVA Mountain Home National Cemetery in Johnson City, Tennessee