"SO HIS POLICIES WILL BE CARRIED ON"

PINCHOT WANTS BUTLER TO SUCCEED HIM AS PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (JFK+50) On May 24, 1925, The Sunday Star reports that Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot* "hopes to land" General Smedley Darlington Butler** "to succeed himself in the executive office."

The Governor wants the General as a "running mate" in next year's Senate election and in the process hopes that his policies will be carried on in the Pennsylvania governor's office.

JFK+50 Note

Pinchot's plan didn't quite work out as he finished 3rd in a 3-man Republican Senate primary race in 1926 receiving 23.36% of the vote.   GP did win back the governorship of Pennsylvania in 1930.

*Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) was born in Simsbury, CT & educated at Yale University (1889) & at the French National School of Forestry.  GP served as the chief of the Division of Forestry & as Gov. of PA, 1923-1927 & 1931-1935,

**General Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) was born in West Chester, PA & served in the USMC 34 years.  SMB was involved in the Philippine-American War, the Boxer Rebellion & the Mexican Revolution.  He was the most decorated Marine in history at the time of his death.

SOURCE

"Pinchot Booms General Butler for Governor When He Drops Reins to Run for Senate," The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

General Smedley D. Butler

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