Ross S. Sterling
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Ross Shaw Sterling was an American politician who served as the 31st governor of Texas from 1931 to 1933.
A 1926 magazine cover depicts the proposed 40-story Sterling Hotel in Houston, designed by Ross Sterling's son-in-law, architect Wyatt Hedrick; the hotel was never built.
This mansion of Governor Sterling's at Morgan's point, a scaled down version of the White House, was completed in 1927
Birthplace of Governor Sterling
Ross Sterling's mansion in the Montrose area of Houston was built in 1916.
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
Ross S. Sterling
…A Democrat who has been described by one observer as “a successful business man and a devotee of laissez-faire,” Sterling defeated former Governor Miriam "Ma" Ferguson and several other candidates in the 1930 primary race for governor. During Sterling's term in office, the East Texas oil fields experienced rapid and…
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